Wednesday, July 08, 2009 , terribly early in the morning

Five Little Kittens

It was three weeks ago yesterday that Eli died.  I’ve been working on a blog entry about her, but I have a good excuse as to why I haven’t finished it yet:  for the last two weeks, we’ve had five foster kittens.  They were exactly what we needed after losing Eli, because the distraction has been great, and the laughter is always a good thing.  The kittens are 31 days old, and have just started to be strong enough to wrestle, run, and bounce around, and play with toys.  Their growth is amazing… I figured out that they each consume about 200 calories per day, and if you think that a dieting adult only eats about 1200 calories per day, well, it gives you an idea of how hard their little bodies are working.  No wonder they play for ten minutes, eat, and then crash for about six hours!  Sometimes they even doze off while eating, which is cute, but with five hungry, crying mouths to feed I appreciate it when they’re in a hurry.  I’ve never had such a large litter before and it’s quite time-consuming, although there’s not much else I’d rather be doing with my time.  They all use the litterbox, but I need to start to teach them how to eat solid food:  it’s going to be messy!  One of them already dips his paws in the water dish then walks through the litterbox to make a paste, so he’ll soon be able to add another layer to his work.  There are three brown and white tabbies, one solid black cat, and one black and white kitten who looks sort of like a Holstein cow.  All already have homes, except for the latter.

They’ve been so labour-intensive that I’ve neglected to upload photos, but I’ll try to add a couple in the next day or two.  It may not get done tomorrow, as our afternoon involves taking Dante to the vet because of a small lump that just appeared on his right cheek.  He’s had two previous growths removed, one on his ear flap and one between his toes, and I’m pretty sure this is going to be another one that requires surgery.  So far they’ve all been benign, thankfully, but I still don’t want to leave this any longer than necessary. 

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Edited to add this one photo of the foster kittens.  No, you can’t exactly see what they look like, but at least you can see that they’re still cute and tiny enough to all squeeze into one bed:

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There are more photos in my Flickr account and in Flippy’s, with a lot more to come as soon as I get them cropped and edited so they look their best.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 07/08 at 04:49 AM
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