Kitten (Love): ~8-9 Weeks Old (1st Week in New Home)

R got an update email from Love's New Owner on Sept. 5. She writes:

"As requested here are some of the pictures of Love her first week :)

We found her a few plushy type cat toys that have crinkle paper inside and she loves the sound.

Her and the pig thing toy again.

Her snazzy leopard print food bowl. She gets a sliver of wet food with her dry food twice a day. She eating almost all of it each meal.

She has decided that it's a lot more relaxing to just travel on my shoulder instead of actually walking. :)

On shoulder still.

Dozing after 'attacking' the plushy pig again.

I almost had a perfect picture and then she dashed and slid Into the camera and sat right as it flashed. :)

Another toy on a stick. She jumps after that one and bats at it when I move it.

I'll try to send more pictures soon. She's doing very well. She has her own bed and a lot of toys now. She's doing well with the dogs. She had Nyles sniffed and ever since that they've ignored each other. That's ok. Nyles is older and he does that with everyone. She and Georgie love playing together though. George is very gentle with her. The chase each other. Normally Love is the chaser and Georgie dashes away. It's quite cute. They're fast though so I can't catch a good enough picture or even a video of it. 

Mom said that she's due for her next shots soon so we'll get to vet soon. 

I'll try to send you more pictures often. 

Thank you so much for letting me adopt her. I absolutely adore her."

Kittens: 8 Weeks, 2 Days Old

Mama Cat seems fine now; no more diarrhea. R cleaned out the water bowl thoroughly, so it was probably that? But the kittens didn't seem to have any problems, so who knows?

Blurry (sorry) pic of Mammao sitting on a kitchen stool.

Mama Cat still nursing babies. Kitties still escaping every hour and driving us crazy (though it's easier with only 4 instead of 6). Still no potential new owners for Toes and/or George. Still think Mama Cat belongs in the cat sanctuary. No new kitty pics (sorry), as nothing new or especially adorable has happened lately.

Kittens: 8 Weeks, 1 Day Old

Just realized that Ping's whiskers and eye brow hairs are only black on the left side and only white on the right side. haha

Kittens: 8 Weeks Old (+Welcome Back, Oreo)

Plot twist! Oreo will be returning to us! New Owner emailed and said she found out her baby is allergic to cat fur so she can't keep Miu anymore. R will pick him up this afternoon. Yay! <3 Now we'll probably have to give away another kitten, probably Toes, who is a bit naughty (not as bad as Fred and Love though) and who still sometimes poops in the kitty beds instead of the litter box. -_-

Mama Cat seems okay but does the whiny yowl thing once in awhile. But we're not sure if it's because she's looking for her other kittens or because she's had diarrhea since yesterday... XP

Random pics of Ping trapped in R's hair. lol

Oreo came back and felt right at home again. I cuddled in a chair and fell asleep with Oreo napping in my arms and on my belly. <3 It really is weirdly comfy to have a cat in your lap. XD (Too bad we didn't get a pic of it.) Mama Cat was impassive to one of her kittens returning. Maybe she's wondering, "Didn't you just move out? I have another one to take care of again?" lol

Kittens: 7 Weeks, 6 Days Old (+Bye-Bye Oreo, Fred, & Love)

And then there were three... =/

This morning, I took some pics of Oreo and Fred in their carrier (with Ping to keep them company for a few minutes) before they left with R this morning. ;_;

Mama Cat and the other kittens seemed fine with the absence. The kittens only got out once, one at a time. Things already quieting down.

R took a few pics at work (and cried a little). Oreo aka Miu was nice and comfy with his new owner, and Fred, who's usually whiny and squirmy, was well-behaved and likes her new owner, who actually already owns another sibling, one from Hope's last litter of kittens, so he knows what he's doing and is really good with them.

(another coworker & Fred; no pic of Oreo & new owner except from 7/28) 

Fred aka Tiger w/ her new owner <3

Then in the afternoon, Love's New Owner called and planned to come over later. After some last-minute care instructions and reassurances that they'll take good care of her, Love left this evening.

Love w/ her new owners <3

They also assured R that cats have pretty short memories, so they won't be that upset for very long at all with the separation. It's in their nature to move on quickly. Mama Cat and remaining 3 kittens, Ping, Toes, and George, behaved normally.

We asked the New Owners to send us photos some time, so we'll still get to see our Oreo, Fred, and Love grow. ^_^ Bye-bye, kitties! <3

Edit to add: Mama Cat never minds when we take her babies; she knows we'll always bring them back. But tonight she hasn't seen 3 of them for hours now. She just started doing her whining call for them, then stopped after a couple of minutes. I hope she won't be sad. ;(

Kittens: 7 Weeks, 5 Days Old

Built a new kitty pen box wall. The old one had boxes that were falling apart or stacked haphazardly. But even with my methodical construction and fortification with new boxes, the kittens still found ways to escape. I tried plugging the holes they found, but I think they're now big and strong enough to just scale the wall if they're lucky and find small footholds. =P Anyway, after the third round of escape and recapture, I dropped them back in and then sprayed some water at them. They jumped and ran away, shaking their heads and paws. After that they were pretty good.

Adoption Update: Oreo's New Owner has changed her mind again and will take Miu tomorrow. So now Fred and Oreo (and maybe Love?) are leaving tomorrow. ;_;

Kittens: 7 Weeks, 4 Days Old

Kitties are getting out of their pen every couple of hours now. -_-;; Even with another layer of boxes. I was just going to let them run around, but Mom says they'll scratch the wood floors and furniture (they already pulled the staples out of the underside of a dining chair!) and generally make a mess of the papers on the bottom of the coffee table. So I'm still chasing them and rounding them up and dropping them back in and scolding them. Every hour or so. =/

Here's a much better quality video of them running around the house.

Adoption Update: Oreo's New Owner wanted Miu sometime this week but then a project came up and she asked to postpone again for the time being. Fred's New Owner will be taking home Tiger on Friday morning. Love's New Owner will pick her up on late Friday or Saturday. I'll miss them. ;_;
(I still think Mama Cat should go to the Cat Sanctuary. She seems content enough here, comfortable and safe, but she obviously misses the outdoors and is repulsed by human contact, even if she does tolerate R's petting her paw sometimes. R told me that she donates a bag of cat food to the Sanctuary every month (don't tell Mom). But there's no convincing R to give Hope up. But I know they'll take good care of her, and Mammao would be happier there.)

Kittens: 7 Weeks, 3 Days Old

Ugh, they all escaped again. Like 3 times today so far. And there are no more boxes to add to the wall. I've given up trying to round them up over and over again. They're just following Mama Cat out and then running around the floor. They're exploring, but I don't think there's anything to ruin or break. As long as I hear their pitter-patter outside my room and not loud crashes, I think they'll be okay? >_>;

I took a badly-lit, badly-shot video of them out of their pen, but you can't see much of their frantic scampering, mostly hiding under tables. It's so low-quality, I wasn't going to upload it, but it's already recorded so why not. (Warning: Shaky cam gave me a headache.)

Here are some pics of them being (mostly) quiet and good (resting between daring escapes and adventures of discovery (of the rest of the house)).

Look how happy they are playing with a cardboard TP roll. XD

And more rare photos of all 6 playing together and staying still enough to not be blurs.

Check out this epic series of shots of baby Ping vs Toes. lol

omg!

grr!

halp!

oof!

uncle!

And finally, a series of family photos in their last week together. ;_;