Kittens: 17 Weeks, 6 Days Old (Halloween!)

Happy Halloween! To celebrate, the kitties dressed up (kind of) in classic costumes:

Ping the Vampire Kitty

trust me, vamPing's baby fangs can draw blood!

Toes the Mummy Kitty

kitties got into the bathroom. -_-;

Oreo the Ghost Kitty

Oreo likes to play around under the couch sheets. XD

George the... Frankenstein Creature Kitty? Zombie Kitty?

George is still the biggest but mostly gentle until pounced on, so... (sorry, best i could come up with.)

Outtakes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scary Ping! ^^; 

peek-a-boo George!

 

 

 

 

 

pretty Mammao

Update: A Potential New Owner has come forth! They would like a tabby kitty, so if they think they can handle Toes' eccentricities, then Toes will have a loving new home soon. *fingers crossed*

Kittens: 17 Weeks, 4 Days Old

Happy National Cat Day! Treats for all the kitties!

babies, don't look at me like that! you're still healing! it's for your own good! T_T<3

(don't worry; they're not in their carrier all the time.)

(this is just the easiest way to take a group photo.)

Vids coming later...

Update! Mammao is finally comfortable enough with us to play around like a normal cat, rather than run away from toys or just stare at us with wariness, suspicion, or alarm. Isn't Hope cute?!  >^.^<

Kittens: 17 Weeks, 2 Days Old

Ping has been a bit naughty, biting like a baby vampire kitty. We hope the attitude problem is just temporary, probably due to his/her discomfort from the infection and medication, poor thing. Tiny and terrible but still adorable though! 

Kittens: 17 Weeks, 1 Day Old

Kittens: 17 Weeks Old

George playing airplane

Kittens: 16 Weeks, 6 Days Old

Kitties went back to the vet for their post-op follow-up yesterday. They stayed overnight again, so Mammao did her sad whine/yowl call for her babies in the middle of the night again. I tried to record just the sound (she gets quiet if she hears me come close with the camera).

Around 3 AM:

Around noon:


The kitties came home in the afternoon. Mammao sat next to their carriers, so happy reunion? It's hard to tell what Mammao is feeling/thinking besides wariness. She mostly just sleeps or watches the movement around her, from us or her kittens. She'll clean them when they pass by her, and she'll eat with them when it's their meal-time. Lately, she seems to be playing with them more, like batting at their tails when they're playing hide-and-seek with each other. She's more openly interested in their toys when I play with them, though if I send the ball/mouse to her, she backs away. But the other day, I was playing finger tag with the kitties' paws, and Mammao sat nearby and watched intently. So I wiggled and bat my finger a bit closer to her, and she started batting back! This is only the second time she's let me touch her (the first was when she cautiously ate a treat from my palm). So anyway, progress!

 

 

Back to the kitties, they got their staples removed from the surgery incision. George, Oreo, and Toes are healthy, but poor Ping got an infection. T_T So antibiotics, constant sanitation, and continued separation for Ping. Oh, and Ping might be a boy again?! The vet staff kept referring to Ping as "he," but they never said "surprise! we found out our guess was wrong (again) once we opened him up to be fixed and found different organs." And they also failed to give any post-op instructions or schedule a follow-up appointment after the surgery. These vets' practices are questionable. >=/

I took another vid of the happy feline family around 11 PM.

Perfect Day with Mom

Finally starting to feel like Fall in Florida (by which I mean it's lower than 85 degrees). Love the cool breeze and sunshine. Autumn is my favorite season; the cooler weather, less allergies, pumpkin spice everything. ^^

And finally, a personal blog post that doesn't revolve around cats!

Kittens: 15 Weeks, 6 Days Old

Got an extra litter box. We already have 2, but with 1 mama and 4 kitties, there's sometimes not enough space for a "fresh spot" for every cat. We think this extra box might encourage Toes to use the litter box more. After their surgeries, we had to replace their regular litter with shredded newspaper to prevent infection. Toes has this neurotic need to only pee/poo on fabric (carpet/rug/blanket/couch cover!) and absolutely hates the feel of litter under her paws and will scream/yowl/scrabble whenever R tries to put her in the litter box. But as it turns out, Toes doesn't mind the feel of paper so much and willingly goes into the box to sniff and paw at it experimentally. She even peed in the box the other day! We were so thrilled, we gave her 5 treats (we only give 1 to a cat after it uses the litter box, so Toes had never had one ^^;) and cuddled and cooed over her the whole day. She still prefers the old bath mat we left next to the litter boxes, but she's going into the box more, so there's hope for her yet! ;)

 

Kittens: 14 Weeks, 6 Days Old (Welcome Back, Kitties)

Kitties came home to Mama Cat after 2 days of yowling (for both).


Vet said Oreo was the sweetest to him but Ping hated him. XD; Weird since Oreo is usually a bit naughty and Ping is the sweet pea. But no other surprises, so I guess they are all girls.

When we got them out of the carriers they were very active and running and jumping around. We cuddled them a bit, but they just leapt out of our arms, which isn't good for them so soon after surgery, so we had to put them back in the big carrier together (the vet said it's okay).

The poor babies have 2 staples over the incision in their (shaved?) lower belly, and their sides have indentations(!) between their mid-section and their hips, so they look skinnier (I didn't expect such obvious differences after being fixed). ;/

They meow/yowled "let us oouutt~!" for an hour and a half--with Mammao sitting in front of their carrier, watching--before they eventually got tired, played a bit with each other, and then fell asleep.

We'll take them out tomorrow and try to stop them from moving around too much. For now, I'll enjoy another night with my door open and no cats jumping onto my bed in the middle of the night. But still, I admit I did miss the babies, and it's nice to have them home again. ^^

Kittens: 14 Weeks, 5 Days Old (Vet Visit)

R finally took kittens to be spayed. They were dropped off this morning and will stay at the vet clinic overnight before being picked up tomorrow afternoon.

Mammao was supposed to get fixed, too, but she wouldn't go into her carrier, so she got left behind and whined and yowled a lot. Then she napped on the piano. XD;

Kittens: 14 Weeks, 4 Days Old

Ping like to nap on R's fuzzy slipper while she's at work during the day. ^^