Look who it is!
That is Peanut (formerly known as Pattypan), our sweet little bottle baby from last summer. Kim reports that Peanut is growing up way too fast – and definitely knows how to get their attention. (Thanks, Kim!!)
This is what she looked like back in August, just in case you don’t remember (and because I just love that picture of her!)
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Koko gets out her slappin’ paw.
She doesn’t care for the feather teaser if it’s wildly waving around above her head, but she likes when it’s around eye level.
Pretty girl.
Koko does Downward Facing Kitteh.
::thlurrrp::
Yesterday, I took Koko to the vet. All of a sudden Sunday afternoon, she started acting SUPER friendly, and then Sunday night she started howling and howling – acting like a cat in heat, basically. I’ve had mama kitties act like they were in heat while pregnant in the past, but it always passed pretty quickly for them, and with Koko it seemed to be continuing on (alllll night long). I figured I’d take her to the vet and let the vet tell me for sure if Koko is pregnant.
(Fred is pretty sure she is, for the record.)
So I got Koko to her appointment and… I still don’t know. The vet pointed out that Koko’s mammary sacs feeling like they’re starting to fill, and her abdomen is pretty big. BUT, did you know that they (“they” being “people who know what they’re doing” as opposed to, say, me) can really only feel kittens at the very beginning or very end of a pregnancy?
I, personally, did not know that.
They did an x-ray from the side, and… no kittens were visible. BUT, did you know that kittens don’t show up on an x-ray until about 45 days after conception because their bones are so soft?
Another thing I, personally, did not know.
The vet said that they could do another x-ray from the top, but I didn’t want to stress Koko out any further. The vet also said that she thought there was a pregnancy test they could do, but it would require having blood taken and it would need to be sent out, and I didn’t really see the point of that, either.
I was SO SURE I was going to get a definite answer, so I was disappointed. Though I guess I did get an answer, in a way – if she’s pregnant, she’s certainly not about to have them at any moment, and in fact I guess this means that she’s less than 45 days along.
WHICH MEANS WE’VE GOT A WHILE TO WAIT (usual gestation period for a cat is 63 – 67 days).
While we’re waiting, here’s a video of Koko in the middle of the night (I think it was about 1 am) hopping around, tail floofed, playing with a piece of kibble. That girl is a nut.
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Alice Mo stares judgmentally at me from her spot atop the cabinets. (Alice and Stinkerbelle have worked out a timeshare arrangement for the top of the cabinets wherein Alice is allowed up there – as far away from Stinkerbelle as possible – until Stinkerbelle decides that she isn’t, and then Alice finds somewhere else to hang out. It seems to work fairly well!)
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Previously
2015: Meet Archie
2014: No entry.
2013: No entry.
2012: “Come here, my beloved bird seed. Come ever so closer…”
2011: “Where’s my mama?” starring Reacher.
2010: Skeptical Truvy.
2009: No entry.
2008: No entry.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.