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The little family continues to do well!
Get used to having feet in your face, mama. It’s going to happen a lot in the next 12 weeks!
So sweet!
Lilia’s continuing to do better – yesterday she met me at the door several times and sat down next to me so I’d pet her. I would like to see her eating more, but also – that’s a wish I have with every mama after they’ve given birth. It always seems like they eat so little, but when you think about it, the kittens are pretty tiny at this point and don’t need THAT many calories. At least she is eating, and she’s drinking water. She’s grooming herself and the kittens, and the kittens are still gaining weight.
She is on pain medication, but she absolutely LOATHES it. It’s a liquid, and when I gave her her dose Monday night, she drooled and foamed and shook her head so foamy drool went everywhere. I tried the yum-yuck-yum method (the liquid “sandwiched” between Churu in the syringe) yesterday morning, and she reacted the exact same way, this time flinging Churu all over the place along with foamy drool. I’m going to keep giving it to her for at least another couple of days – I cannot stand the thought of her being in pain when she doesn’t need to be – but I’ll be glad when I don’t have to anymore!
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Hey, look. It’s time for the remaining Britty Bunch kittens to show off their flying skills!
First up: Benji.
Ready to launch!
Off he goes.
What fabulous form.
Little bit of a crash landing, but he stuck the landing so it’s all good.
Now: Margarita.
Giving the bed the Crazy Eyes.
Launching.
She’s got some nice height there.
Landing gear down.
I didn’t get a picture of actual touchdown, but trust me: it was perfect.
Lastly: Sebastian.
“Nope.”
“I don’t have my pilot’s license.”
“This works better for me.”
Whatever floats your boat, little man.
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Rocco likes to hang out on this shelf in the garage. It’s right by the door to the kitchen, and he remains hopeful that food is going to find its way out the door and into his freeloadin’ mouth.
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky) yesterday.
Rabbit rabbit rabbit. 🐰 (Sebastian)
From Wikipedia: “Rabbit rabbit rabbit” is a superstition found in Britain and North America wherein a person says or repeats the words “rabbit”, “rabbits” and/or “white rabbits” aloud upon waking on the first day of a month, to ensure good luck for the rest of it.
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I finally got a chance to put together the video I took during Lilia’s birth process. (Mother and kittens are continuing to do well this morning.)
The first part of this video is after she’d had her first two kittens. The second section is after she’d had 4 and stopped. The third is from yesterday morning – I was trying to capture her contractions on video to show the vet, but by then she had stopped. And the last section is from last night. (Cats can produce milk even after a c-section/spay. I tried to give her some time and space to herself, but she wasn’t happy until her kittens were back in with her.)
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Nigel and Matilda were adopted (together!) on Sunday. They are now Arlo (Nigel) and Emmylou (Matilda), and join a family that has other kitties for them to play with, and some dogs too.
Here’s the video of my favorite pictures I took while they were with us.
Margarita’s feeling skeptical.
Mama’s foot makes the MOST comfy pillow. (The kittens are not yet named – probably by tomorrow!)
Good night innernets. (Sebastian (left) and Benji)
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Previously
2024: And she sniffed his floofy tail.
2023: No entry.
2022: No entry.
2021: Newt’s all “You again?”
2020: Benjamin in his own little world.
2019: Growing those kittens takes a lot of rest.
2018: Please note that he has his paw positioned juuuust so, so you can admire those toes.
2017: Kitten Book Club.
2016: No entry.
2015: Thlurrrpsday.
2014: “George not like blackberries, either.”
2013: Can you believe these kittens are two months old?
2012: Stompers and the Floof.
2011: No entry.
2010: Kittens… and a bucket of squash!
2009: No entry.
2008: I’m off to take Kara and her babies to the vet to be spayed and neutered.
2007: Happiest! Cat! Ever!
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.