Can you believe it’s been two weeks since those monkeys were born? Here are pictures of each of them at 3 days old, and again at two weeks old.
Belushi.
Gilda.
Louis.
Rickles.
Roseanne.
Shecky.
Skelton.
I weighed everyone yesterday (their weight chart is at the bottom of their page). Rickles is far and away the biggest kitten at 11.7 ounces. And Louis is the smallest, at 8 ounces. I weighed Lucy, too, finally. Yesterday she weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces. The last time I weighed her before she gave birth, she weighed (I believe – I didn’t write it down, unfortunately) almost 11 pounds. Her appetite changes from day to day – yesterday was a high-appetite day, and she polished off 7 3-ounce cans of food. I certainly can’t blame her – these kittens are only getting bigger and more active, and need more and more food!
Mama lubs her babies.
And those babies sure love their mama.
SUCH a good mama (which I tell her constantly; I’m sure she’s tired of hearing it).
Belushi under a blanket of his brudders.
Belushi and Shecky come over to see what I think I’m doing.
Roseanne really loves to be petted and snuggled. Yesterday, she fell asleep on me for a few minutes. Somehow, I did NOT chew her ears off, but it was hard not to.
“Am keepin’ my eyes on you, lady.” That’s fat little Rickles laying down on his side, Louis squinting up at me, and Gilda over there on the right.
“I sees you, lady. You just remember that.”
Rickles checks his breath. Seriously, do you SEE that fat little belly? Can you blame me for poking it?
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Three (very short) videos today! In the first, Belushi shows off his belly and then realizes that the milk bar is open. Roseanne supervises.
In the second, Shecky has a sad and would like to know if you’ve seen his mama.
And in the last, Shecky works on his balancing skills.
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“YOU might think this rain is awful weather, lady, but I like it. It’s great fishin’ weather. And also, I tromp through the puddles and get my feet muddy, then track it all over the house. I call that win-win!” Stefan, the most patient hat model ever.
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Previously
2014: “It’s the ears. No one can resist their fabulousness.”
2013: “‘SCUSE me, am trying to eat here. Please go ‘way.”
2012: Kittens: Nature’s Medicine.
2011: No entry.
2010: The Bookworms.
2009: JUST STOMP ON MY HEART, BEULAH, YOU HEARTLESS BRAT.
2008: Tommy and Sugarbutt: brudderly love.
2007: Newt finds it important to keep an eye on the chickens. For protection purposes, of course.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.