Cristina and I knew that this would be the last litter of kittens we would have in many years, unless we rescue a cat that is pregnant. (which is not likely to happen
since we are at very comfortable numbers).
Anyway, we have taken pics of the kittens weekly...
All the other cats are fixed, and these 2 and mom will be shortly as well. I hope you enjoy! We have had a lot of fun with these guys. They are 7.5 weeks will be 8 weeks on Tuesday. The time has flown! I can't believe how fast summer is going : (
We've named them Dexter- the long haired dark tabby boy, and "Abby" the tabby tortie female. Their personalities are completely different. Abby is outspoken and outgoing, not afraid of most things. Dexter is more shy and reserved. He spooks easily and loves playing with his sister, yet he will cuddle right in for snuggle time. Neither kittens are overly cuddly(their mom was feral/is feral although is 100% fine with us now).
Lets start with Mom:
2 days before she gave birth we figured out she was pregnant. She is that small of a cat, and although she has been and is very healthy she is very petite. I think it helped being fed the expensive cat food throughout her pregnancy that we had no idea on. She had NO problems with the litter at all. 2 babies, no still borns or any sign of her even having them.
Born sometime on June 9th. 1 day old in these pics. Still that shiny newborn look.
1 week old
Getting cuter, more curious and starting to move around. Oh, I should put... They were born in our hay bin. When I realized that I thought she was pregnant we made a bed for her at the front of the barn. Then one in a empty solid bottom cage in a 5 hole stacker that she would climb through the feeder hole and go to sleep. Figured she would have them in there! Nope! She had them in the hay bin!! We had to buy new bales of hay to feed the rabbits and move them to the back of the room(the hay not the cats)
2 weeks old approx- eyes opening, starting to venture around even more.
3 and 4 weeks old- these weeks I think got jumbled into each other : )
There first time outside!
This is with the cheap digital vs the expensive one we normally use. So these pics aren't the greatest. Too bad since they were just getting so cute at this stage! : )
Week 5- no clue what happened on this week but no good pics. Added the couple I do have!
Week 6 and Week 7- lots of pics of these weeks. They are getting really frisky now, and since they are going into week 8 in a few days they are running all over the place. They are pitiful eaters though when it comes to Nutro Kitten food. They only like Royal Canin which is even more expensive(figures LOL)
And today.... Sound asleep... Too much playing and eating.... Hope you enjoyed their blog! I will keep blogging about them : ) And get new pics this weekend of them outside!
1 comment:
thank you so much for the sweet pics. My husband and I will probably not have children and decided we would donate our assets to an animal shelter. these kitties are so precious and i wish we could adopt more but two is more than we can handle right now. bravo to you guys for your efforts!!
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