Saturday 31 May 2014

PHOTO SHOOT

The kittens are 6 weeks old today, which means I have to get their bios and pictures submitted into the *VOKRA database.  Taking pictures of 6 rambunctious kittens is no easy task.  Most of the time, I get blurry faces or when I'm trying to take a picture of one kitten, another one will decide to photo bomb my subject.

By the time I get enough pictures of one, the rest have decided to take their kitten naps and all I have are pictures of napping kittens.


Arthurelli
Ritchie
Shirley

Ralphie
Laverne
  










Some kittens are natural posers, like Arthurelli ... 

I'm cute, right?


















... just don't get too close!


This isn't nom?!


















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Wednesday 28 May 2014

VISITORS

With the kittehs being old enough now to welcome visitors, we had an onslaught of family and friends come visit and play with the kittens these past few days.  Everybody's immediate reactions bounced between "AWWW!!" or "They're so TINY!"  Yes, being only 5 weeks old, they are pretty tiny.  Tiny and so adorable.



Some kittens are just so much more photogenic than others.  They actually stay still enough for me to take a proper picture.  With my Nikon D80 camera on the fritz, I've had to rely on my Ipad Mini to take pictures.  So far, so good I suppose.


Arthurelli posing pretty


As close as kittens can get


Baby Chachi
Cuteness
More nom!


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Sunday 25 May 2014

BASKET FULL OF KITTENS

All our adorable kittens sleep, play and eat in their basket.  I don't know which activity is more entertaining to watch.



Stacey on guard
Ready to play

They are so cute when they are play fighting!


The full color spectrum of kittens


Or would you prefer all white or pure black?


Laverne & Ralphie

Shirley & Ritchie

They are all old enough now to be cuddled and kissed, and believe me I've been giving them plenty!  I have also given my family and friends free reign to do the same.  All the adoration that's coming their way ... poor kittens won't know what hit them!


***

One of my friends came by to feed the kittens when I was work and had a hilarious experience that I just have to share:


"Yesterday was fun. 

Right in the middle of playing with the baby kittehs, a GIANT black spider (like one of those huge wolf spiders) comes running into the bathroom. 

I start panicking. You know I hate spiders. I'm crying (on the inside), the kittens are crying (ok, more than likely they are just chatting and being kittens), and suddenly he starts to charge towards us like he has some sort of vendetta for taking over the bathroom with cuteness. So I take the only weapon that I have: the feather toy, which only moments before was providing a fun and enjoyable evening for all involved and I swat the spider. 

Well, that didn't do much, cause you know, it's a feather. The spider goes running behind the kitty litter boxes, more than likely to plan his next attack and I'm left shaking, cause I haven't seen one of those spiders in awhile, and they are damn terrifying. But I've gotta save the kittens right? So I tell them I'll be right back, and I run into the kitchen and grab a glass, thinking that I'll catch the spider and let him go outside, no harm done and hey, while I'm at it, I'll take a photo of him to send to you cause why not? :)

So I come back with the glass, and I'm slowly pulling back the kitty litter, and all the kittens are trying to figure out why i'm moving the kitty litter so they start swarming. "No baby kittehs," I say, transporting them back to their bed, "it's dangerous!" Of course I keep on having to switch between trying to find the spider and trying to keep the baby kittehs away, cause they have no idea what I'm saying. 

Finally I move the litter box enough to see the spider. It's like he's waiting for me to find him, like the villain at the end of all the superhero movies. He's under the cupboard in the corner, lurking in the shadows and all that. If he had a dark, twisted monologue about how he and I are the same, that's where he would've said it. So while this spider is doing his little monologue and staring me down, I reach for the feather thing to poke him to get him out. Then, in a super lightning motion, he comes out way too fast, and he's hurdling towards me. So I take the cup and in my attempt to capture him... 

I squish him. 

He explodes into a oozy, crumpled mess between the cup and floor. 

1. I'm like gagging cause there's dead spider guts on the bathroom floor, and 
2. I'm now sad that I didn't get a photo to go along with this horrible story. 

I hope you're having fun at work  o.O 

Yes, I washed the cup."

My friend is a creative writing student at UBC.  She's got a way with words.

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Sunday 18 May 2014

KITTY BOOTCAMP

Now that the kittens are eating Mommy's food, they are naturally going to have to use the kitty litter box.  Kittens don't have to use the potty when they are newborns and will not up until they turn 3 or 4 weeks old.  They just produce a few drops of urine and from what I've noticed, are quite flatulent!

So, the first few poops happened in Mommy's bed (as opposed to kitties' bed), so I immediately put their poops into the kitty litter box and put all of the kittens in the box to show them where they are suppose to go.  So far, we haven't had any accidents - they all know where they need to do their business.

I find it odd that some of these kittens meow when they are pooping.  At first I thought they were having difficulties going #2, but apparently it's quite normal for kittens to meow when they are using the facilities.


It's weird that when one kitten needs to use the kitty litter, another one soon follows.  Some kitties, like Chachi, will wait patiently for their turn outside the box.  *SO CUTE*

Are you done in there yet?!

In addition to training them to use the kitty litter box, I've also gotten them trained to not fight me when I give them their little mani/pedis.  Some of the kittens struggle a bit more than the others, but with a quick tug at the scruff of their necks and a firm "No", they sit quietly in place until I'm done.



The next challenge:  Get them to all use the toilet - that would be awesome!


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Thursday 15 May 2014

MOMMY'S FOOD

I took the kittens out of their safety zone and let them run around in the hallway.  They've never looked back.  They've discovered a whole new world outside their little basket and they want to explore, explore, explore!  Every time we go into the bathroom now, all we hear are loud 'MEOWS' telling us to let them out!

Video of hubby putting them all back into their basket.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsqyKFpLmI

The protests!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-4WicgfNp0

The kittens' newest discovery is Mommy's food dish.  Apparently her food tastes a lot better than plain old milk.


No more food for Mommy

The littlest kitten, Chachi, confused the edge of the food bowl as nom.  He kept on biting the edge, probably wondering why this section of his nom was so hard.  I had to redirect his attention INTO the food bowl or he would have chipped his little teeth!


Chachi nibbling at the food bowl

It's a good thing that the kittens have found another food source as Stacey is looking a big haggard from the round-the-clock feedings.



A few more weeks and the kittens should be eating solid food all the time.  They will also be big enough by then to have visitors!  And believe me, there are A LOT of people wanting to visit them.  Hopefully there will be just as many people wanting to adopt them too when they turn 8 weeks old.

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Monday 12 May 2014

BATCH #1 - ALL GROWN UP

I've asked the new owners of my first batch of kittens to send me updated photos of their kitties.  4 of the 5 have sent me pictures (hopefully I'll have updated pictures from the final kitten soon).  The kitties have all grown up to be beautiful, (and I'm also told) loving additions to their respective families.

Luci as a kitten
Luci all grown up
Baby Hana


















The adult Hana, now re-named "Willow"
Starsky, the stuffed toy kitten
















Now called "Felix", he still looks like a stuffed toy
The great poser - Charlie ...

... who use to be Malcomb

Felix and Charlie were lucky enough
to be adopted together!

Felix and Charlie chillin' like brothers

Thank you to all the wonderful people that adopted these loving kitties.  It was my pleasure to have them in my home for the first part of their lives.


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NAP TIME

What is more adorable than napping kittehs?  ANSWER:  Not much.  If you don't agree, take a look at these pictures and tell me what comes remotely close to being this adorable.




Looks like Arthurelli has found the best spot to take his nap

Okay, maybe resting kittehs are pretty adorable too.


Chachi
Arthurelli grooming his little paw-paw

Laverne
I'm thinking that the white kitties are not Siamese kittens after all, but may be the more fluffy and friendly Ragdoll kittens!  We'll have to wait until they get a bit older to see if they develop all the Ragdoll characteristics.

Another video of the cutie pies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKjbcX3T75Q




Stacey and the whole crew in their bigger and better basket.  They have all out-grown the kennel and chip box they first started with.  Soon enough even this basket will not be able to contain all these rambunctious kittehs!


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Wednesday 7 May 2014

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

With the wonderful task of fostering, you get the wonderful task of naming your foster kittens.  Because there are so many kittens in the *VOKRA database, you have to come up with some unusual names or unusual spellings so that names do not overlap in the system.  I've decided to go with a "Happy Days" themed litter:



Arthurelli (get it?)
Chachi
Arthurelli is the heaviest at 0.7 pounds
Chachi is the lightest at 0.5 pounds


Laverne




The rest of the litter are all sitting pretty at
0.6 pounds each.

Ralphie
Ritchie

Shirley


Stacey is always so patient with her kittens, even when they are walking all over her
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