We Heart Cats

well.  the babies are doing wonderfully.  but mom isn’t doing so hot.  my legs are shredded, my hands are in pieces, even my face has taken a beating! 

these little wee things are hell on wheels.  i have a carrier i put them in when i need to get anything done around the house.  if i don’t, i’m followed relentlessly by three screaming little bundles of claws and teeth!  and yes, they have their teeth now! 

i tried leaving them out last night when i went to bed and within a few seconds, they had figured out how to get up in the bed down at the end and then… they ran up me and pounced my face! 

flash, my white baby, has issues with the bottle.  she dukes it out with the bottle.  i’ve never seen such a thing.  and in doing so, my hands get quite beat up!  i can’t trim their nails yet because the babies are so wiggly and because their nails are so tiny, but wow, are they SHARP! 

cody is a piggy.  cody will just lay there in my arms and drink … i think if she could she’d just drink that bottle till she actually popped.  she doesn’t look like a kitten anymore.  she looks like a little calico BALL. 

tigger, the other calico (with a tail) likes to drink a little, get down, play a minute, and then start screaming for more.  it takes a long time for that one.  and alot of leg climbing!

so i just plan on putting something decent on the tube, getting everything ready, putting my feet up in another chair (so the others don’t climb my leg while i’m feeding one) and sitting tight awhile with bottle in hand. 

today we’re gonna try some canned food.  tigger is already looking at the dry food i have out for the other cats.  so i think they might be ready.  i’ve been putting chicken baby food in with the formula to give ‘em an extra nutrition kick…but i think it’s time for more! 

this morning we did the feeding and i let them roam about while i tried to do some computer work.  they kept coming back over and over again to climb my leg and yell (even though there’s no doubt they were stuffed!). 

so i tried the squirt bottle thing on ‘em.  worked for a minute but then they ended up soaked so i thought … well, that ain’t gonna work!   the look on their faces was priceless though, since they’d never been squirted before!  the older cats know the drill - get squirted … stop what you’re doing! 

so they’re back in the carrier for now all dried off and sleeping.  when i leave to run errands i’ll let them out to play.  

the picture is of cody actually asleep (wow!) in the toy basket. 

i have to say, even with all the ‘drama’ they’re putting me through, there’s nothing like bottle feeding the babies, and having them do well… playing and growing… it’s just the most wonderful thing! 

link to a previous post you might enjoy:  funny cat story

and a link to a fellow blogger’s post you’ll find very good! a different shade of green