Chris (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} conatonc) wrote,@ 2009-05-14 20:26:00 |
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Kittens!
Last week Judy and I went out to the house of the girlfriend of one of my fellow teachers to pick out a couple of kittens. I was planning to go out and get a new cat about a month ago, until Andres told me his girlfriend's cat had just had six kittens and they were looking to get rid of them. So we waited. I wasn't actually planning on going out to get them until this coming weekend, but we were given an ultimatum. The kitties were going to the shelter last Friday if nobody claimed them, so we went. I ended up getting a gray, stripey male and a black female and they are tiny and adorable!
Of course, because they are so small, we had to put them on formula even though we were told they were eating solid food. The kitten food we bought was still too hard for them to actually chew. The gray cat did fine slurping up the formula, but the black one kept getting her nose in the bowl and snorting it up by accident. Eventually she started putting her whole head in the bowl and turning it so that her nose was resting on the rim while her mouth was in the bowl, but this also involved paws in the formula and was very messy. So we tried the oatmeal-like formula stage 2 instead, and now both kitties can eat it and are loving it. Now the fun part is going to be getting them weaned off of the formula in a couple of weeks and teaching them to eat solid food and drink water.
Litter box has been fairly successful so far. Both kitties know how to use it, but if they're outside of my bedroom, where the box is, they tend to look for alternatives. So I spent the last 2-3 days pulling the gray cat out from the corner behind my tv stand, which he had decided was his second potty spot. Now I know when he meows and tries to get back there to redirect him into my room, and he'll use the box. Between the bathroom problems and the messes with food over the first few days, I'm pretty glad I've been in this apartment for three years and I don't have to worry too much about the carpet being ruined. They're gonna have to replace it anyway when I finally move.
Oh, and no, I don't quite have names for them yet. We're working on it, I promise, but nothing has quite stuck so far. They are fun and adorable and it's good to have Judy around and done with school. She's coming over in the middle of the day while I'm teaching and giving them food and attention. She's loving that, because she feels like she didn't really get the chance to bond with Anya and was little bummed at all the love that cat gave me. I think she's doing a good job of ingratiating herself with these kitties. :)
Last week Judy and I went out to the house of the girlfriend of one of my fellow teachers to pick out a couple of kittens. I was planning to go out and get a new cat about a month ago, until Andres told me his girlfriend's cat had just had six kittens and they were looking to get rid of them. So we waited. I wasn't actually planning on going out to get them until this coming weekend, but we were given an ultimatum. The kitties were going to the shelter last Friday if nobody claimed them, so we went. I ended up getting a gray, stripey male and a black female and they are tiny and adorable!
Of course, because they are so small, we had to put them on formula even though we were told they were eating solid food. The kitten food we bought was still too hard for them to actually chew. The gray cat did fine slurping up the formula, but the black one kept getting her nose in the bowl and snorting it up by accident. Eventually she started putting her whole head in the bowl and turning it so that her nose was resting on the rim while her mouth was in the bowl, but this also involved paws in the formula and was very messy. So we tried the oatmeal-like formula stage 2 instead, and now both kitties can eat it and are loving it. Now the fun part is going to be getting them weaned off of the formula in a couple of weeks and teaching them to eat solid food and drink water.
Litter box has been fairly successful so far. Both kitties know how to use it, but if they're outside of my bedroom, where the box is, they tend to look for alternatives. So I spent the last 2-3 days pulling the gray cat out from the corner behind my tv stand, which he had decided was his second potty spot. Now I know when he meows and tries to get back there to redirect him into my room, and he'll use the box. Between the bathroom problems and the messes with food over the first few days, I'm pretty glad I've been in this apartment for three years and I don't have to worry too much about the carpet being ruined. They're gonna have to replace it anyway when I finally move.
Oh, and no, I don't quite have names for them yet. We're working on it, I promise, but nothing has quite stuck so far. They are fun and adorable and it's good to have Judy around and done with school. She's coming over in the middle of the day while I'm teaching and giving them food and attention. She's loving that, because she feels like she didn't really get the chance to bond with Anya and was little bummed at all the love that cat gave me. I think she's doing a good job of ingratiating herself with these kitties. :)
