RollingAcres
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Definitely!
I've never had any cat as a pet in my life. I just prefer dogs. Plus now I am allergic to them so definitely not.
Bottle Kittens: Smoky and Daisy
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I've never had any cat as a pet in my life. I just prefer dogs. Plus now I am allergic to them so definitely not.
goats&moregoats
True BYH Addict
We have 4 cats...3 are indoor/outdoor cats in the seasons where weather permits and 1 strictly indoor by her choice. All are big babies when it comes to humans. They just don't take any crap from the dogs.
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Wehner Homestead
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It’s been a couple days...kittens have obviously grown, eyes are funky again (still treating but don’t think they were cleaned as well while I worked all weekend), they are much more active and alert, and they are walking on their feet instead of crawling.
Some pics from Friday evening...I just let the kittens sit with me for awhile since they are regulating their temps better. I had also added some Kari syrup to two feedings and did belly massages to help them poop. We got about an inch out of each.
All three...
Showing the two tiger and white. Olaf has more white and Daisy has more tiger.
Trying to show that Smoky’s color is cone combination of gray/Black currently.
Smoky again...
Olaf...
Daisy...
They got to try canned food mixed with some warm goat milk and a bit of Karo syrup. Olaf dug in the second his nose touched it. In fact, he plowed through it several times inhaling it. Smoky and Daisy weren’t having it unless I syringed it to them. I tried touching their noses to it repeatedly to see if they’d lick their noses and get started but no luck. I’ll try again tomorrow. All had the chance for a belly full of warm milk after so no one went hungry.
Olaf digging in!
Daisy and Smoky walked through it several times and all the way around it.
Skirting the food. It didn’t go to waste! The older kittens (Wilson and Disney) inhaled it!
Some pics from Friday evening...I just let the kittens sit with me for awhile since they are regulating their temps better. I had also added some Kari syrup to two feedings and did belly massages to help them poop. We got about an inch out of each.
All three...
Showing the two tiger and white. Olaf has more white and Daisy has more tiger.
Trying to show that Smoky’s color is cone combination of gray/Black currently.
Smoky again...
Olaf...
Daisy...
They got to try canned food mixed with some warm goat milk and a bit of Karo syrup. Olaf dug in the second his nose touched it. In fact, he plowed through it several times inhaling it. Smoky and Daisy weren’t having it unless I syringed it to them. I tried touching their noses to it repeatedly to see if they’d lick their noses and get started but no luck. I’ll try again tomorrow. All had the chance for a belly full of warm milk after so no one went hungry.
Olaf digging in!
Daisy and Smoky walked through it several times and all the way around it.
Skirting the food. It didn’t go to waste! The older kittens (Wilson and Disney) inhaled it!
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- #24
Wehner Homestead
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A couple more cute pics from Friday during lap time.
Olaf
Daisy with Olaf in the background.
Smoky
Had to throw this pic in from last night to show that they are actually cute now instead of really scrawny kittens. You can also see that they are more mobile.
We were going to try to upgrade them to a dog crate today but too much going on. Maybe tomorrow. I want to give them a small litter box and a box on its side for a bed. They need more light and space than they have now.
Olaf
Daisy with Olaf in the background.
Smoky
Had to throw this pic in from last night to show that they are actually cute now instead of really scrawny kittens. You can also see that they are more mobile.
We were going to try to upgrade them to a dog crate today but too much going on. Maybe tomorrow. I want to give them a small litter box and a box on its side for a bed. They need more light and space than they have now.
RollingAcres
Herd Master
They are very cute! I think Olaf is my favorite! Olaf as in from Frozen? 
BoboFarm
Loving the herd life
Save your skin, clip those little needle nails! You can use human nail clippers. When our little guys were old enough to explore using a litterbox we put them in a bathtub and introduced a baking sheet with litter. They're low enough for little legs to climb in but keeps most litter in. As soon as they start moving around better (five or so weeks) they can have a regular litter box. I liked having them in the tub because it's so much easier to clean, it keeps them in (until they're big enough to get out), and it gives enough freedom to have food, bed and litter separated. Once they're out of the tub we would keep them in the bathroom until we were ready for them to be in the house.
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Wehner Homestead
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They are very cute! I think Olaf is my favorite! Olaf as in from Frozen?
Olaf is from Frozen!! The almost three year old came up with it on her own! You don’t argue with that! Lol
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Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
Some very good ideas! I’ll see if I’m brave enough to try their nails tomorrow...
RollingAcres
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Wehner Homestead
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Craziness here! Lol
Kittens eyes are improving again.
DH noted that he can go in and out of our room, turn the lights off and on, talk to one of the kids, etc and the kittens never acknowledge him. I so much as walk to the doorway to enter our room and they are awake and mewing to let me know that I need to focus on them.
Smoky is definitely a boy. It’s defined clearly now so we have a spelling. Lol
Due to an all day trip to Louisville yesterday to get DD2 measured for new braces and then today DD1 graduated from Kindergarten and I actually took a nap, and we are also having a water heater issue and had to go to my parents for showers and baths, I didn’t get canned food offered to the kittens again. They did get upgraded Monday evening from their box with the heating pad to a clear tote with a towel over the top. The kids like peeking in at them! The kittens seem to have handled the transition well.
I change the bottom towel and the one that is used to cover the tote daily. The hand towel directly under the kittens is changed each feeding. (Yes, I do loads of just kitten laundry right now.)
Kittens eyes are improving again.
DH noted that he can go in and out of our room, turn the lights off and on, talk to one of the kids, etc and the kittens never acknowledge him. I so much as walk to the doorway to enter our room and they are awake and mewing to let me know that I need to focus on them.
Smoky is definitely a boy. It’s defined clearly now so we have a spelling. Lol
Due to an all day trip to Louisville yesterday to get DD2 measured for new braces and then today DD1 graduated from Kindergarten and I actually took a nap, and we are also having a water heater issue and had to go to my parents for showers and baths, I didn’t get canned food offered to the kittens again. They did get upgraded Monday evening from their box with the heating pad to a clear tote with a towel over the top. The kids like peeking in at them! The kittens seem to have handled the transition well.
I change the bottom towel and the one that is used to cover the tote daily. The hand towel directly under the kittens is changed each feeding. (Yes, I do loads of just kitten laundry right now.)
