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Teaching the little ones
Jul. 13th, 2011 05:20 pmIt's really interesting to watch Lucky and the kits - I've never seen a queen and kittens interacting before. Lucky has settled down enough to be a bit vocal, and she is now chirruping at the kittens when she wants them to pay attention. This seems to vary between "I will feed you now", "come here and let me clean you", and "observe, I will show you something". The latter has been in use today, I put Lucky on my lap and she lay down (for the first time) and then chirruped and both the kittens looked up. A few minutes later she had vacated to wash Archie and I picked Pippin up - little, squirmy, don't-hold-me-I-want-to-run-around Pippin, and he walked in a little circle and lay down exactly like his mum had. Then Lucky lay down and chirruped again and both the kittens trotted over and settled down to suckle.
Also spoke to neighbour down the road - her kitten is doing fine and may think she's a dog, not a cat. Unfortunately her next door neighbour's cat has vanished, so we're on the lookout. We're going to see if her kitten will tolerate mine still (and vice versa) since they're going away for a couple of weeks and might need someone to kittensit.
Also, microchip certificate has arrived. Owner details change going in tomorrow's post and they'll be mine!
In the meantime I watched Brandy and Whisky attempt a pincer movement on an oblivious blackbird on the lawn. I was all set to go save it and then Soda bounded up to see what they were doing and scared her away. They're all enjoying bounding around the de-ragworted lawn chasing smaller flying things, though.
More photos later, if I get my fic finished (should do). I didn't want to disturb them while they were suckling.
Also spoke to neighbour down the road - her kitten is doing fine and may think she's a dog, not a cat. Unfortunately her next door neighbour's cat has vanished, so we're on the lookout. We're going to see if her kitten will tolerate mine still (and vice versa) since they're going away for a couple of weeks and might need someone to kittensit.
Also, microchip certificate has arrived. Owner details change going in tomorrow's post and they'll be mine!
In the meantime I watched Brandy and Whisky attempt a pincer movement on an oblivious blackbird on the lawn. I was all set to go save it and then Soda bounded up to see what they were doing and scared her away. They're all enjoying bounding around the de-ragworted lawn chasing smaller flying things, though.
More photos later, if I get my fic finished (should do). I didn't want to disturb them while they were suckling.
