Max and Merlin discover out doors!

I had a lovely email from Tony and Kareen last night which I thought you would like to see the latest from their kittens who were from KT's litter last September so they are now 7 months old!

Having escaped out of both front and back doors several times our two now seem to think that they are outdoor cats and demand to go out now, with Merlin being especially vocal. They've been out in the garden but it never seems to be enough, although the promise of chicken soon brings them back inside. Merlin has also met next doors 16 year old tabby, who though she can barely walk, saw him off in an instant. Merlin has also had his first little mishap this weekend when he poked himself in the eye with something that scratched his cornea. Fortunately the antibiotic cream has cleared it up quickly and there were no secondary effects, but it had us worried for a while. True to breed type he just laid there while I opened his eye and put the cream in it. The final check with the dye this evening was funny as it ran from his eye out of his nose so when the vet turned on the UV light he had a luminous nose! Both of them are still growing of course (Merlin is now 4.5kg and Max 4.9kg) and they still seem to be getting heavier every day - especially when they jump on you first thing in the morning. I also thought I'd let you have a couple of photos to see how they are looking now. The light isn't that great in the house so having them outside in the sunshine yesterday was too good an opportunity to miss to get the camera out.

Update on Joy's kittens

After a worrying start all of Joy's kittens are thriving. The little girls opened their eye at 7 days! ( which is early ) however we are still waiting for the boys at 10 days!! They are all such big strong kittens, on the move around the box and feeding well, now it seems odd that this time last week I was concerned they might not even make it. Fingers crossed they will all keep up the good progress.

Missy's kittens are now 7 weeks old

Sleepy Red

My Daughter Naomi visited this weekend and took the opportunity to get to know the babies, she fell in love with the wonderful tortie girl

Some updated Missy kitten photo's

The handsome Mitted Male

All together for nap before the fun starts again

The gorgeous Tulula

Sookie

Missy's kittens are doing great they are causing havoc in the conservatory , where they are now . They have two speeds full or stop they are doing exactly what they should be Playing, eating , fighting, Sleeping , eating having fun!

Joy's kittens arrive!!!

Very Busy Week! In which Joy finally had her kittens Wednesday night! Very difficult birth poor thing. She was odd all day yesterday, at lunch time she actually took my hand in her mouth and lead me to the bottom of the stairs, we went to sit on the bed but as nothing appeared to be happening I went back to work. Whilst I was in the bath last night she stood up and grabbed my arm with her paw and when I put my hand out she again grabbed it in her mouth and tried pulling me out of the bath. Finally about to she woke me by sitting on me in bed and letting birthing fluid soak me. The Problem turned out to be that just a tail was protruding and disappearing again. As it was middle of the night I tried what the vet told me last time and popped my two fingers in and managed to manipulate it enough after several more painful pushes we managed to deliver a live kitten between us! But that really started her off on the wrong foot as it obviously really hurt her. 2 was not to bad but 3 didn't arrive until 4 ish and was the same way around and gave me a real scare as it was Blue when we got that one out but and cough and a sneeze after some firm rubbing and it was in the land of the living. But this time I needed the loo! but she wasn't going to be left and actually left the kittens to come with me which concerned me. Number 4 arrived about 5, so we both collapsed exhausted and she slept with her head on my pillow whilst the babies snuzzzled in . Again when I got up at 7 she insisted on visiting bathroom with me but ran between us every time the kittens squeaked so I have put her in a cage with them whilst I sort the rest out and do the bedlinen washing! Fingers crossed we get no pneumonia in the babies after their traumatic start. We are now on day 3 and they are all looking fat and round and appear to be feeding well.

First Solid Food!

All fun and games this end the babies are now very mischievous and exploring everywhere and everything is a toy! Other
excitement this week is that the little ones have started on solid food , liquidised roast chicken and rice. This may look good but I'm not sure were the most went in them on them or me as they tend to stand in the plate then clamber over me leaving a thin layer of gunk which sets solid!

Weeks old!

Well this was a funny sight went into see them and Missy was feeding all 7 in this small cat bed! A very tight squeeze! The blue kittens in the centre looks a bit odd because Missy decided he needed a bit of a lick just as I was trying to take the photo so his face is still damp and all over the place! As you can see they are all growing well and in fact little Titch now weighs the most! That's him on the outside of the bed.Tried to give them a dish of milk a couple of days ago only Titch almost got the hang of it sort of ! He did much sneezing as he tried to suckle it up! Then realised he could lap it however it appeared the only way he could do this was by lying in the plate and lapping around himself. VERY MESSY so I'll leave it a little while before I try that again! Sorry didn't have the camera to hand at the time to record it for you all!

Day 22- active little cuties!

Well , thought I had better let you see some more photo's, as they are growing up fast, they now look more like kittens than aliens , and are starting to play with each other. We have moved them into a bigger box from the bed as poor Missy couldn't lay down to feed them in it because there are so many of them. I'm now giving them all a little extra feed to help her out. So now as soon as they hear my voice there is a rush to try and climb out of the box to be first in the queue for the milk! They are all weighing between 320- 340gms so not far off the weight of her kittens last year at the same age. So so far so good!

Tea with Neko and Zena

Debz couldn't make our get together last Sunday and so kindly asked me for a cuppa whilst I was in Cambridge last Wednesday. I took masses of photo's but just had to share with you a few. They are both growing well and still have more to do!

Zena (Little Missy) Then and now !!

Those of you who have been with the blog from the start will remember Little Missy, Zena she was from Missy's last years little who fell ill at 3 weeks and it was all touch and go for a bit. Well I

went to visit her early in a week, she is gorgeous and really turned out to be a superb big ragdoll! The picture below is her at 3 weeks, a real cutie even then

I NOW HAVE A PREFIX !!!

My paperwork has just arrived from the GCCF ( Governing Council of Cat Fanciers) with my prefix- all my kittens registered names will now start with TZKATZ . Which should be read Tz Katz ( T's Cats) I'm so happy, not my first choice but so close I am not bothered!

We're two weeks old now

Missy's 7 are growing well and starting to explore around the bed, occassionally even falling out into the main cage although I'm not sure that is always intended! They are starting to show a bit of colour one definatly going to be a red and a few are showing mittens!

Look who came to Tea!

Elphie- Joy's 2009 kitten

George - Missy's Red point 2009

Bella- Missy's 2009 mitted Girl

We had an exciting afternoon yesterday, I had a tea party and get together which George and Bella, Missy's litter last year and Elphie Joy's litter last year all returned to visit. It was great to see them all back again and see what fabulous cats they are growing up to be. They were all a year on the 12th March 2010 so still got plenty more growing to do!

We've Got our eyes open!

Well on Tuesday one had half an eye open now today two have their eyes completly open and two more have one eye open! The rest will follow soon!Thought you might like to see their size compaired to Theo's ( 13 year old ) hands.

Easter Sunday - Day 8 We're all doing so well!

Well, here we are on Day 8 and everybody is doing so well. I have been giving Titch some supplementary feeds during the day and he's now nearly 150g so he's got a fighting chance now. Fatso is 180g and the rest are all around 170g! Poor Missy is constantly feeding and cleaning them all , but I managed to get a shot today while she was grabbing a bite to eat herself. Their colours are starting to show a bit more now.

Day 4- see how we grow!

Well we've all made it to day 4, Titch is still small but gaining weight little by little, he's made it to 105g today still 30g less than the rest but he's going in the right direction. so fingers crossed!

Day 3 and all is well

Well so far so good! I weighed them all and they have all put on a bit of weight they range from 93g to 111gm. So fingers crossed we are on the right track.

Proud Mummy!

Well it's day 2, and they all appear to be feeding and she is so proud of herself! She rolled over when I got the camera out so I could get all 7 in the picture!

They have arrived!!!!!!

Well what a day it's been! about 5 this morning Missy woke me yet again all restless having had a show yesterday afternoon. She later produced the first 2 kittens almost simultaneously with out a placenta in between, clean them up and number 3 arrived a little break, much pushing and a tail appeared , then disappeared repeated this a few times then a single foot ( not a good sign) But after a lot of effort and a squeal out popped number 4, Number 5 then arrived the right way around but a little distressed at the wait. We were all exhausted and she settled down to clean and feed them . so I moved her to the cage stripped my bed , where is insisted on having them in between my legs ( not pleasant, but she the most important one to be happy!). Put them all in the wash , Returned to find her pushing again , and to my surprise out came number 6! after settling them all I decided to go an have a cuppa with a friend and show them the photos. Just went in to take some more and check on everybody, couldn't believe my eyes had to count several times to confirm it there are 7 clean little ones feeding away!!!!!!!!!!! So fingers crossed now they can make it through hurdle number 2 the first week.

AN EMAIL FROM TINY

Just thought i'ld sent you a picture of myself Tiny x. ( by the way mummies thinking about changing our names, might be Katie, Lulu, Penny or Poppet!! As for my brother, he could be Bob, Sam, Tom or Twiz ( what do you think??) xx



Hi Tiny,
We all know that we humans give you names and you have your own cat names that are secert from us. But if Mummy wants to change your names that's fine by me and we all know that if you don't like it you'll ignore it !!! I once had a kitten that had a large patch on it's nose so it got called sploj , he obviously never liked it and totally ignored you when called by it as soon as we changed it to cfor ( as in c for cat) he used to come running when called! So good luck with the new names let us know which one you like best , Poppet and Twiz are the ones I probably would have chosen for you myself! But then what do I know!!! Tx