Olive and her kitties are doing very well. Olive is a very nice and pretty cat and is a very good mother. Now that her babies don’t need her for their main source of food anymore, she is enjoying some leisure time away from them on a shelf where they cannot reach her, but she still keeps a careful watch over them.
The kitties are almost 9 weeks old now [which was three weeks ago because someone is a lazy blogger], and their names are Jelly, Chili, Garbanzo, Lima, Pinto & Lentil (in order from largest to smallest). There are 5 girls and 1 boy. Garbanzo is the boy, and he is extremely sweet. He is very friendly and loves to be held. He has always looked a little different than the rest; he has a longer, shinier & fluffier coat than the others. We think he takes after his mother.
All of the girls are also very sweet. They look a lot alike, so it can be hard to tell them apart. They all have dark fur, but some of them have kind of a grey undercoat and/or grey highlights, and some are lightly striped.
They all love to play, climb, jump, pounce, wrestle and run around. They are pure entertainment! They are all eating kitty food, and took a liking to it right away; though they still like an occasional drink from momma. Since we have never watched baby kittens grow and develop before, we were amazed at how quickly & successfully they learned how to use the litter box.
We feel very lucky to be sharing our home with this loveable family; it is a wonderful experience!
You can see the kitties at eight weeks old playing in and around a basket in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyTxQAmjlwg.
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