Yes, it’s going to be all kittens all the time around here for the next 8 weeks or so. I took a little video with my digital camera of the little buggers at a day old. [2.8mb .mov] Yeah, the quality is pretty crappy, but you kind of get the idea the wiggly ball of kitten.
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Kitten pile is now 3 days old
The kittens are still little fluffy grubs at this point. Their eyes aren’t open yet and they have two states: sleeping and eating. The only personality traits I have gleaned at this point is that the white kitten usually ends up on the bottom of the pile and it seems like one of the grey tabbies might be a camera ham. You’ll notice there always seems to be a grey tabby front & center in the photos.
Possum has no problem with Tak visiting the birthing box. As you can see. Tak loves to just sit next to me while I’m petting Possum and watch the activity. She doesn’t quite know what to think about the kittens. I’ve shown them to her one by one. She just sniffs on them, sometimes seems a little afraid of them, but seems to understand they aren’t food. I can’t wait until they’re bigger and can harass the shit out of her. That’s going to be fun.
One day old
No one gets tired of kittens…
Finally, we have kittens!
When I left for work this morning, Possum was behind the chair in the office, laying on her side. She meowed and purred but wouldn’t come out and say “Hi”. So I kind of figured it might be kitten time. When I got home, she came out from behind the chair, got pets, meowed and purred, then headed back to a pile of kittens! They were just there on the floor in a kitten ball wiggling like a bunch of worms.
Possum had no problem with me sticking my hand in there and picking them up. So I had a quick look at each, one at a time, then put them back. I went and got her a box and set it up with bedding, then stuck the kittens in it. After she did a couple of head counts to make sure everyone was there, she settled down. I didn’t want to mess with the kittens too much, but it looks like 2 grey tabbies, a brown tabby and a white one. We do have some ferals here with siamese markings so the white one could turn out that way. We’ll see. Enough yappin’…on to kitten pics!
The reluctant kittens
Apparently Possum’s kittens REALLY like it in there. Despite the fact that she’s huge and filling up with milk, no kittens. Now her belly is really lumpy. Like, here’s a kitten, and here’s one, and here’s another. If they were human babies I’d expect them to be born and immediately start kindergarten.
In other Possum news, she and Tak are getting along well. I think Possum thinks Tak is another cat. If Tak will stand still, Possum walks right up to her and rubs her head under Tak’s chin. Cute! Every once in a while when Tak gets too bouncy, Possum has to let out a hiss. But that works because Tak knows exactly what that means….pay attention or sharp bits will follow.
Possum is still most comfortable in her little room, but if I leave the door open she’ll come out into the living room a little bit. Right now she’s sideways on my living room rug. I think the TV kind of freaks her out. Aww, she’s having trouble keeping her eyes open. They get squinty, then shut. Then pop open. “I’m awake!” Poor thing. She looks like a whale.
Other Possum developments…she’ll let me pick her up. No scratching, biting or whining. I only hold her for 10-15 seconds then put her down before she gets uncomfortable. I guess my method is working because I started with picking her up a few inches off the ground only and now I can pick her up to my chest while I’m standing. Oh yeah, and she let me trim her claws. Showers should be less painful going forward.