wcb: and then there were four again...

Clare and Kiri from eat stuff organize weekend cat blogging to provide us with an excuse to bring on the cute...and we're all happy to oblige...

Starting with the three almost month-old kittens because, even if they are pretty much a blur, they are at least predictable. As in, they are supposed to be here. They are each between 550-575 grams as of yesterday and we've had to redesign the kitty containment system in their room to make the board across the doorway higher — it's now two feet and I give them a week tops before the first one gets claws over the top edge in a single leap. Then this barrier will fall, as the puny 1x12 fell before it. With any luck, we'll have the kitten section of the yard fenced in by then. So far, we've been about a day ahead of them. Doesn't bode well for us puny humans.

They are also getting older — not just bigger, older. They are a lot more like tiny cats now than they were just a few day ago: they scatch behind their necks (and lose their balance and topple over about half the time) and spend a good chunk of their waking time playing bap and bite, which seems like a fun game if you're a kitten. Plus they have their little paws under them and are walking steadily and even doing short bursts of running...until their back legs lose traction on the hardwood floor and they end up sprawled indignantly on their bellies.

I took more than 300 pictures of these three furlings this past week. They all look like this one. Well, that's not entirely true...some are blurrier. I need to get them outside in bright light so I can get a decent shot for next week. (Plus, I need to get a tummy picture for Layla...)

But didn't I say something about four?

Meet number four, aka Fluff Fruffle. See, the folks up at the Inn at the Lucky Mud (where River came from) got adopted by another stray cat. Who turned out to be pregnant. Or is that redundant? Stray cat...pregnant...yeah, seems redundant somehow.  So their stray brought these little fluff balls up to the front of the Inn one day and I happened to be there. Snagged! This guy is the oldest and biggest, also the darkest and fluffiest, and we both were pretty much instantly smitten.

So we convinced ourselves decided that what we really want is two oldest males — we're also planning on keeping Trubble — on the grounds that every little smidge of body mass or aggression they bring to the table gives them a better chance of making it out here in the wilds. And from the look of those paws, the fluffThing fruffleThing is going to be a big kitty.

and another, just because it's purty...

Comments

[layla]

Eeee! A picture of little bellies for me? I can't wait!

I thing between Trubble and Fluff--you'll have quite the tag team going. Which should bring you a lot of laughs. And it's even more fun when they're cute little furballs like that.

[s'kat]

*still loving the fluffiness*

[clare eats]

KM they are so cute!
The new kitten is ADORABLE! I can see why you were instantly smitten

[Tea]

Oh my, they are amazingly cute! I wish I lived near you, I'd invite myself over for kitty playtime:-)

[Strata]

Absitively posilutely puffdorable!

Kittens like that grow up to be the best kind of fluffy critters-- long thick fur, usually with a distinct overcoat and undercoat, but not enough to get mats. My cat Boo looked just like that as a kitten. She's about 11 now, and still a small fluff-exporting nation, especially when the weather gets hot!

Just wandered over from Weekend Herb Blogging, as I saw the k-word (kitten!) in your recent posts track while reading about your nifty bay trees.

best,
Strata

[tbirdonawire]

They are SOOOO cute! They look a lot like my boys. My boys were orphaned when they were 3 weeks old in 2001. This is a rare shot of them together. Squeaker hates the camera so I have way more photos of Harley than I do Squeaker. I'll have to remedy that, I suppose!

I'm looking forward to coming back to get updates. :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumheymum/177058822/

[farmgirl]

Do you have the cataholics info or should I track it down for you? :)

P.S. LOVE the new guy.