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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Keeping up with Cookie and her crumbs - week 7

keebler
biscuit

graham
  Seven weeks have now passed! soon these little guys will be leaving the nest for homes of their own.






Litter box training is going along well and weaning is almost complete- every now and then  there's still a need to be comforted by mom of course.

At this point play really dominates their waking hours - these guys are going either full speed or sleeping- there's no speed in between.




Sometimes play can seem rough - but it's also a learning process, and a good reason why kittens with litter mates in the early weeks of their development end up with better social skills.  Learning not to bite or scratch too hard can be important when you know your opponent possesses the same set of sharp weapons that you do.

Cookie is carefully supervising the calisthenic workouts making sure her kids are in top physical shape.








come on keebler pull!










Looks like grahams working hard at irritating mom.


Mom . . . I'm pooped - it's a lot of work this growing up thing.












Okay guys time for our group shots:



 Graham, really - always a joker


Look over here Graham

Psssst -  before we go I have a secret
to tell- next week we will be going to our new homes -with our forever families.


My sisters get to go to their home together - which is good cause I think they really need each other.
And I get to go to a home with some other cool friends that I can't wait to meet.  (Hope they know what they're in for)











So - I'm going to spend a little more time cuddling with my sisters before we all leave.








Here's one interesting fact before we leave:  A cat's brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dogs.  Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brain that are responsible for emotions.

Image result for images of cat looking at dogWow - they really needed a study to figure that out. - silly humans think they are so smart..



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Friday, June 19, 2015

Keeping up with Cookie and her crumbs - week 6

Biscuit
Graham













Six weeks in and our little kittens are now starting to look like little adult cats.

Keebler





Everyone is starting to eat solid food from the dish now .......


Even our little boy Graham! - Just like a boy he's in the dish feet and all.

Sorry mom - we'll leave you alone to supervise!

(Here's an interesting cat fact:  Did you know that a cats jaw can't move sideways - so a cat can't chew large chunks of food.)
On the activity side of development:
The kittens are working diligently on all  their skills playing, jumping, running and wrestling and becoming more agile and athletic everyday.





Cats sure have some amazing athletic abilities- largely because of their design.

A cats back is extremely flexible because it has up to 53 loose fitting vertebrae - humans have only 34. Cats also have 230 bones in its body while humans have 206.  A cat can fit through any opening the size of its head because it has no collarbone. A cat can jump up to 5 times its own height in a single bound and can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph over a short distance.  - pretty impressive!

Socially, our kittens are learning new things everyday.

Our "kitten kindergarten" volunteers have  been hard at work socializing  the little guys, and we're all pretty impressed at how well things are going.



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From meeting new cats- here Biscuit and Maurice spend a few careful moments together on the catio.


To walks outside in our stroller - getting a little bigger picture of the world.



While mom watches intently  from her window view:

Soon they'll be ready to move on to lives of their own.

Finally - time for our group shot .. . which IS getting more difficult to take.  Without fail, there's always  a paw sticking in the wrong spot.



or somebody (no names) has to be a joker and stick a tongue in someones ear!

Next thing you know a wrestling match breaks out and someone's calling for mom!

And of course someone gets fed up with the horseplay  and leaves -   
and there goes our shot!
KIDS!

(Funny how one moment of cuteness erases all that misbehavior)




Saturday, June 13, 2015

Keeping up with Cookie and her crumbs - week 5

biscuit
graham
Here we are at week 5 for the kittens and play just rules the day - in between those important naps of course.
 They will sleep for nearly 18 hours a day!  One  reason they sleep so much is because an important growth hormone is released only during sleep.

The girls are now trying their first taste of solid food-While Graham, our little momma's boy, continues to spit it out, of course
preferring to continue nursing

keebler



Play dominates most of the waking day for the kittens -It doesn't take much for these guys to get going - even mom likes to join in on the fun on occasion.

And, other times, she just has to take a break and let her tail do the work.




And sometimes play is about learning how to be a cat - here mom's watching carefully while her kitten learns to hunt.



Some milestones for this kittens age:  Their sight becomes fully developed. Their deciduous (baby teeth) are are also coming in and should fully emerge around 8 weeks- and our teething babies are chewing and tasting everything - even their litter. They will have about 26 baby teeth that they will lose when they are around 6 months old.  Grown cats have about 30 adult teeth.
Self grooming also is becoming a more important daily chore  for the kittens.
And finally - it's time to start teaching them litter box basics.
So much to lean in such a short time span!




So keep checking in to watch us continue to grow!

'cause paws down,  we are the cutest kittens ever!
Okay - time to recharge our batteries and get back to growing.




Saturday, June 6, 2015

Keeping up with Cookie and her crumbs - week 4




It's week four already and the kids are growing like weeds:

biscuit
graham



















keebler

Still a little wobbly on their feet - they are continuing to explore further and further away from mom - driving her just a little crazy and maybe making her wonder how she got herself into this - note how she stares blankly into the distance....mmmm  probably will start weaning them soon!






Well - maybe not just yet.    But soon!


The kittens are starting to take little lessons from mom - learning what toys and scratching pads are for.




And they just  love to spend time playing with each other now:




Efforts to get them socialized are now in full swing - and we are hoping to expose them to as many different sights and sounds as we are able to.

Even though they are gaining independence, it seems there's always a little time to be a momma's boy for Graham.




Yep, somebody's got mom wrapped around his little paws and knows it.

Too bad silly Graham thinks he's the only one.


See you all next week!