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Old 08-19-2016, 10:32 AM #11
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Watching kittens is so much fun! I am happy for you that you are enjoying them.

So keep those stories comin'!
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Last week we received 2 small Amazon boxes...which were quickly taken over by Maya. I put them near the front door so hubby could take them out on trash day, but she had other ideas for them. She likes to sit in both, waiting for hubby to return from his errands. It seems they are her new "morning" spot.
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Hi Kiwi,

Watching them explore sounds like so much fun. You are making me want kittens. Though my old gal Ba-ba would never approve, so I will have to settle for hearing about yours.

If it is not a bother, I am sure I'm not alone in saying we'd love another photo sometime.
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Pet their silky little heads for me ok?
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Great pictures mrsD - I think that I should arrange some cardboard boxes for my two
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Littlepaw, I think that I understand about Ba-ba; I suspect that Susie would not have been impressed about the arrival of new ones.

The vet came round today to check their post-vaccination vital signs (impressive) - all was good.

Waiwaiaa has decided that my computer chair is a good spot (attached) - not as good as your pictures mrsD, something that I guess I should work on.

This does not leave much room for me but we can usually compromise. She also enjoys walking on the laptop keyboard. I learned something from this. She found a key (not the faintest idea which one) which switches off WiFi access to my router - it reverted to something called "Airplane Mode", which I had never heard of.

After a brief pause for some four-letter words I managed to restore access - another small datapoint added to what I know about Windows 10
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Kiwi,

Thanks for the photo. What a smart kitty to be teaching you all about Windows 10.
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She is adorable. I didn't realize she is a tortoise and white, such a pretty girl.

That is impressive that the vet came around!

Definitely use MrsDs box idea. When I was fostering a kitten last I set boxes on their side so the flaps formed a wall with an "entry" the kitten could push through. I also cut a couple of holes to pop out of. My son called the resulting construction "box castle" and boy did the kitten have fun running in and out and knocking toys about inside. With two of them it will work even better.
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Thanks Littlepaw and mrsD - your collective idea of a cardboard box was great
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I have put one in the kitchen - they have fun with it, getting into and over it, having mock fights about who has possession. They also find a piece of crunched-up newspaper good value - they chase it round for ages, sometimes arguing about who owns it
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Apart from that they are both goggle-eyed about my Brush Turkeys, who they see outside every day. I have a colony, complete with a nest-mound and they come round for food hand-outs. They are about twice the size of Blackberry and Waiwaiaa (the attached picture of the alpha male gives an idea).

I will keep them inside for a while yet and then let them explore outside.
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The kittens continue to thrive and both have healthy appetites
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. I had to go to the vet today to get another bag of "Kitten Growth" food for them.

Apart from that they are enjoying a climbing/scratching pole with a platform on top which a friend made for Spike and Susie.

They climb up it, reach the platform and have mock fights on it
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Working on pictures of this...
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I had an adventure today with the kittens.

The vet has told me that they should stay inside until they are old enough to be desexed, in about a month I think.

Today I must have been careless when I walked up the drive to get the mail and left the door open - Blackberry did a runner. Cue: panic. Waiwaiwaa was concerned (this might just be anthropomorphism) about the absence of her friend.

Blackberry strolled in about an hour ago, after about eight hours AWOL, graciously accepted food and affection from Waiwaiwaa. Whew
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Note to self - check door before going outside
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My kittens continue to thrive.

They have both mastered the skill of sarcastic eating, which is finding a tiny food scrap on the kitchen floor and then spending ages eating it with evident enjoyment.

I take sarcastic eating to be a hint that they would like a snack, not that they are under-fed
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Kiwi, I just love reading about your new kitten sisters!

I found by chance on my eBook app this book at our library.
We can check out for free for 21 days, and I have been reading many things for the last few months at night, to get to sleep. I use a Samsung Tab3... which I guess is about the size of a Kindle.


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It is really packed with tons of history and kitten information, and everything else anyone who loves cats, might enjoy.
If you can find it where you are, you might want to check it out.

It did give me some guilt over our past cats, as I was pretty clueless about them, and made mistakes, etc. But if you are not that sensitive or guilt prone, the book is amazing in other respects.
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Thanks mrsD - that book looks great
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Blackberry and Waiwaiaa are my third generation cats.

I made some mistakes with the first generation, mainly giving them rubbish commercial food, so reckon that I still have a fair bit to learn.
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