August 27, 2021
Wow, Day 50 in the life of the kittens… Seven weeks and one day. Which means we have only had Mitsy in the house for 54 days, that is not even 2 months. And we have made such incredible progress with her! And all 6 kittens as well. They are completely socialised, even the ones that are a bit more timid. And, incredibly, most of them are roughly the same visual size. We thought we would have at least 2 monstrosities, looking like little tigers: Pumba and Kabiri. But it turns out that we only have 2 mini kittens: Sipke and Stipke. They are very much alike and we can only tell them apart when we see them together. Sipke is the smaller one and probably female and Stipke is a bit heavier and probably a male…
Today, we saw on the cat cams that several kittens have discovered the window. That is a bit disconcerting, because we wonder how long it will take them to try and climb the obstacles we have built to keep them away from the window screen…. The day has been a bit cooler than the previous weeks as well, so we had the window open several times, to air out the room. We need to make very sure to never leave the room for any length of time with that window open or disasters can happen… On the cat cams it looked as if the kittens did not understand that the window is actually a barrier that you cannot get through. If you like kitten videos, watch this one for sure!
We also saw Mitsy in the window a lot of times and in early evening, when I spent some time with them, she even sort of sat down and napped a little bit sitting there. I think she enjoys the window but I also see her brain working. No idea whether she would like to get out or feels OK being locked in like this.
Today I also had to real scare with one of the kittens, I think it was Kabiri, that was walking on top of the crate. He did not see me coming so I snatched him up suddenly and put him down on the ground. Let’s hope that teaches him a lesson. There is nothing of interest on top of the crate for them, except the carton that covers the camera cables. Where I don’t really want them to walk… Wim said that he also saw a kitten on top this morning, but he could not identify which one it was. A tabby, he said. We have 4 of those, so take your pick…