Kitten season is here! *MORE pics post 18*

[snakemama]

Rocket and Jellybean (who are both girls, whoops!!) are now oficially at my favorite stage in kitten development. They sleep through the night (I've still been getting up once at night to feed them since Rocket felt a wee bit thin to me, but I'll probably stop that after tonight), they are steady but slow on their legs, their eyes are starting to focus, and they fall asleep at the drop of a hat! They are definitely robust little kitties, but not yet at the messy 'learning to eat by walking in their food' stage, or the even messier 'learning about litterbox etiquette by trial and error' stage!





I was going to turn Jeallybean around to get a shot of her face, but if she's awake she is making noise and it's midnight here so I didn't want to wake anyone. I'm pouting now because Rocket will fall asleep on my lap but Jellybean won't, and Jelly cries for her sister if they're separated....so no lap time for me tonight!!

[cassiesmom]

Awww, tiny kittens, you are so sweet! Sending you a very gentle petting !

[catmandu]

We love Little Kittens and are sending you all the love in the World. Thank God that you are out of danger now!!!

[maid25cats]

They are precious
I never actually seen any that tiny in person.
I don't think I would be able to give them up
Enjoy them and keep posting picture

[Catty1]

Awwwwww! Those wittle tabby eyes opening - they are both SOO sweet!

Give them lots of gentle kitten caresses for me.

[snakemama]

Rocket gave me a scare two nights ago with raging diarrhea...she was lethargic, dehydrated, and looked awful! (She looked fine at 7pm, and was a mess at 10pm. These little bubs can go downhill fast!) We rushed over to the emergency clinic, where she proceeded to perk up immediately and look almost totally normal by the time the doctor picked her up. Which was good, but....ergh....frustrating. I was still pretty freaked out so I went and got a bottle of pedialyte to mix into their formula and started feeding every 3 hours instead of every 5.

Today I took her in to see the shelter's vet, where they both got some dewormer and Rocket got some antibiotics. She looks WAY better, and in fact she now weighs more than Jellybean! She still has rampaging diarrhea, but the vet said that the rest of their litter does as well. In fact, the doctor told me she saw my kittens' siblings yesterday and my two are noticeably bigger! I did get enough antibiotics to medicate both of them, just in case Jellybean gets the runs too. OMG the FACE Rocket made when I gave her the meds was so cute/sad! She scrunched up her entire face and stuck out her tongue and tried like crazy to spit out the icky pink stuff!

Neither of them wanted to eat much today, but they're gaining weight and looking good so go figure? 0.o I might offer them a nibble of canned food mixed with formula tomorrow. Jellybean keeps gnawing on my hands and then rejecting the bottle, so maybe she's ready for real food! I did go buy an itty bitty litterbox today because they'll be ready for it in a few days! Are they that big already?!

Jellybean says "MAYBE I'll drink some of this!"


Sisters getting their snuggle on!


Rocket no longer looks like a sick kitten, she looks quite nice!


Oh hi, mind if we crawl in your lap?

[Karen]

Oh, the unbearable cuteness of being!