Day 31

The kittens are turning into real lovers! They are all happiest cuddling close and being held. Casey is learning how to "kiss". He often will just touch his mouth to my mouth, kind of like a pecking motion. Every once in awhile he forgets and tries to bite my lip, but he seems to understand no bite.

We are making baby steps in the litter box training effort, and I am sure it will all click in place soon!

We bought a harness for the kittens today, hoping to start them getting used to it. I really should have taken a picture, as it was HUGE on them! I will take a picture tomorrow of one of them in it. Anyway, we would really like to get these guys leash trained. I guess by the time they are actually big enough to WEAR the harness, they will be ready to adjust to leash life.

We started sprinkling hard dry kitten food on top of their warm moist kitten food, in a start toward weaning them to the dry stuff. It was a comical scene indeed. Casey went right after the hard food, and seemed to enjoy the different texture. His brothers were not too thrilled about the dry stuff though! Eric avoided it as much as he possibly could, and ate around it to get to the soft food. Rosey on the other hand picked the dry food up in his mouth, and promptly disposed of it on the mat outside the bowl. You could actually hear him spitting it out! Sorry Rosey, like I told you earlier, it is only a sign of more to come! Can you say spoiled kittens?

A few days ago, we discovered that while the kittens look very different, there are some similarities they all share. They all 3 have 4 white paws, with similar patterns of white. Now, if you look at the pictures, look closely, you will see that on the right side of their upper lips, just under the nose, they all have a lighter colored dot! They all 3 have this rather unusual dot, and it is really cool, as it just ties them all together.

Pictures: See how big the kittens are getting? You can see them on the bed with Zelda. I thought that picture of Casey sleeping was just too funny! Kitten tipping??

Kitten Weights:
Rosey - 594 grams or 21 ounces
Casey - 495 grams or 17.6 ounces
Eric - 626 grams or 22 ounces