Day 51 (10/12)

Gosh, I need to get back to keeping this thing up!! I guess it is just that the kittens are not doing many new things at this point, but they sure are getting really, really cute!! And they are getting OH SO BIG!!

Today we took in Meisha. Meisha is a 4 week old cutie pie, and she is really a girl :-) We already had it confirmed by a pro.... Meisha was rescued from a really bad place by a girl named Rachel. I just erased home where the word "place" is because the way this kitten is, you can't call that place a home!! Rachel's boyfriend says Meisha's white stripe on her forehead is her "Mohawk". If she was a he, we would have called her Mr. T!

Meisha was/still is covered with fleas, and thus has sores from them. Don't worry though!! We took her to the vet first thing, and they gave her a dose of Advantage, and those fleas are dying! I really didn't want to put the stuff on her. After they told me the fleas would all be dead in 12 to 24 hours, instead of days or weeks with non-chemical treatments, well I decided that outweighed any and all concerns with the Advantage!

Meisha took to the soft canned food with just a little coaxing. I had to spoon feed her, literally, the first 2 or 3 bites, then she figured it out! She ate very well, and then enjoyed a bottle of goat milk as a chaser!

Poor Sandy! Sandy so wants to be Meisha's mommy, but I think Meisha has had a bad experience with a dog in the past! She growls and hisses at Sandy, which just makes Sandy sad! I think they will grow to like each other, Sandy is sitting on the bed right at the door of Meisha's kennel. They are getting to know each other......Hopefully by Saturday they will be able to be together with no doors between them!!

We haven't introduced Rosey, Casey, and Eric to Meisha yet, though they have seen her. Meisha has the common kitten ailment of a respiratory infection, and she is on medication for that. 2 days after her symptoms clear up, the vet gave her the go ahead to join the boys for playtime! That will be fun :-)

As it stands now, we think we may be looking for another home for Meisha, probably in January. She will be ready before then, but I am afraid of adopting her to someone as a gift, then ending up in a shelter! SO, if any of you reading this are thinking of getting a kitten, you can watch here and get to know Meisha like you know her brothers!

If anyone has any suggestions on a type of scale, and a place to buy it, that will weigh these guys more accurately, please let me know!! Every one that I have seen has the same limitations the one we already have does, or it weighs in 1/2 pound increments.

Kitten Weights:
Rosey: 2 pounds plus
Casey: 975 grams or 34.40 ounces
Eric: 2 pounds plus
Meisha: 385 grams or 13.60 ounces