The cat has moved the kittens to a closet
Sep. 3rd, 2011 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyFrom my perspective this is GREAT because I can see them without having to lie on my stomach. I doubt her perspective will stay the same.
One of them is starting to open one eye. Very adorable. AND one is starting to purr! If you've never heard a newborn kitten's first purr, you've missed out. This one is a little early for it, next week we should hear all of them starting to rattle away.
In the bad news front, the kittens have fleas. I picked them each up and checked them all over, and found one or two on each of them. (Tip for kitten wrangling - always keep a secure hold on the neck. They'll reflexively still, and if they're not crying for their mom their mom is much less likely to get concerned.) One of the calicos especially has a lot of flea dirt on her tail - not good, not good at all. Fleas kill kittens. I should've been more on top of this when their mom was still pregnant, and I dropped the ball.
They're a little young for flea medications, and even though I'm upset and concerned the outbreak doesn't look that serious yet (one reason I wasn't more on top of it before is because the mom didn't seem to have a flea problem - I found one on her in the past month, but now I'm remembering that if you bring an indoor-outdoor cat indoors totally the fleas explode), but I'm going to pick up a flea comb and start checking them daily. Good thing their mom is willing to let me handle her babies. I wouldn't let a giant cat handle *mine*!
One of them is starting to open one eye. Very adorable. AND one is starting to purr! If you've never heard a newborn kitten's first purr, you've missed out. This one is a little early for it, next week we should hear all of them starting to rattle away.
In the bad news front, the kittens have fleas. I picked them each up and checked them all over, and found one or two on each of them. (Tip for kitten wrangling - always keep a secure hold on the neck. They'll reflexively still, and if they're not crying for their mom their mom is much less likely to get concerned.) One of the calicos especially has a lot of flea dirt on her tail - not good, not good at all. Fleas kill kittens. I should've been more on top of this when their mom was still pregnant, and I dropped the ball.
They're a little young for flea medications, and even though I'm upset and concerned the outbreak doesn't look that serious yet (one reason I wasn't more on top of it before is because the mom didn't seem to have a flea problem - I found one on her in the past month, but now I'm remembering that if you bring an indoor-outdoor cat indoors totally the fleas explode), but I'm going to pick up a flea comb and start checking them daily. Good thing their mom is willing to let me handle her babies. I wouldn't let a giant cat handle *mine*!
