We took her back to the shelter for a weight check, and she's 1lb 4oz! Woohoo!! So after a rough start, she's gaining weight well. Last Friday she was 15oz!
She'll probably hit the 2lb mark at 10 weeks, so is about 2 weeks growth behind the "average" kitten.
She'll get her first vaccinations at 1lb 8oz, then spayed at 2lb, so we'll keep her for another 3 weeks probably. They're certainly in no rush to take her back - they have a massive URI outbreak, and cat adoption has been closed for quarantine since the day after I took Smudge - I got her out just in time! It's a small shelter, and having 20 cats there is really busy for them. They currently have over 30 in quarantine, and another 10 or so who are almost healthy, or have just come into the shelter and haven't got sick yet. Poor things
Smudge was having SO MUCH FUN playing on the bed this morning. She would sit at hubby's feet, and I'd wiggle my fingers, and she'd come bounding up to me, roll around playing with me fingers, then I'd pretend I was going to grab her, and she ran away retreating back to hubby's feet where she'd wait, wiggling her bum for the next round. She pounced and retreated for about 45 minutes before we got sick of the game...
Then after we showered and dressed and so forth, I went downstairs and she was trying to get on the couch where hubby was sitting, so he put her up next to him, and she ran up to his chest, and snuggled into his chest under his neck and purrrrrred away and fell asleep.
She'll get her first vaccinations at 1lb 8oz, then spayed at 2lb, so we'll keep her for another 3 weeks probably. They're certainly in no rush to take her back - they have a massive URI outbreak, and cat adoption has been closed for quarantine since the day after I took Smudge - I got her out just in time! It's a small shelter, and having 20 cats there is really busy for them. They currently have over 30 in quarantine, and another 10 or so who are almost healthy, or have just come into the shelter and haven't got sick yet. Poor things
Smudge was having SO MUCH FUN playing on the bed this morning. She would sit at hubby's feet, and I'd wiggle my fingers, and she'd come bounding up to me, roll around playing with me fingers, then I'd pretend I was going to grab her, and she ran away retreating back to hubby's feet where she'd wait, wiggling her bum for the next round. She pounced and retreated for about 45 minutes before we got sick of the game...
Then after we showered and dressed and so forth, I went downstairs and she was trying to get on the couch where hubby was sitting, so he put her up next to him, and she ran up to his chest, and snuggled into his chest under his neck and purrrrrred away and fell asleep.
