Pregnant foster - Page 2

Just a quick update to say the family is doing great. The kittens are very smart for their age. Only 23 days old and the 3 of them can hop in and out of the box by themselves (wich is pretty high, they have to stand on their rear paws to reach the edge). One of them (Zack) even drank water out of mom's water bowl! They now come to me when they hear my voice and seem to see better (they make eye contact and follow moving objects, inlcuding my feet when I walk!).

Yes, all 3 of them do! And Zack will have longer fur than the other. I will post new pictures tomorrow, they are growing so beautifully!

As for the mother, she is eating a lot 3 times a day and she looks healthy and happy with her babies.

As promised!

Here are the kittens with their eyes opened and starting to explore a little bit. I've rearranged the living room so tha they can only acces half of it. It is not to big and it is kitten-proof. Also, they don't get lost and find their way home to the box easily. I have noticed they only explore when I am in the room with them. When I leave, they go back to their box with their mommy! It's perfect for me as I am the worrying type!

The pictures are not very good, because it i still dark in this part of the room. If I want the picture to look light, I loose clarity. Okay, and I am not a very good photograh either!

This is "grown-up" Eve


Here is my little Tim




And look at how gorgeous Zack turned out to be! He was the tiny one and now he is full of fur and he has tis round cute belly!






The other 2 are just as adorable, but Zack is a bit easier to picture because he is a little more independant. The other 2 will climb onme or stick their noses right into the camera when I try to take pictures of them!

So, the family is doing great! Last week was a week of FIRSTS! First time using the LITTERBOX , first time eating semi-solid FOOD and even first time meeting Zoe and Tania (under really close supervision). Everything went well. Of course, they don't use the litterbox ALL the time, but it's a great progress. Eve and Tim can both eat semi-solid food. Zack will lick my finger if I dip it in it, but won't eat in the bowl yet (hasn't figured out how, he prefers to bite the edges of the bowl instead!).
Mommy Goupille is very pleased that her kittens are more independant and that she has more time for herself. She is still skinny, but she eats 3 times a day, wich is great.
Here are a few pics of the first times for your viewing pleasure!

Tim eating for the first time. I was so proud, he is the first one that did it!


Of course, it was a little messy. But he sure seemed to enjoy it!


Eve used the litterborx for the first time. (I think this size of picture is better, I will continue with it...)


That's a good girl!!


And Zack started playing with toys (all of them can see and play with toys now, wereas a week ago they wouldn't see it if the toy was moving and they did not know that they could use their paws to make it move).


Look at his sweet face! He is such a lap kitty compared to te 2 others, he makes my heart melt all the time


That's it for today!
I just want to add that even though I love kittens, I would prefer if there weren't any pregnant cat to foster. I just wanted to make it clear that by posting pictures of cute kittens I did not want to encourage or support non-spaying or non-neutering your cats. Save a life, save many lives, spay and neuter, please. Older cats without a home don't stand a chance of finding one if there are always cute kittens in shelters and petshops. And cute kittens themselves are put to sleep everyday because of their large numbers.

Update on the family (as 2 of the kittens (Tim and Eve) are playing on my laps while another fell asleep at my side (Zack).
I still have a hard time getting mommy to gain weight. I wonder if there is an underneath condition preventig her to gain weight (worms or something else?). She eats normally and goes to the potty normally too. She seems perfectly fine other the fact that I feel all her bones in her back when I pet her and she looks so skinny. She has started being on heat already, poor her. I can't wait to get her spayed.
The kittens are all eating solid food now. They still nurse sometime on mommy (wich is why she isn't spayed yet) and it is the only time I hear them purr. They are like their mother, even when she looks so happy and content she will barely purr and if she does it will be very quiet. (another kitten fell asleep while I am writing. Tim is now in the land of sleep while Eve is playing with my sweather, but I suspect she will fall asleep soon, she just yawned big time!)
Kittens are so full of energy and fun to watch. I am helping them develop their physical skills by playing alot with them. They love the game that is basically a big plastic ring with a ball inside of it that they can reach, see and move, but that is impossible to take out of it. They are more and more awake and they now run and move so fast! They went from walking akward to running so well in such a short period of time (2 weeks). They are now 5 weeks and a half. Another 3 weeks untils they get spayed/neutered at the shelter. Now if I can just convice the shelter to let me bring them back until I find them a home myself (this way I can keep them until they are 10-12 weeks old instead of 8 like they want me to).
Eve is laying at Zack's side. She fell asleep while snuggling.

More pictures soon. Thanks for following their story.