Ok, they're two weeks old tomorrow. Almost all of them have their eyes open. One of the kittens has one eye open and the other one is almost all of the way open. Should it be all of the way open? Or should I give it a couple of days. I wish I knew when it opened, but I was on vacation for 4 days and they all opened while I was away
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Also, while I was gone, Mushy decided to move the babies under the bed. My brother moved them to a different spot and she seems fine with it, but is it normal for them to move their babies this far into it?
When do mamas allow you to start handling their babies? Mushy wants nothing to do with others handling her kittens... she tries to take them away if I'm holding one. I know they're young, but I'd like to get some pictures.
We moved the babies to a laundry basket, but how long until they outgrow this and what do I move them to?
Last, I have unlimited dry kitten food sitting out all of the time, a full water bowl, and I feed her a can of wet kitten food everyday. My issue is that I was away for 4 days and Mushy's dry food bowl didn't need to be filled up at all. She was eating dry food no problem before she gave birth, but now she doesn't seem to want anything to do with it. I figure, if she's hungry, she'll eat the dry food, but my theory doesn't seem to be working... when she's not getting wet food, she eats the dry.
Also, while I was gone, Mushy decided to move the babies under the bed. My brother moved them to a different spot and she seems fine with it, but is it normal for them to move their babies this far into it?
When do mamas allow you to start handling their babies? Mushy wants nothing to do with others handling her kittens... she tries to take them away if I'm holding one. I know they're young, but I'd like to get some pictures.
We moved the babies to a laundry basket, but how long until they outgrow this and what do I move them to?
Last, I have unlimited dry kitten food sitting out all of the time, a full water bowl, and I feed her a can of wet kitten food everyday. My issue is that I was away for 4 days and Mushy's dry food bowl didn't need to be filled up at all. She was eating dry food no problem before she gave birth, but now she doesn't seem to want anything to do with it. I figure, if she's hungry, she'll eat the dry food, but my theory doesn't seem to be working... when she's not getting wet food, she eats the dry.