Sweet Smeagol just had his 4 week birthday on Wednesday and is doing amazing. He's giving me much more time to sleep and I've been letting him socialize more with the other cats. He just had his first canned kitten food meal. I'd been worried that he wasn't taking to eating any of the food I put in front of him, but I soon found out that he really just wanted me to hold the dish for him. LOL!
They train us so well don't they?
All 4 of my adults have given him licks on his head and Sparkle gave him a swat when he wanted to cuddle with her. No claws though. He wasn't really deterred so I pulled him away and got him to cuddle with me instead.
He's such a little love bug and is now doing little bursts of kitten runs. BTW, he can see just fine from what I can tell!!!! I was so worried about him not being able to see because of his eye infections, but it's all cleared up. He looks up at me with such love and sweetness!!
I'll be continuing to wean him and he should be ready to go to his new home as soon as he's off the bottle. He's using his litterbox exclusively, although he doesn't really get in there himself. I put him in it after he wakes up and after he eats and he pees or poops in there.
I feel he should go to his new home as soon as possible. I want him to bond closely with his new meowmy and don't want her to miss out on him being tiny.
I know that most people recommend that the kittens don't go to their homes until they are 10-12 weeks old, but since I don't have the mama cat anyways, is there any harm in letting him go to his new home at 6 weeks?
I know he'll be isolated in one room except for supervised interactions with their dog and adult cat.
They train us so well don't they?
All 4 of my adults have given him licks on his head and Sparkle gave him a swat when he wanted to cuddle with her. No claws though. He wasn't really deterred so I pulled him away and got him to cuddle with me instead.
He's such a little love bug and is now doing little bursts of kitten runs. BTW, he can see just fine from what I can tell!!!! I was so worried about him not being able to see because of his eye infections, but it's all cleared up. He looks up at me with such love and sweetness!!
I'll be continuing to wean him and he should be ready to go to his new home as soon as he's off the bottle. He's using his litterbox exclusively, although he doesn't really get in there himself. I put him in it after he wakes up and after he eats and he pees or poops in there.
I feel he should go to his new home as soon as possible. I want him to bond closely with his new meowmy and don't want her to miss out on him being tiny.
I know that most people recommend that the kittens don't go to their homes until they are 10-12 weeks old, but since I don't have the mama cat anyways, is there any harm in letting him go to his new home at 6 weeks?
I know he'll be isolated in one room except for supervised interactions with their dog and adult cat.