5 weeks old and fun

Well all of a sudden we are like the most entertaining little things...we play with everything, the broom, the boxes, buckets, duster and all the sand toys. They love outside in the monkey grass and porch. We go potty in our our box too.
They have started eating kitten pate' couple times a day along with their 2 T. of bottle of kitten milk 4 to 5 times a day so they are growing like weeds...Blackie is one lb-3oz...Whitie is one lb-2oz.... light gold is one lb-3oz and Goldie Jr is one lb-6oz.

Fiddlers Contest

Wes and I decided to check out the 82nd Annual Fiddlers Contest in Athens TX..this town is know for the first hamburger and the black eye peas capital...never to be seen...it was in the town square with lovely shade trees all around the square...
I think there were 6 men in the over 65 group and 8 men under age of 65 for the morning session... afternoon was slow in getting started and there was only 1 woman for that group and they were just starting with the under 18 youngester division when we decided to head home at 3:00...

We are 1 month old.

The kittens are 1 month old day. They are growing and developing their own little personalities... "Blackie" is the smallest and she loves to nuzzle... then "Whitie" she is the climber, right up your leg and tries to barge in on the others feeding time...Goldie Jr is the loudest and fuzzy one and biggest at 1 pound... then we have light Gold..he is so quiet but you got to be quick cause he moves following you.. I started taking them out to back patio and they are investigating the world and doing alot more playing....today we put them out in the grass. They werent quite sure about it....

Goldie & kittens

Well its been a long week. Finally was able to get Goldie to a vet and she spent 2 nights in Vet hospital. Seems she has birth abscess. Got her back with antibiotic and has to stay in the house with NO contact with kittens. She goes back to get stitches out on 23rd and the still need to keep her in house for another month until after she has been spaded on June 18... In the mean time still bottle feeding the 4 kittens, 5 times a day- every 4hours. They are cutting teeth and gaining weight.
They are 3 weeks today and each starting to develop in their own personalities.

Mothers Day

It was my mothers birthday on this Mothers Day... as I reflected back on my mom I tried to find pictures that would do her justice ... There is one of me and my mom on blanket when I was baby, one of Deb and my mom out in backyard, one at Cousin Wayne wedding, which is the only family picture we ever took and it including my daddy sister, Aunt Erna and his mother, Grandma Elsie Petznick Wenzel... and then there is probably the last one of us we ever took when I was about 13 or 14 ...
I cherish and love my children and my mom made me a better mom.

kittens 2 weeks old.

Well its been a rough week with momma cat hurt it was swollen lump and I thought she got bit by a snake but couldnt see anything,,,she took off a couple of days then coming back.... I called a vet and they said to let them stay with the momma. But she cried when the kittens are trying to nurse and they seem hungry. So I separated them from her and am doing 5 bottle feedings(1Tablespoon of Just born milk) a day every 4 hours..thank goodness they sleep thru the night. I need to monitor their weights and make sure they eat.
Today her wound had opened up and I took her to the vet clinic to get checked...that Dr says it isnt a snake bit or a attack from another animal but its a birth absist..my options were 1) to take her home and let it will heal on its own but would take a month or two or 2)he would keep her over night, clean it out and stitch it up and give her antiboctics,,, she will heal in couple of weeks this way... I chose for him to help her and she should be home in a day or so....still keeping her and the babies apart. They are starting to climb and adventure around some.

4 Little Kittens

I went out yesterday morning to find Goldie,the mother cat in my garden, parilized. and half asleep. Didnt see any injures but she had all the signs of been bit by a snake. She gained enough strength and moved under my car then just disappeared. Went to Atwoods and got mini bottles and special milk and started feeding her 4 kittens that are 11 day old, every 4 hrs about 1/2 oz of this special kitten milk...been watching for Goldie to come back but she never did so I move the kitten bin into the sunroom for protection. I weighed them again this morning and seems that milk is good, they all gained 2 oz from yesterday.
Well after 2 days being gone, the momma cat, Goldie, showed up last night...reunited her with kittens, all in clean bin in sunroom for night. Will see how this goes...

May blessings

One of our pecan trees started sprouting shoots, our one week old kittens but the one in back died, very colorful bird still coming to feeder, and Mary Ann and Chris Peterson from California were in our area and we were able to visit for a few hours.