This has become Sadie's favorite past time. She doesn't really care if they are sleeping or playing she will lay in front of the kennel and watch them. She will even forgo eating to watch the kittens. We actually have to drag her out of the bathroom and close the door to get her to eat.
This weekend we decided to just leave her and see how long she would watch them. It was 30-45 minutes that she sat in there intently staring into the kennel before she finally got bored and decided that she wasn't missing anything.
Last night, I moved them into her old kennel which is MUCH larger and allows them to play some more. However, since this kennel is much larger it will not fit in the bathroom. I put it in our kitchen in one of the corners, so this morning when Sadie came downstairs to check on her kittens she was thoroughly confused. Then she thought maybe she could just get in with them, since it is her old kennel after all.
As for River, he is doing WONDERFULLY! He walks, all be it with his butt in the air, and is happy to play with the other kittens. When I moved them to the big kennel he moved right in with them. The only requirement for him now, is that he keep the bandages dry. In the old kennel it was too close of quarters to guarantee that, however in the new one there is enough space that we are fairly certain he can keep dry. Plus, the new litterbox is larger, and lower to the ground, so he can use it and the other two are using it pretty much all the time also.
Yes, I said other two. The calico is now on the injured list. Yesterday we noticed that she had stopped putting weight on one of her legs. After some investigation it appears that she may have injured her shoulder. The only thing we can figure out is that she had one of her legs through the bars on the front of the kennel and she either fell or one of the other cats climbed on top of her.
River has a bandage change appointment today at 2:00 and so mom is going to take her with him and see if we can get her some pain medicine and some advice as to how to treat the injury. It is just never ending with these four!!
The final piece of news is that we are trying to get them to eat solid food. We have not had much success as they prefer to stand/walk through it as opposed to eating it.
Of course, we have also not been working with them like we should. We have both been so busy (the race track closes this weekend, and I am trying to get ready to be out of the office next week) that it is just easier to give them the bottles and be done with it rather than trying to get them to eat. Hopefully I will have some time to work with them this weekend.
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