Visitors

Starting tomorrow, Snowball, Socks, and Leo will get their first taste of what it's like to live as part of a human family. My sister, her husband, and their three kids are coming to visit. While the kittens have had some exposure to other people through visits from neighbors, by far the majority of their human contact since they came here has been with me. They are still a little shy with other people at first, so this will definitely be good for them to get used to having others around.

The kittens have crossed several milestones in the far too many days since my last update. First, they finally broke the litterbox rule--one of them (I suspect Leo) decided to try out one of the towels for a poop instead of going in the box. He was really polite about it, though (or sneaky?)--he folded the towel over to cover up the mess so it was nice and dried on there by the time I found it. Gross, Leo!

They got their second set of shots on October 4. They were still too small to do their surgeries the same week, so they got to stay here a little longer than expected. Snowball and Leo have since gained to over three pounds. Leo has actually passed Snowball, and is now the largest of the three. Hard to imagine, given how rail thin he was when I first brought them home! Socks remains the smallest. She's still under three pounds as of her last weighing.

Around the first of the month, Snowball went through a phase where she didn't want to be held for more than a second or two. It seemed to be an attention span thing--she preferred to play. Now, however, she's back to being the cuddliest one of the bunch. Leo is also very sociable. He still "play bites" occasionally, but he's much more gentle about it now. Socks is now where Snowball was a couple of weeks ago. She prefers playing to cuddling, and has started running away when I try to pick her up. Hopefully, she'll grow out of that in a few days like Snowball did.

The kittens are scheduled to have their spay/neuter surgery on Monday. They will then return to my house for a few days of recovery before going back to the shelter for adoption, most likely on Friday. Rest up, kittens! You have a busy week ahead.