Saturday Squee

The Kissmollin litter is now nearly seven weeks old.  Äiti was sent to check on them; as I require information on young Papu and his burmese tendencies. Getting them to pose for a group photo proved impossible, but there was lots of playing and cuddling instead.  Jura update - so far he is being his normal self, with the occasional gulping motion which sends Äiti into panic; however signs are good. Paws crossed.

We are able to pass on information via Äiti's socks. They are the perfect medium for communication. She may think they have come straight out of the clean laundry but we have our ways and means!

And this is presented to you for your Saturday jigsaw.
110Checking the sock



Jura update - so far he is being his normal self, with the occasional gulping motion which sends Äiti into panic; however signs are good. Paws crossed.

Saturday Puzzle

Beware the tussling minicats - they are learning fast.

And here's the jigsaw:

112Kitten Tussle

Saturday Slurp

Yet again, Papu features. Do not worry, we will get our plae in the spotlight again. But this is a sweet photo and show his forehead 'M' which is not often seen with burmese (it must be his outcross genes).  Little Papu has not been ver settled at the milkbar as his siblings have been pushing him away, and he also wants to test every spigot. So here, he was on his own with Lilja and topping up his energy.

And Äiti thought it would be a nicely challenging jigsaw for the day!


120Papu feasts

Toesday

Kitten and Mama toes.......

Monday Milkbar

The kittens are now three weeks old, and ravenous when it comes to the milkbar (of course). Lilja is patient.

However it appears that young Papu is the bravest and most adventurous kitten, and will seek out sustenance at every opportunity. Lilja is resigned to this.

But he is pretty darn cute. 

Paws up for Friday

Oh yes, it is the weekend and Äiti is home. Except for when she visits kittens. They are growing fast, and beginning to play and explore. Nella, their greatgreatgrandmother, is helping keep a watchful eye on them. Papu is showing off his belleh and paws to her.  He knows how to play The Cute.

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Mini-cats

So Äiti went to visit the Little Ones again. Lilja has decided she hates the big camera, so for a while the phone camera will have to do. Luckily Äiti got this shot first.  it is hard to tell the brown ones apart - there are three Neilikka, Pulla and Nuppu. We think Neilikka and Nuppu are in the picture.

 

And here is Papu. He has one eye open and loks like a little pirate. 

 And whenever Äiti visits Kissmollin, her socks are thoroughly checked out. Here Annabella (Jaava and Jura's sister) is whapping Burre (Sampo's brother) as she wants a sniff.

Friday Face

It is a cute face, yes, I admit that. And I thank Loyal Readers for their support and advice about making sure the new addition will respect me and honour the felocracy - in a way in which Mesi (who is actually his  second cousin once removed - we think) seems not to.  In the meantime, just look at those sweet little clawsies!

Wednesday Wonder

So Lilja looks on as Äiti holds one of her precious little babies. All are doing well. And we are now free to announce that this little sausage of squee is Papu, which means 'bean'. He is a chocolate burmese boy, fourth generation outcross and he will be joining us in 14 weeks. So, we have all been warned .......

Toesday

Saturday Squee

Last weekend, Äiti went to visit some kittens. These are from the great Arkhitekton dynasty and somehow related to the burmese here (that family tree is complicated and too hard for me to remember). Anyway, they posed as only kittens can, all over the place. 

 They already had excellent hunting skills.

And appetites.

Äiti is especially vulnerable to brown mancats like these two.

But she does not want a stud in the house like this one was showing himself to be.

They really liked showing off.

And like every other kitten, they loved sniffing and biting her socks. Her toe had some very fine teeth marks on it later.

But rest assured, she came home without any kittens and no fever to increase the Felocracy. It might have been different had they been nekkids......

Here's a jigsaw for your Saturday entertainment.

100 Brown boy bitey

Friday Special

And finally in our raid of the Archives, we have Aila, prviously called Islay (But it's pronounced the same).  She was in the Moggery in Bristol and Äiti met her when she was maybe 4 weeks old.

She was just six weeks old when she came to live with Äiti.

See that expression ? It hasn't changed!

Stran was her daddy cat and looked after her perfectly; she ws in a small bedroom for a short time, getting used to the place. That lasted maybe a day!

Islay was born to a young mother cat who didn't know what to do as one kitten from the litter was born dead, and she ignored the other three. They were luckily rushed to the vet, who saved the lives of Aila and her two sisters. However they developed very slowly and apparently needed indoor homes* as they were 'brain damaged'.  Now that was clearly just a ploy to get Äiti to adopt her, as there's been no sign of any problems like that with Aila.   In fact, she's pretty clever.

*Most cats in Britain have outside access. Äiti had no garden so all the Britcats were indoor kitties. Also, kittens are often rehomed at 8 weeks; Aila was unusual but her mother was not getting on well with her litter at the rescue centre so she came home early - Äiti knew Stran would takeover.

Wee Wednesday

This is one of Äiti's most favourite photos ever: Sampo at two days old, holding her thumb.

And so he came to live with us after 12 weeks at Kissmollin Cattery. His mother Isabelle is Jaava and Jura's sister. When he got here, Pekka was first to play spin the kitten. This still happens.