Food! The kittens are between five and six weeks old, and two of them decided it was high time they were eating solid food. Mia was the first to get interested in what Sylvie was eating, and wanted to push in and have some. Mom was not over-eager, so we brought in a separate plate. Pretty soon Smoke joined Mia and they were really chowing down.
I’m really glad they’re starting to get some nutrition from somewhere other than Mom. Sylvie has struggled to keep weight on, and has even lost some. I’m feeding her three times a day, with good-quality food and supplemented with goat’s milk, but it’s a tough job when she has to keep producing milk for kittens who keep needing more!
And then the kittens turn into whirling dervishes! Zooming around, believing they’re invincible. I’m the “fly on the wall” – or in this case the living mountain that they climb up and around and over. Mia discovered the joys of shoelaces, which is why my right shoe is untied.