Ten Week Weights - Leprechauns
I never did feel good enough today to take pictures of the Leprechauns — I’ll make a big effort to do so tomorrow. I think I’ll be staying home again… This not being able to breathe well and coughing every time I lie down is a pain in the neck. But I did weigh the Leprechauns:
Catriona - 34.6
Keegan - 31.1
Keiran - 37.2
These slower developing lines (Kefira’s in particular) make it hard for my to judge how they are really coming along. But I look back at Bria’s litters and see that these weights aren’t out of line and I quit worrying. Slow but steady gains are perfectly okay.
I think I’ve found an accomodation for Talia and Kalispell that works for all involved. If I let Talia have one or two of Kali’s kittens in with Zakath and Cyradis, then she’s pretty happy to just stay and take care of them. Kali will then stay with the remaining kittens. If Kali has all her kittens, Talia will feed her babies, then go stay with Kali’s. If I put them all together, Kali leaves Talia to do almost all the mothering — it’s almost like she feels unwanted or unneeded. So I’ve been putting a couple of the BBs with Talia and her two. Everyone is happy and everyone is being cared for. I switch the kittens around some (always leaving teh MBs with Talia) so Kali mothers all of her own kittens part of the time. Both girls and their babies are now living in Ken and my room. The co-parenting doesn’t seem to have hurt the MBs at all. Zakath gained 1.0 oz today and Cyradis gained 1.1 oz. Obviously they are getting plenty of time at the milk bar.