Ohanna, the Brave - Sorta
The Winter Gifts are four weeks old today and discovering more and more of their world all the time. Tonight’s treat was their first chance to taste wet food. Ohanna and Natane dove into it like they hadn’t eaten all day. Once Natane’s tummy was full, he then carefully licked the food off his front paws — he’d been standing on the edge of the plate and had food all over them. Four week pictures are on the website. Keona is the only one who posed well for me. The others were nearly impossible.
Ohanna has become very adventurous, sweet, curious, and brave in the past couple days. Last night she went on an adventure under our bed. Unfortunately, she got behind an underbed storage box and couldn’t find her way back out. We heard her crying, so I looked for her. Once she was located — in a spot I couldn’t quite reach — I talked to her until she followed my voice out from under the bed. Since then, she’s gone under the bed several times and this evening she went wandering the other direction and ended up behind the door. Adventurous.
This morning I unzipped the door to the kennel and the babies came over to me as has become their habit. Ohanna sat there staring at me while I was talking so I reached down to pet her. Immediately her little motor started up and she purred and purred. She’s the first one whose purred for me (I’ve heard them all purring while nursing), although Isadora was purring for me this evening, too. Sweet.
I’ve put a number of toys in their kennel (their bedroom, I call it) for them to check out. All of them are starting to notice the toys and try to play with them. Ohanna’s favorite seem to be the pink mouse and the pink ball that rattles. The other kittens also have their favorites. Keona tonight was batting at one of the other balls. Natane likes them all. Isadora was paying attention to the teaser I was waving. Won’t be long before they actually watch the teaser and I can take decent pictures of them. Curious.
And Ohanna demonstrated today that she is ready to take on the world. Well, that’s what she thinks when she’s not getting lost under the bed or behind the door. After purring for me, she hopped back into the kennel and was batting at toys, her sisters, and her brother. Uncle Spaz — who loves the kittens — was sitting in the kennel watching them. Ohanna ran up to him and batted his front leg. He kinda looked at her like she was crazy and moved away. She followed him and batted at his side, then ran off like she’d done something really naughty. Yes. Brave. 
They are all exploring around the room, but they go back to their bedroom for naps and to cuddle with Kefira. It is fascinating to see them growing and changing almost daily. This is what makes having kittens in the house the most fun and rewarding.
Other stuff… I added two pictures of Shira, the Queen of Everything, to yesterday’s post. Comet has been neutered now and his info moved to the Alters page on the web site. I also added him to the Available Adults page. Comet is a total lover boy — he gives kisses! — with people, but he’s always picked on Gwena. Gwena is rather shy — or maybe she’s just meek — and will not stand up to Comet. As a result, he’s taken full advantage of that and she is now afraid of him. He also doesn’t get along with Beau, so the best thing for all concerned is to find him a home where he can love and be loved, without causing trouble for other cats. He loves McCoy, and we think he’d do well with a kitten — and as the kitten grew up (like McCoy has) they’d be fine together. But we don’t think he’d do well going into a home with another adult. He’s great around children. Brenda’s son Grant was four when we got Comet and Comet has always been very tolerant of being picked up and hauled around by Grant. So if any of you are looking for a big, sweet, handsome lover boy cat, let me know.
March 6th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
It is wonderful to see Shira’s new pictures. She doesn’t look very scary in pictures, does she?