As I mentioned in my earlier post, these kittens have just started using a litter box, so they get pretty dirty when they are in their crate. Of course I change their towels several times a day, but I've also been bathing them every couple of days with special pet shampoo.
When you start early like this, the kittens don't mind (they actually prefer to be clean, but have no mother to wash them), and I'm careful to keep them warm afterward. They have a heating pad in their crate.
No room for the litter box, though, so I need to move them up to a larger crate so that I can put the box in their with them, plus food and water bowls once they start eating from a dish.
They have also started to play--wrestling with each other. I gave them a kitten toy, but so far they're ignoring that.
Younger Son has a girl at school he's interested in, and he's going to invite her over this weekend to play with the kittens, which he calls "chick magnets." He knows this from past experience, of course.
The kitten in the photo is Zoe, I think. It might be Muffins.
Want to read more about kittens? Go to this link, and scroll down: Kittens
@ Jeanne Sather 2008.
That's an adorable shot of the kitten. Too funny that they are "chick magnets".
Posted by: Carver | May 02, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Oh, yeah, Younger Son's first girl friend was a real animal lover. I think she may have fallen for him partly because of our house full of animals.
Posted by: jeanne | May 02, 2008 at 04:40 PM