Thursday, December 2, 2010

Kittens

Kittens! We have had so much fun watching and playing with kittens. This is our 12 year old cat, Mouse, whom the kittens would very much like to play. She allowed a little "cat and mouse" or should I say "kittens and Mouse" in which she would twitch her tail so they could jump at it. This game got old in about a week as the kittens wanted "more" of Mouse and she had had quite enough! She enjoyed being the only cat to go outside and that is where she would get some rest. That has ended now as the kittens are also coming and going; torturing our chickens and horse and following the dog and me on our daily walks around the land... what crazy little kittens.
Here is Jester for her close up.
Here the kittens are finally not scared of the dog anymore. Now Charlie has a routine of coming in from outside and spending a good minute or more rubbing himself all over the dog. Tossing his body into Tide's front paws and practically asking to be mauled. Tide is very restrained and often gives the kitten a brief sniff and then walks away. I'm a little worried about just how friendly and outgoing Charles is. The coyote here have been very brave. They should not be greeted by kittens.
Another of Charlie's habits is to sleep in curious positions. He will find a lap and "bloorp" off from it as our middle son says. He goes so limp during sleeping that he will start to slide off the lap and not ever stop himself until he has slowly dripped onto the floor. He also enjoys being upside down with his paws in the air.








Very, very entertaining.
~Rachel

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So relaxed, love your blog Rachel very cool
Sandy