New pictures of fleaberts litter of kittens! ((LOTS of pix!))

[fleabert]

and one of the momma, who hates me. :-)

all four babies, now about 6 weeks old, just sprouted little fangs yesterday! they still have colds and their eyes get really gunky. I clean them 2-3 times a day, any suggestions from the kitty brigade for this problem?


me with the white male I call 'cotten', and the black one, no idea on sex and it has an adoptive mom who will name it. so playful now! Cotten has already started to taste mommas soft food in her dish, on his own volition!


flea with the white female I call 'squeak', flea does not know what to make of these kittens! they are starting to follow her around and she won't let them get near her, but as soon as they are turned around, she sniffs the heck out of them!


me and black kitty. I can only assume that it is getting interested in grooming now! cute paws!


momma hates me. that's okay though, she eats well and is starting to use the litter box well. and she takes good care of the babies, except for not cleaning their eyes. she has found a hiding spot behind some old built in drawers in the basement, apparently someone dropped a jar back there! who knew? :-)


Little Squeak, the runt for sure, wants me to pick her up again, but it's time for me to leave them so momma will nurse and sleep. :-( poor baby!

[Archae]

1. Acckkk!!! Cuteness overload!

Insulin...

[fleabert]

9. imagine if one of them snuggled into the crook of your arm, and

started trying to nurse? little sucking noises and everything! It's almost too much to bear!

[gmoney]

10. I agree. The kittens are cute, too.

Fleabert... sigh!

[fleabert]

12. aw shucks...

:blush:

[gmoney]

29. Yeah, the one with you lying on the floor...

behind the black kitten... those eyes! More!

[fleabert]

31. well...since you asked...

I didn't want to flip you off, that seemed rude...so I cropped this from one of my faves of me giving the finger. :rofl:

thanks for the compliment, my eyes are my best feature, I think. Not that I had anything with making them attractive or anything, just good eyeball genes!

[gmoney]

34. Oh, go ahead, give us the finger. :)

Let your f-bomb fly, Fleabert!

And what's all this I've heard about your parrot? Or am I confused? ;)

[fleabert]

35. LOL, you are confused! Ladyhawk has the parrots!

we had a conversation about them though.

just for that:


and



ha ha!

[gmoney]

38. Thanks for the birds!

(Actually, I was making a semi-literary joke -- Fleabert -> Flaubert -> Flaubert's Parrot, by Julian Barnes)



Not so obvious, so I guess I deserve the birds. Coming from you, it's still charming somhow. :)

[fleabert]

39. Oh. hi, my name is slow.

I'll be joining the joke at a later time. sometimes I need a map to follow a conversation. LOL!

you are sweet, I like to be called charming :hug:

[gmoney]

40. It's late... and it was obscure.

Doesn't everyone hear the same voices in their head that I do?



Thanks for the hug... charming, charming, charming! :)

[fleabert]

43. this could go on all night!

:hug::hug::hug:

and

:HUG: !

PS-the funniest line from the simpson's ever is 'I smell colors!' uttered by the oh so wonderful ralphie!

[Pirate Smile]

2. Awwww. Adorable. The dog checking the kitten out like some alien has

landed in her house is hilarious.

[fleabert]

8. I think that is exactly how she feels about them.

she jumps, literally when then touch her. :rofl:

I am so mean to my dog, :-) I make sure to give her lots more attention these days so she doesn't feel replaced.

[Kathleen04]

3. Sweet kitties

:)

[fleabert]

11. yes they are, cotten is sly though, he got out of the box today...somehow.

I am assuming mom helped him, but I can't be sure.

[Wapsie B]

4. Those are so cute!

[fleabert]

14. :-) thanks!

although i didn't have much to do with it! :-)

[napi21]

5. Awww. They are all adorable! Take good care of them, and

make sure everybody gets a loving home!

[fleabert]

16. momma and brood are already set up for vac's and neuters!

and a second round of deworming for the kittens should happen this week. I have a 100% home for the black one, and a 50/50 home for the calico, and the rescue group (no-kill) wants to take and place Cotton and Squeak. Momma will probably have to go back to her feral colony, she is not taking well to socialization, and she is needed as a mouser. I will try to get her warmed up to people, but she is like a possum!

[GirlinContempt]

6. omg kittens

!!

[fleabert]

17. I know!

They are too much. I should have taken a pic of the one that pooped all over his leg (cotton) and I had to clean it off! that would have brought the cuteness factor down a bit.

[GirlinContempt]

20. QUITE a bit

ew

Once my sisters cat was running around with poo hanging out of his bum
Now THAT was ick

[enlightenment]

7. Double Aaaahhhhh!

They are soooo cute. How do you stand it?

[fleabert]

19. I don't!

I can hardly keep away from them! I have to when they need to nurse, and they do need to sleep occasionally, but it is very very hard. :-)

[ofrfxsk]

13. Oh lord - Teeth-gritting attack here

They are beautiful!

[fleabert]

21. Thanks! I know!

the black one's facial expressions are too much, check out this earlier one:

[Arugula Latte]

15. Holy crap on a stick.

That is just too cute to stand. I want to die.

Not to be a picky annoyance, but I think you mean "Cotton" rather than "Cotten." Maybe not though. ;)

[fleabert]

22. I know! soooo cute it's unbearable!

I can't decide between cotten and cotton, He looks and feels like a cotton ball, but I want it to be a name, so I thought the 'e' made it a bit different. I think I used both spellings in this thread, LOL.

(picky is fine, I am one to do that at times as well) :hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

18. They're too cute to be real

Seriously, in the first pic, the black one is an anime kitten, isn't it? It's Hello Kitty in black, right?

[fleabert]

23. check this out:

[EstimatedProphet]

26. Now I know he isn't real

That's just too cute to be real

[fleabert]

37. you need more to convince you, right?

[EstimatedProphet]

56. There is absolutely no way that is a real kitten

It's too cute. It must take batteries.

[ofrfxsk]

28. Ack! That third one did it for me.

They are soooooo cute. I love them.

[fleabert]

30. that's the one I took tonight, the other's are from a week or so ago...

they get big so quickly, I want a set of pics once a week to keep track and remember once they get adopted. I hope to give the adoptive parents a baby pic too.

[ofrfxsk]

42. My 8 year old cat is staring at me like "You duplicitous bitch!"

I wish I could adopt that little beauty and all the rest. If I had my way I'd have a house full of kitties.
I'm so glad they have you to take care of them. They are just precious.

[Gloria]

24. ADORABLE! And so is Flea...say hi to him...I have 2 chis myself

eom

[fleabert]

25. thanks!

flea's a girl, btw, but she says :hi: and told me to ask you, 'where are the pics of these Chi's ?' post soon please!

[Gloria]

60. Pardon me, Flea, for thinking you were a boy! You are tres chic!!

Toro and Tico are my VERY attractive garcons who would love to visit chez fleabert someday!!

[fleabert]

64. if she knew she was a dog, she'd enjoy the visit much more!

she is so snotty towards other dogs, she can smell their butts, but they CANNOT smell hers, LOL! Have you posted pics before, I seem to remember the names...I'd love to see them even if you've already done so. I love chi pics better than kitten pics, believe it or not!

[Califooyah Operative]

27. awesome pictures/kittens, . nt

[fleabert]

32. thanks!

you are in CA i see...you want one? both white ones still need homes...won't be ready for a while yet.



on edit: I could meet you in stockton for the drop!

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Anyone else have a toothache?

Cuteness overload, haha.

[fleabert]

36. that's the consensus. I have to go check on them again before bed...

I am so in love, it will be hard to say goodbye soon. even though I have learned that I am somewhat allergic now. that sucks.

[Vektor]

41. So cute! As for the eyes, they likely have upper respiratory infection -

very very common in almost all kittens. The vet can treat it. My cats had it as babies too, but it cleared up nicely with antibiotics. Good luck with these adorable babies!

[fleabert]

45. thanks for the advice!

I have been advised to just wipe them down twice a day at least and it should clear up on it's own. one of them has stopped, but another has gotten worse. the calico (who was not that bad a week ago) was so bad today that the eyes were sealed completely shut, and when I started wiping them off, gunk just flowed out. It was so gross. poor baby. I will get them to a vet soon. thanks!

[Hatalles]

44. Why does Momma hate you?

:(

[fleabert]

46. I trapped her twice, once to get her in my house, and the second time

to move her to the basement. she was not happy.

she has never had human contact I don't think. she's young and likely was born where I found her litter. before the second trapping, she would let me touch her foot while she was nursing. and she hissed every few minutes. I think she hates all humans, which will be a good thing if she goes back to the feral colony after getting fixed. some humans should not be trusted.

[Orrin_73]

47. aaarghh they are very cute

nice pics fleabert!!!

[fleabert]

50. thank you!

I am deeply in love. :-D

[ET Awful]

48. I like that little Squeak :)

I don't think I could handle another cat, otherwise I might consider finding a way to get the little furball out here to Mass. :).

My two are still pretty kitten like and make enough noise playing cat-tag at midnight to wake the dead, add one more to the mix and I'd never get any sleep :).

[fleabert]

51. squeak is the least likely to be doing that stuff. she's a loner compared

to the other kittens. she sits alone and just watches them mostly. but she loves to be petted, her motor gets going louder than the others, even though she's the smallest. Here she is, just taking it all in...



*I'd be remiss if I didn't encourage you to check out a local shelter before shipping a kitten...but if you really fall in love, then it was meant to be and I'd be happy to see her with you :hug:

[Arugula Latte]

55. We get midnight cat tag games here as well.

My two big males gallumping up and down the hall/living room. It's great when you're downstairs and can hear every paw hit the hardwoods above!

[SarahB]

49. I'm normally not a cat thread person, but those are cute kitties.

:D

[fleabert]

52. It's a cult really. you found yourself unable to resist.

the combination of flea AND kittens is what does it, that's the secret!

[noel711]

53. Can we have one?

[fleabert]

63. maybe! you willing to ship from CA, or come and get one personally?

I am not sure what the rescue group requires that is providing the spay/neuter/shots. they get to decide where they go, except for the black one, she had a home the day I found them. they need an indoor home only, I know that is one thing they screen for.

:-) they are very loveable.

[iconoclastic cat]

54. I have one URL for you:

http://www.ratemykitten.com

[sparky_in_ma]

57. Thank You!

Nothing like kitten pics to make a day brighter.:loveya:

[El Fuego]

58. Awwwwwww!!!!! They are PRECIOUS!

I wish I could hold one....:loveya:

[VOX]

59. Cool pics, fleabert! That last one of Squeak looks like he's body surfing!

I couldn't help it -- so I made him really hit the wild surf!!! :)

[enigmatic]

61. I'm in love w/ Squeak!

Too bad I'm up here or I'd beg you to let us have her:)

[sasquatch]

62. Those kittens are just as cute as you are

;)

[Skittles]

65. I AM THOROUGHLY ENJOYING YOUR PICTURES

yes INDEED! :thumbsup: