My Trash-Bag Foster Kittens, Days 8, 9, and 10

I need to stay more on top of things – I’m writing this on the day they are 13 days old – I’ll never keep up this way 😉

First the punchline: Everyone is doing GREAT! YAY! That’s not always the case with bitty babies this little, so that’s very good news when it is the case!

Day 8

So as you can see by the above photo, Day 8 was spent sleeping, mostly.

Sleeping is seriously business when you’re this tiny, sometimes you have to rearrange until you get JUST SO before calling it a night!

Claire did get her eyes all the way open – yay!

And Minnie started peeking out in earnest!

Having eyes, and being a kitten, even a tiny one, does mean that some practice rasslin’ must occur!

And growing means walking practice, too!

And let’s be clear, for the rest of the days, and probably forever more, Minnie is WORKING the cute! She is all about showing her belly off and playing whappy paws!

But it was a lot of sleeping – and Pampi helped!

Day 9

Claire is definitely looking where she’s going! I love it when their eyes are open – you can see their little souls or personalities or something, in there!

Sleeping is still very much on the agenda. Especially with such fat bellehs!

Oh Claire – you beauty!

Do you know how we make fat kitten bellies? Monte sure does! It’s tricky to film this one-handed, but he was SO latched on, I managed a short video of it:

Did I mention the BELLIES?!

Also, at a measly 9 days old, they’re already self-grooming! Terribly cute!

A friend of mine who makes fantastic beds and other kitty stuff made up a special order of bitty baby beds for my tinies that I foster. They arrived … and Pampi promptly decided he was quite the right size for them!

Poor Pampi – he WANTS to play with his babies! They have such lovely twitchy tails!

He can’t really play with them, so he’ll go curl up in his new bed, which he fits JUST FINE!

Everyone’s only getting cuter! This is my lap on kittens on day 9!

And so, in order to prove the point – let’s see, can they get cuter still on…

Day 10

The first couple of weeks are really critical in raising infant kittens, and this is a REALLY great growth chart for a litter of three. I find data like this *almost* as cute/wonderful as the photos

There is still a lot of sleeping on Day 10. But I think it’s getting cuter! The bellies are certainly getting bigger!

Faceplant sleeping!

Pampi likes to watch them sleep. I love this photo of him watching them.

Minnie would like you to know that Day 10 is definitely a cuter day for her than previous days!

She will prove it by looking at you with her soul-eating eyes!

Monte (I’m pretty sure) wants in on the cute action!

And Claire (again, pretty sure)

In fact, they would like team up to show you how cute they are!

Kittens, as fashion accessories! They go with everything!

Black kittens are the new black!

Sleepy kittens with big bellies are cute! Fact!

Did I mention that Minnie is totally working the cute? Tell me – am I wrong?

And for comparison’s sake – my lap on cute, at 10 days old!

This was a ridiculous combination of cute and sleep. Minnie was playing whappy paws in David’s hand, so I whipped out the camera. Nearly instantly she fell asleep, with her eyes open, and continued twitching. It was SO cute and silly!

Phew! I will try to get the next post up a bit quicker, that way you can enjoy their progress more real-time