January 2016 archive

Pictures of mobile potatoes

The Bowie litter is growing like gangbusters. A few weeks ago one could fit into the palm of your hand and now they’re each the size of your hand (unless you have really big hands). The kittens are definitely in what we call “mobile potato” stage. We have a completely unscientific list of growth stages for …

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Holy mackerel!

Kittens instinctively cluster together for warmth, which inevitably makes for a very cute picture. So, here is the kitten cluster picture for the Bowie litter! The kittens are growing fast and Fiona is being very attentive, as always. Several of these kittens have a beautiful mackerel pattern.  It’s going to be very interesting to see …

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Fiona gave birth to six squeaky kittens on Tuesday, January 11th. It was a couple of days earlier than expected, but they were also all a little bigger than normal. Lucky Strike, the father, was not surprised. “Mrrph!”* he said, “They got it from me. I’m never late for anything. Especially dinner.” Fiona, as usual, …

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Six spines for six kittens

The X-ray says that Fiona will give birth to six kittens late next week! That’s how we’re interpreting it, anyway. Lucky Strike, the father, had no comment when told the happy news. Well, he did say, “Mrph!” and went back to grooming himself, but that can be interpreted any number of ways. We think it means …

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