Hi All
Here follows the latest bulletin :-)
Well, today was a big day for Merlin, Mali and Myth as our granddog Herbert was coming for a roast lunch and the triplets have never seen a dog before. Herbert is very laid back and used to nanna and grandpa's cat house but even he double took when he saw not one, not two, but three teeny kitlets!
He came out to me in the kitchen and looked as if to say "Nanna, you went a bit mad this time at the rescue didn't you?" Then he settled into his usual place under the table whilst we ate and that gave the babies a chance to pull themselves together. They were shaken but not stirred so to speak and the three of them had managed to get to the top platform of the cat scratch posts where they were snoozing away all intertwined with each other - awwwwww.
No pics of that as we were all doing our best to move verrrry slowwwwly and not cause any jumpy twitchy movements which could have sent our house into a fur flying frenzy!
After dinner the kits came and camped out on me and Merlin the brave even walked around Herbert and looked as if to say "I'm sooo not scared of you mister dog." Myth hissed for all she was worth for a while when she confronted Herbert who was just minding his own beeswax and then even she gave up and went to sleep in her basket. Merlin clambered in with her and that just left Mali who's little rumbling tum got the better of him so he too had to run the Herbert Gauntlet and although it was close there for a while he lived to tell the tale too!!
Once Herbert went home again I was mugged by all three of them, demanding food and excess cuddles (can there be such a thing as cuddling to excess?)and lots of praise for how brave they'd been.
Herbert's next visit will be an overnight stay on Boxing Day so we're all looking forward to that very much now that we know there is nothing to worry about (much !!).
All three are growing beautifully and their weight gain is good, I can't be specific as to how much they have gained though as they won't sit still in the Tupperware pot on the kitchen scales this time around!
Merlin is definitely the top cat (he thinks), he is the chatterbox too, always telling you what he wants and when he wants it. Myth is a brave and feisty little soul who stands on her own four paws when it comes to a rough and tussle with her brothers often leaving them squealing as she launches herself at them and head butts them! What's with that??
Mali...awwww, my Mali - noooo he's not a favourite, there are no favourites in this house, it's just that's he's so cute, so teeny and such a good little lad. He eats whatever is put down for him (we're trying different food types every other day to see if we can ween them off the most expensive cat food that ever was!!) He sleeps more than the other two and he is the first to be content to sleep on his own without the cuddles he gets from his brother and sister. He lives on my legs when I have my feet up and he's really a middle of the road cat against Merlin's bravery and Myth's shyness. Myth has become a daddy's girl and is actually not so shy now, she took a while to realise that she loves laps and cuddles but there's no stopping her now :-)
Kashmir, my white BSH, actually stopped on her way out for the day this morning to sniff all of their bottoms whilst they were eating - ooo-errr, without growling too! She spent a long time with Myth (who incidentally is trying to eat my mouse cable whilst I write) and I think that Kasha approved of the fact that we brought a girl home too :-))
Makes note to self to buy blue tooth cordless mouse............
It's been two weeks tomorrow since we got the bambinos and I can't believe what a success it's all been so far! I'm not holding my breath for something to go wrong though I'm just eternally grateful to the god of cats for smiling on us this time xoxo
