Riley accompanies me up to check on the kittens every time. Is Riley Samantha’s daughter from a much earlier litter? We will never know. Although Riley is so smart in many ways, she still doesn’t want to eat breakfast in the kitchen with Tabs. She has to eat by herself upstairs in her room. I’m…

We knew this would happen when we ordered the platforms, and we were prepared for it. Robin quarrelling with Creamy from the platform! But Creamy is also an alpha in his own right. Gerald is terrified of him. If Creamy is in the porch, Gerald cannot even eat together with him. He has to eat…

I knew Akira would be an adventurous and feisty kitten moments after she was born! She was already climbing up Samantha and looking aggressively for a nipple then while Kai was still figuring out what he was supposed to do. Female vs male, right? What else can I say? Look at this little Amazon kitty!…

We came from breakfast and hunting for pet milk (liquid) and I could already hear the mewing as I was going up the stairs to check on Samantha and her kittens. I cannot remember which kitten it was, but one of them was mewing loudly and was almost outside the box. Samantha wasn’t feeding any…

This morning, I found Samantha sitting totally outside the box on top of the cabinet by the window. I don’t know if she has been feeding her kittens all night. Or perhaps she is just relaxing for awhile. I certainly hope it is the latter. Today is Day 3 after delivery. For her previous litter…

I am so, so relieved! Indra gained a whopping 10g in just 12 hours! I wasn’t going to wait for 24 hours to weigh him to see if there is that minimum 10g weight gain. 12 hours is long enough and if there isn’t a weight gain, I’ll go straight to buy pet milk to…

Okay, Samantha doesn’t really know what to do if her kittens wander off. She just lets them be. It’s been many times that I find Indra stuck at the back of Samantha and she doesn’t carry him back, so I wear gloves and put him back. This evening, I found Akira and Kai having wandered…

I was worried about Indra. I see Kai and Akira nursing aggressively but not Indra. He’s there, lying against Samantha but not often nursing. I’ve put him to the nipple, but he just latches on for a short while, then he’d rather sleep. So I consulted the vet and asked if I should intervene and…

We’ve decided to rename the kittens, especially Tora. Even though I know it means “tiger” in Japanese, every time I say it, it just reminds of the WW2 movie, “Tora, Tora, Tora” which was all about the war. So, no, it has to be changed. We are changing it to “Indra”, a Sanskrit name associated…