Leann Pass

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Kittens- Growing Up!

Filed under: Personal Chatter, Animal Mania, Kittens! — Leann Pass at 9:36 am on Monday, June 19, 2006

The kittens are about 16 weeks old now - they are teenagers already!  1 of them went home with a friend of Lauren’s several weeks ago, but we still have 2: Max and Raphaelina (long story with the name!)

We decided we are going to keep Max - it looks like we may keep Raphi as well, although that has yet to be determined.

These are photos from the last month or so.

Jake with kittens  Max

MAX is really funny (below). Until recently he was constantly curling up in the water bowl.

 

Max in the water bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When he out grew this bowl - he started curling up in Maggie’s dogfood bowl!

Max in Maggie's Dog Food Bowl

 

 They love to go outdoors - this is Max on one of his first outings. He’s being a “tiger in the grass”.

 

Raphaelina - “Raphi”

This is Raphi - she’s a very lovable little thing.

Raphi the kitten

Her short hair with all the different colors give her a very interesting look.

 

Rahaelina the kitty cat

Photos from today

They have been playing outside all morning -

This is Max (today) having a nap on the back deck.

Max the kitten on the backporch

This is Raphi (today) trying to see what she can find to get into!

Raphi outside

 

Kittens 10 Days Old

Filed under: Personal Chatter, Animal Mania, Kittens! — Leann Pass at 12:23 pm on Sunday, March 19, 2006

The kittens are getting soooooo cute! They are still really tiny, but their eyes are open and their turning into cute little fur balls! One of them is a good bit bigger and stronger than the other 2, she gets up on all fours and crawls around. Anyway, here are the pictures from the latest Kitten Photo Shoot!

Diva and baby kittens at 10 days old. We tried to get a close-up of the one that is mostly black, but Diva took her right out of Michael’s hand, jumped down and carried him under the bed! Maybe next time =)

Maggie just loves the kittens! She tries to get really close - Diva usually has no problem with that at all.

Maggie with the KittensMaggie with the Kittens

Michael did a great job with the picture taking!

Kittens with full bellies - fat and happy!
Little fur ball!
This little fur ball (above) is the strongest kitten that walks around.
Kitten Peeking Out

We’ll put more photos out soon! I can’t wait till they can play!

Kittens born 12:15 am

Filed under: Personal Chatter, Animal Mania, Kittens! — Leann Pass at 4:43 pm on Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Well, Diva had her babies! It took around 2 hours, of course we were there with camera in hand. She did great - took care of them very well throughout. She had 4 but lost 1 =(. But, that leaves us 3 itty bitty kittens and a very happy Mama Kitty that is purring up a storm.

I have tons of photos from the birth - but they are sooooo graphic that I refrained from putting them out here (you’re welcome).

In these pictures, the kittens are about 12 HOURS old. Really they aren’t very cute when they are this young. They look like little mice! I am eagar to see how they change and turn into little cutie pies over the next few weeks =)

Diva and her babies:

She’s a good Mama Cat, and very tired.

Diva and her Kittens

Hungry little kittens:

Kitten Nursing

(above) Nursing baby kitten.

Kitten eating upside down

(above) Baby kitten nursing Up-Side down.

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Mike held up each kitten so I could get pictures.  Diva didn’t like it at all. She got really ansy so I tried to be quick, which is why I only got one shot of 1 of them. Maggie didn’t like it either - she is very protective, too funny.

They are about 14 HOURS old here:

Kitten # 1 :

kitten 1
Kitten # 2 :

Kitten 2

kitten 2
Kitten # 3 :

Kitten 3

kitten 3b

 Mike and Maggie checking in:

Mike and Maggie checking in.

 

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I’ll be posting updated pictures over the next few weeks - FUN!
We’re thinking of names for them. Hmmmm, nothing good yet. If you have any ideas, post them!  I know I’ll at least see something from Gin, Chris and David, right?

 

 

 

Kittens!

Filed under: Personal Chatter, Animal Mania, Kittens! — Leann Pass at 9:33 pm on Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Looks like our little Diva is ready to explode with her litter of kittens. She is showing all the tell-tale signs of “maybe tonight” so we are keeping the camera close by. Exciting!

Now, it’s not that we need a litter of kittens - surely we do not. This is her first and will definitely be the last - but seeing new life is just soooo exciting, and I can’t wait!