At one week old, we have had a few ups and downs with the chocolate boy. He lost quite a bit of weight on the second night, so I supplemented him throughout the day. He was still suckling from Bella and by the afternoon, he started gaining again. He continued to gain steadily until yesterday, when he only gained 3g and seemed to have a stomach ache. He has been checked by our vet and appears to be taking in air whilst suckling. He seems more comfortable today and is feeding from Bella. I'm just hoping that he settles down with his feeding. The smaller silver boy is gaining steadily.
At three weeks old, Bella's kittens are starting to walk around a lot more in their kitten box. They are starting to play fight now and will look towards us when we talk to them. The chocolate male still has his big belly but he is gaining weight at a ridiculous rate - sometimes 30g a day. They silver boy is still gaining a more normal 15g a day. Now they are more active, I expect the chocolate's big belly will settle down.
At four weeks old, Bella's kittens will soon be out of their kitten box and able to run around their kitten pen. I did take them out of their box a couple of days ago but Bella wasn't happy with them running around and kept picking them up, so I had to put them back. Bella won't have any choice soon as they will get out on their own.
At five weeks old, Bella's chocolate silver boy is doing really well but we have sad news about his chocolate brother. After doing so well for five weeks, the chocolate boy seemed very lethargic this morning. I took him to the vet but he sadly passed away a couple of hours later. My vet carried out a post mortem and found that part of his intestine was missing and had never been there. My vet had never seen anything like it and doesn't think he ever will again. Both myself and my vet are just so shocked that, apart from his big belly, he has thrived for five weeks with such a critical abnormality - he was such a happy, cheeky boy. I had considered taking his pictures down but, as he looks so happy in the pictures, I have decided to keep them up. His brother is missing him but will soon be able to play all the time with Molly's kittens.
At six weeks old, Bella's boy is now eating solid food. He spends all of his time with Molly's kittens, whilst Bella and Molly are taking it in turns to look after them all. He starting to look more grown up now.
At seven weeks old, Bella's boy is becoming boisterous and loves climbing. He loves his solid food now and is always at the plate before his half sisters.
At eight weeks old, Bella's boy is becoming much chunkier now. He is such a friendly boy - he likes to roll over whilst purring to have his tummy tickled.
At nine weeks old, Bella's boy has turned into a really purry little boy. He loves to pose for pictures and keeps sitting in front of Molly's kittens when I take their pictures:-) He will be having his first vaccinations next week with Molloy's kittens.
Chocolate silver male - Syd.
At eleven weeks old, Bella's boy was being very playful when it was picture time, so I had a lot of the back of his head of this blurred picture. Hopefully he will pose better next week.
At twelve weeks old, Bella's boy is looking much more grown up. He now also looks just like his grandmother Gigi, except she is sorrel silver. Syd is a very elegant boy just like Gigi. He will be having his second vaccination and vet check in a few days and will go to his new home shortly afterwards.