Okay here goes...
Basically its been a mad few days and I have not been able to update this thread as much as I would like... but this is going to be a massive update as I now have enough time to sort it....
All Kittens and mother are doing very well... mother has not been out much as the weather has not been great... here is the latest picture of her with kitten (village of the damned style!) couldn't get a good shot without the flash unfortunately...
I have done a lot of tidying over the weekend as I had my dad's van and was able to get to the skip and back a few times... I do need to do some adjustment as the kittens are starting to get more mobile now running around and playing which is just fantastic. Here are some more shots of them playing and exploring.
A couple of them are not as developed as the other 2... 2 of them will come up to me have a sniff and a stroke and will eat... the other two have never done anything like that and prefer to stay in the basket and I have not seem them eat yet, but they are taking milk still off their mother.
They are starting to eat now... the are all eating the kitten food but also trying their best (and I think succeeding) at eating the mothers wet food as well... I'm wondering if this will have a detrimental effect on them and if I should try and put the mother's food somewhere else where they cannot reach it?
On to the poop... my god! I have a Rotty and she doesn't do half as much or even half as smelly... and I use to feed her on raw tripe! They are all now pooping in the litter tray... I'm really proud of the fact that I recognised when one of the kittens was going to poop and put him in the tray... but I'm definitely going to need a bigger boat so to speak I'm going to get another litter tray on the weekend as one is not enough for 5 cats to poop in.... even if 4 of them have jelly bean sized poops
I am thinking about giving her less tinned wet food as I'm getting a lot of, erm, sloppy joes from her at the moment, any advice on this?
As I hinted at about 2 of the kittens are coming up to me and having a sniff... I can pick them up and they will sit on my knee and not try and run off which is great as I can see them becoming more and more tame, and pics of them on my knee:
I have a couple of videos that I will upload soon of them playing around so you can seem them in action, it can be very funny to watch at times
The mother is spending more and more time out of 'The Pen' I think this is just to get more space... I can see her sitting outside getting some space, not that I blame her with 4 kittens and she seems to be more tame with me as she is eating in front of me and also not darting away from the door when I come in which is always progress.
On a side note I would like to thank both utajoker and elmarko for their help... its was really needed and gratefully received! Here is what elmarko sent over:
Well guys I think that I have covered everything for now but will update this thread more now I have the time
Stelly