Lexi – the kitten

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My daughter and son-in-law have adopted a 5-month-old kitten which they have named Lexi (their other cat is named Audi).

The kitten was found by one of my son-in-law’s grad students when they were hiking in the woods near where they live. The young cat followed them home! Unfortunately, the apartment already had a couple of cats, and another was just too much. They isolated the kitten from the other cats in the bathroom (unsure of its health status) and began to make arrangements to get the young female to a vet for a checkup.

Now – a few weeks later, the kitten has been spayed and is in a room with two windows that my daughter has kitten-proofed. When the kitten first got there, she was wearing a cone because of her surgery and was on antibiotics for an infection. The cone came off after a few days and the antibiotic is done. The kitten seems to be very happy with her new place even though she is currently limited to the one room. Note that her coloring is not bilaterally symmetrical.

Soon they will introduce the other cat in the house and Lexi. Hopefully they will get along, and both have the run of the main floor of the house soon!

Kittens! – Month 3

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Month 3 included a big milestone for our 3 kittens: they handled minor surgery well; Sooty (the male) was neutered and Puma and Pooky (the females) were spayed. They were a little less active for a few days after the surgery but resumed their more boisterous activities within a few days. We had our big cat tree turned on its side and put away the wand toys that encourage jumping until the females got their stitches out a week after the surgery. All three had their claws trimmed before their surgery; that might have discombobulated them more than then surgery…they couldn’t grab onto carpet as they raced around the house or their scratching posts (or things they are not supposed to grab onto!).

My husband is still enticing them into their suite for the night with a late evening snack. Restricting their access to 2 rooms has helped keep the odd thumps in the night to a minimum. They adjusted to the time change without incident although my husband updated a lamp in their suite that was on a timer to not change to new time which might have helped.

Sooty (the male) is still the largest of the three. He is the only one that likes the cat bed that my daughter gave us since her cat didn’t use it.

They all like to sit (sometimes nap) in upholstered chairs – usually one at a time rather than sleeping in a cuddled group as they did when they were younger. Pooky is shown in an old rocker recliner. She is the only one with different colored digital pads.

Pooky and Puma weigh the same…but Puma looks bigger because her fur stands out more.

Puma might have the loudest purr; I hear her more often than I do the others.

I am trying to train all three kittens to not jump onto the kitchen counters. I have a magazine that I used a few times to gently nudge them off….and usually now I simply pick up the magazine and they exit the counter. They still seem to enjoy watching the action in the kitchen from the back of the couch!