So it’s finally time to meet the kittens! All 10 were in a room waiting for us on a couch, a scratching post, and all over the floor. There was also nanny auntie watching us, and little did we know, mom was in there too, but she came out much later without us noticing. She was watching us all along! We immediately recognized the 4 month olds (they are 5 month old to date) who were sisters to the show cat. One was blue and one was tabby and they both had the same expressions.
We were once again given the lazer pointer and some toys and left alone for a bit in the room by ourselves to play with the kittens, piling them all on the couch and observing them, and picking them up and taking pictures (because you have to have pictures to remember them all!). We narrowed down to three boys, much to Alex’ disappointment since she wanted us to pay attention to the pretty girls too. Somehow they were bigger and naughtier so we picked them out. She said she was probably going to pick a female out of the group to keep since they were pretty good looking.
Even though the eight 10 week old kittens were almost all identical, here’s how we told them apart: The one we liked had a fishnet kind of patter, and he always looked like he was calm and smiling. He even flipped over on his back and showed us, “hey, I’m a boy, see a boy, pick me!” One of them had bigger paws than the rest and took to licking and sticking to my dad. He was my dad’s favorite and also darker blueish in color mixed in the brown (because their mom was blue). The final one was my favorite, and I just recognized his huge round eyes and expression. He was a bit jumpy though, and I somehow spooked him three times by looking at him closely.
What happened to the 4 week and 6 week olds, you wonder? Well, after all that observing and choosing, Alex brought in two more very tiny kittens! One was 6 weeks, one was 4 weeks old from Bezees. She only had one male in each litter. My mother went nuts seeing these two, and all our decision making on the last bunch went out the window. Now she wanted these two.
After taking more pictures, we were ready to settle down and make a deposit. We get to visit again in a few weeks when the kittens are a bit older, and then we can make our final decision on which of 2 the 5 boys we wanted to keep. Since we were first in line, we get first choice and don’t have to worry about the family that was visiting after us haha. It’s already been a week and I wonder how big the kittens have grown since then. I hope my mom doesn’t choose the younger ones so we get to have kittens sooner!
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- Des was seeing us off at the window
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- these were sleepy females
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- It was very impressive that Degoonacoon’s home did not smell at all, partly because of the raw meat diet and her horse stable bedding litter
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- another pretty female
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- Auntie nanny watching over the kittens. She was a very good nanny because someone growled outside, and she immediately jumped on top of the couch and growled at the door. She was protecting us too!
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- The one at the couch is a very calm female. I liked her but my parents liked the males
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- Here is the biggest one who liked to chew on my dad’s fingers
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- I forget who this was …
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- This might be our first choice in the males
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- I liked him but he was a bit jumpy.
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- Sleepy females were still on their post
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- 4 month old (now 5 month to posting date) is related to the show kitten we met
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- See there he goes chewing on dad’s fingers
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- The other blue 5 month old sister (4 months in the pic)
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- Boy #2 who liked to chew on my dad’s fingers. He had these two dark ‘V’ shapes on his cheeks
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- Boy#1 with net pattern on his head. He might be our first choice.
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- We wanted to capture his spotty belly
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- Boy # 2 who chews on dad’s finger and is a little darker
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- Kittens all over the floor with auntie
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- Boy #2
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- Boy #2’s belly (can you tell we like belly pictures?)
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- Boy #3 was my favorite, look at the big round eyes!
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- Boy #3
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- Boy#2 again
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- I don’t remember who this was.. might be sleepy Boy#3 or a girl…
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- Boy#2
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- Boy #2 and #1 lined up on the couch
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- A girl jumped in to play with us (in the middle)
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- This is why we liked #1 so much (the one on his back).
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- They already know how to pose for the camera
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- “Pick me!! I’m a boy!!” #3 is the bottom one getting sleepy.
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- I think this might be all three boys..
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- #2 and #3
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- “Did you capture this side?”
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- We were trying to compare #2 and #3…
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- put your paws in
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- Boy #3’s big eyes in action
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- #2 and #3 piled next to each other.
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- 6 week old on the left, 4 week old on the right. Mom liked the left one the most. If we choose them, we will have to wait another 3 months!
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- 6 weeks and already so big? Look at the paws!
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- We took so long one of the females fell asleep
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- “Why don’t you like the pretty females? Look at her!”
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- Auntie was patiently waiting outside. I didn’t even notice she went outside.
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- 14 year old lady was accompanying me in the bathroom.
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- The scratchpole females fell asleep too
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- 4 month old was still alert. I rather liked her too, but parents were set on the younger ones.
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- Here’s the other 4 month old sister getting tired of us.
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- A boy fell sleep we were too much for them
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- This girl came out of nowhere she wanted attention too
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- Here is mom of the 10 week and 4 month olds! We didn’t notice her come out from under the couch.
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- Mom looked just like the show cat and two sisters, as well as her dad. She was watching us all along.
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- More sleeping kittens
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- Cudahy was waiting outside
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- Other females at the living room saw us off