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Related: About this forumKittens are three weeks old!
Here are highlights from their third week. Beginning to stand and get those bellies off the ground, although very wobbly. Beginning to sniff, scratch and lick their paws. Looking all around with new eyes. They can't climb out of the box yet (and their mama is glad for that) but they enjoy it when I pick them up and let them out for a while. Mama cat is getting more comfortable with me, and I can even lift her out of the box without a fight (she jumps right back in, though).They are interested in sniffing Mama's food, so that will be the next thing: in about a week they can try some. They are weighing in at about 12-13 oz.
Hi, Mama!
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beginning to play
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looking at the big world
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two ginger boys and one sister playing hide and seek
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little bat ears are starting to stand up
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)I love seeing pictures of kittens. Kittens are the best thing in the world. Kittens
cstanleytech
(26,276 posts)Kittens are evil beings bent on world conquest and their weapon of choice is their cuteness which they can melt the targets brain with.
3catwoman3
(23,965 posts)...damned good at it!
3catwoman3
(23,965 posts)I once commented on one of the many kitten threads here on DU that it take me about 30 seconds to fall in love wth a kitten. A fellow DUer replied, "Why so long?"
KT2000
(20,571 posts)the last picture - the orange one's back legs - Ha!
Samantha
(9,314 posts)Thank you so much for sharing.
Sam
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)radical noodle
(8,000 posts)They are adorable...
trueblue2007
(17,202 posts)VigilantG
(374 posts)I just read an exasperating thread and really needed this! Thank you, Meow!
murielm99
(30,730 posts)stand up, newborn kittens look like Yoda?
ThingsGottaChange
(1,200 posts)I've been getting the occasional urge lately to just have a mob of tiny kitties. Be smothered in their cuteness and softness. This is perfectly normal, right?
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)That's why I foster kittens--during the season I have a full supply! If I wanted to and have the time, I can foster three or four litters between April and November. in 2016 I did three: five bottle babies, then three a little older, then two. I'd recommend it if you love kittens and have the time. The bottle babies are the most work, by far, but they get very attached to you.
If you have little time, you can still foster a mom with babies. That amounts to simply caring for the mother's needs, and then socializing the babies.
Rhiannon12866
(205,074 posts)Thank you so much for sharing them with us!
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)brer cat
(24,544 posts)Have fun watching them grow.
japple
(9,819 posts)These kits are just precious. Thanks for sharing AND thank you being a foster mom.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)Needed some squee and this is it!
IcyPeas
(21,856 posts)Am I cute?