4th blog of Mustache's kitten

The kitten has a strong will to live and thrive in this existence that we call life. Both my housemate and me forgot to feed it from 9 pm to 9 am this morning, but it was fine, happy, and hungry. We tried feeding it in the little bottle today and this time it figured it out and drank approximately two syringes worth of KMR. Isn't the attached picture of the kitten drinking of the bottle adorable. It sure was ready to fill up and it likes to claw at our hands when fed, and if its put on a lap, it crawls and claws quietly sucking on clothes. It crawls clumsily, and a little shaky as it tries to steady itself on surfaces. Sometimes when it crawls, it accidentally rolls on its back and then it has to get a claw in on a surface to get itself right side up again and the it crawls again. The kitten enjoys crawling all over the Gator teddy bear in its box and always sleeps either cuddled under an arm, between its legs, or behind it.

Mustache did a quick pass through, and I told him his kitten was fine. He went to a neighbors house and laid down on the porch to watch the growth of his kitten, but not interfere with it.

As to the care of kittens, it has be kept warm, so its double boxed (shoebox inside of a bigger box) and it gets to stay when its put in the shoebox in the warmest part of the place. Its definitely a Florida kitten. It was left with air conditioning facing it once and it was really cold and meowed, meowed, meowed, then it had to be held for a while to get it warm and it was happy again.

I'm hoping that this kitten means a new beginning, a fresh start, a chance to make a change.

2nd Blog of Mustache's Kitten

The kitten slept longer last night which made it easier, since it was getting up and meowing every couple of hours wanting to be fed. At 9:15 am, it got a bottle of KMR, a burping, a cleaning, and I put it back in its shoe box next to "The Gator teddy bear," its buddy. The kitten is a gator fan, just like me. :) I've thought of naming it Max, if it's male, and Maxine, if it's female. It looks a lot like Mustache...it's mostly black and has some white in spots such as a little on its back, belly, some of the face, and paws. If anyone has any suggestions as to other names for it, I'd welcome them. I measured the kitten today with my housemates help, since the kitten is a little wiggle worm. Its 4.5 inches.

I fed the kitten again at noon and then I went outside. There was Mustache, in the driveway, and I told him that the kitten was fine. He looked at me satisfied with my answer, and then walked away. I find it amazing that he comes around just to check on the kitten and has no interest in getting fed. The neighbor told me today that Mustache comes over every day to play gently with his grandchild and then goes off. Wow! Mustache is not only a great dad to kittens but a great playmate to children.

Since the kitten was found on Thursday, and it was probably born that morning, its one week birthday will be this Thursday. It's so exciting to see it grow every day and be a mom to this newborn kitten!