Los Gatitos Espanoles - Malia's babies at 27 days old

I managed to get a bit of a photo shoot done but they are so lively now that it is difficult keeping them in one place! Here are the pics we managed to get, with a bit of an Easter theme!

Woodside Emiliana

Woodside Enrique

Woodside Javier

Woodside Luciano

Woodside Pacifica

Woodside Yago

Weaning

The babies are 27 days old today and I have been supplementing them with formula milk for the past 10 days or so to help them gain weight and take the pressure away from Malia, who really is doing her best.

Yesterday, I checked on them and found them helping themselves to mum's biccie so I decided to try them on some RC Babycat, soaked in formula milk. Luckily, 5 of them took to it really well and are happily lapping away at the milk and biccie.  Emiliana still thinks that mum is best and seems to think I am trying to poison her but I am sure over the next day or two she will start to enjoy the mixture too.

The babies have put on around 30g in 24 hours, which I am sure is down to the extra food and formula that I have been giving them as well as Malia being able to have a bit of a rest in between.

Will get photos done later today once all the others are fed and groomed.

Storm, Cleo & Ruby

We have nearly finished our new cat garden so I thought I would give Storm, Ruby and Cleo a chance to test it out and it seems to have been a success.  Just need to get some sleepers in to give a raised border and then we're done.

Los Gatitos Espanoles - Malia's Kittens at 20 days old

Well the kittens will be 3 weeks old tomorrow but seeing as we have building work going on and will probably be busy over the weekend I thought I would add photos today instead.  All of the kittens are growing very well but Malia is getting worn out now so I am helping her out by topping the kittens up twice a day to give her a bit of a break. Woodside Enrique is available.

Woodside Emiliana

Woodside Javier

Woodside Pacifica

Woodside Luciano

Woodside Yago

Woodside Enrique

Los Gatitos Espanoles - Malia's Kittens at 12 days old

I took some more photos of the kittens today as they all have their eyes totally open now and are developing so well. I am able to tell the red boys apart now as they are all looking and developing differently so that's a relief - they were so similar in the first few days! They all weigh between 254g and 331g.

All of the kittens are optioned except for 1 red boy.

Woodside Emiliana

Woodside Enrique

Woodside Javier

Woodside Luciano

Woodside Pacifica

Woodside Yago

Some Updated Photos

As it was such a lovely day on Saturday, we decided to let Ruby and Cleo have a little bit of time out in the run.  They loved it and spent most of the day watching the birds and chasing flies! Storm loved having them out there next to him and was chirping and chatting to them the whole time.

I took some photos of them all out there to show how well they are growing - the girls are both around 2.1kg/2.2kg now and they are losing their kitten fluff and getting the most beautiful shiny coats in. Storm is a lovely stocky boy and we are very much looking forward to his first matings this year.

We are also hoping that next weekend, our cat proof fencing enclosure will be going up.  This will mean that instead of the cats having to get their exercise on a harness, they will now have their very own garden to run about and explore in. The cats will be getting their very own decking 'sun deck' as well as plenty of cat safe trees and plants and possibly a small pond for them to have fun with!

SueRagDandy Phantom (Storm)

Villarroel Flamenco (Ruby)

Villarroel Flamenco (Ruby)

Kassaro Floreeda (Cleo)

Kassaro Floreeda (Cleo)

Los Gatitos Espanoles at 1 Week Old

I can't quite believe it but the babies are 1 week old already.  They have all started opening their eyes you can see from the photos that another day or 2 and they will be completely open.  They are moving around in the nest a lot more and are very happy to be handled by us.

I took some individual photos of them this morning so thought I would upload them onto the blog and will upload them onto the website later today.

Woodside Emiliana 

Woodside Enrique

Woodside Javier

Woodside Luciano

Woodside Pacifica (our keeper)

Woodside Yago