Day 13

Yay! The girls are sharing! They've been head-butting each other in the food dish and the water dish for most of the past week. Both bowls are large enough for both of them but they'll try to push each other out, regardless. Originally, I had given each her own bowl but they fought to be in each other's and I thought accidents of tipping bowls might happen so I replaced the smaller bowls with a large one that isn't likely to tip and spill. I free feed them since they'll still small so there's plenty of food... so, I'm glad they seem to have stopped that.

Oh and the mister was seen to have pet at least one kitten yesterday!

They had the whole weekend to run about the house, that was fun! I put them in the office at night and closed the door, except for last night. They slept the night in the office anyway but this morning thought our bed a great place to play and chase each other. It's a good thing they're such gentle kittens..

I am also keeping them in the office during the day until they've had enough supervised run of the house that I feel confident I can leave them free to roam.

Stairs!

And other new things! This morning when I went into the office I saw a little kitten face looking at me from the other side of the baby gate across my closet door. She was in the hamper full of clothes I had used to prop up the too large gate that didn't fit properly. Of course it was Athena, I predicted she'd be the first to figure out how to get over the gate and that it would happen within the next week. I said this at the end of last week, it now being Tuesday, but I was hoping for a bit more time. Like, towards the end of the week.

Of course from there it was only minutes until she figure out, after watching me go back and forth, that the gate across the room door was the same kind as across the closet door. And just like that she was out and exploring while her sister lay in front of the door gate watching. I was in the bathroom and saw it happen and watched Athena trot into the bedroom. Within a few minutes the mister came out to ask if I knew one of them had escaped. I said yes and noticed he was pointing at the stairs. I jogged down the stairs and found Athena all the way in the kitchen about to head for the basement door. I brought her back upstairs, put her in the office, and shut the door.

I'm home early today from work before the July 4 holiday tomorrow and the gates are both gone and the girls are exploring the house freely. Both have their collars on of course and from now on will always wear them. The collars are still a bit too big but not nearly so much so as that first day. I'd rather have them on in case A ever gets bold enough to make a bolt for the door.

It's a good thing the collars have bells because we leave in 40 minutes for their first vet visit and having the two mites noisy will help track them down when it's time to go.