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March 2021 Tennessee Rex KittensAngelica's March 2021 Three Week Old Kittens Satindelight Angelique's litter born 11 March 2021Angelique gave us a concern in that we expected kittens by 6 March based upon the date we thought she had been bred. This was not the case. She finally went into labour about 1830 on 11 March and delivered her first kitten at 1923 EST. Then the second kitten came some 90 minutes later. We weigh kittens and some adults such as expectant moms each day and enter their weights on the cattery master spread sheet. This tradition has been a work in progress for well over 20 years The spread sheet automatically produces weight charts that are posted on the cattery pages. Posting is extremely easy thanks to the work of out IT administrator, Michael Anderson, from Port St Lucie, Florida. Angelica's kitten weight chart is posted below. . The "T" Litter
8 April was the date when they were four weeks old. About that time we begin to introduce the kittens to soft food and a kitten milk substitute. The milk substitute is to get them to lap the liquid. This will not last long. Once the kittens are weaned we will have water available for them. Regular cow's milk is very indigestible in cats and kittens. Goats milk is a good substitute and may be easier to find than the two or three commercial milk substitutes for felines. At the same time the kittens will be encouraged to scratch in the litter pan provided in their "annex" to the maternity "suite." We had some upgrades done on this computer and it was unavailable for about a week. The spreadsheet files were copied to an external HD so the daily updating could be done on a local l,aptop. Unfortunately the laptop and the external drive did not see "file-to-file" so to speak and we were not able to load the file into the spreadsheet app in the laptop. All is now updated in our usual computer that also had a good cleaning out from over 10 years if daily use. I have to applaud LENOVO, the manufacturer, for making excellent hardware. They and their predecessors, IBM, for continuing to produce quality computers. Here are the cattery names of the kittens along with what they mean or where the name came from. There's no reason why I pick a name other than it will be easy to pronounce or maybe for fun. Swedish is a favorite for me. TASHI (from Tibet meaning "Good Luck") Tashi is sold Angelica's one remaining March 2021 Kitten TERAH ( Hebrew - father of Abraham) The weight chart will no longer be updated Terah has moved to his permanent home in Vermont Terah will be going to church on 20 June, not for the first service inside the sanctuary since the COVID lockdown but to learn more about what is outside the walls of his home. There is a social hour after the service where he will allowed to be handled by others provided that they wash their hands correctly first. Terah remains somewhat shy but is tolerating other "humans" better now than during last month. TILDA or TILLY (Swedish) ("aunt Tilly," anyone?? -- it's an oral game for around a campfire) Tilda is sold TORVALD (Swedish) Thor's ruler Torvald is sold Tashi at seven weeks Tashi at three weeks Terah at seven weeks old Terah at three weeks old Tilda at seven weeks old Tilda at three weeks old Torvald at three weeks old Torvald at seven weeks old Page Revised 16 September 2021
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