Baby Kitty

It's been 8 days since I adopted the baby kitty. He went a week not having a name because when I told the boys that I had gotten him they wanted to name him. Both of the boys were here on Saturday so they got together and decided that his name should be Lucky. I know that the perception of black cats is they are the devils pet or they are bad luck but I don't feel that way. I love black cats and to me they are good luck. I know strange but I can't help but love them. Did you know that black cats are more likely to be put to sleep because they are the last ones to be adopted from shelters? or that the only time they do get adopted is around Halloween and then they end up right back where they came from? These poor animals are just looking for someone to love them and because of their color they are going without.

So I adopted a black kitten. He has sort of longish fur and was somewhere between 5 and 7 weeks old when I got him. I'd say closer to 5 than 7. He wasn't litter box trained completely and this past week I have been acting like a mother cat in the sense that when I see him scratching around looking like he's going to go somewhere he's not supposed to I pick him up and put him in the litter box. Once he's in there he does what he's supposed to, thank goodness. It's just been a pain in the butt. I think he's finally gotten the hint and is now going down to the litter boxes outside the bathroom on his own to go. I have caught him once today scratching in a box here in the living room and immediately took him to the litter box where he did his business. Right now he's curled up next to me on the couch just watching what I'm doing and looking for the other 2 cats to see if he can bother them. He likes to go after their tails.

I was actually surprised how quickly the other 2 cats took to the little one. My female took the longest. The big male was like " don't bother me and I won't bother you" took two sniffs of the baby, never growled or hissed and turned his back on him. Even now when the little on gets on the bed at night or when I take a nap he just lays there and lets the baby have run of "His" space. The big male will get down off the bed if the baby tries to go after him but for the most part they are pretty good together. The female is actually playing with the baby now. Sure it's a little rough at times but that's what a mother would do with her kitten anyway to let them know "OK, I've had enough". When she knocks the baby over he usually gets the hint and finds something else to bother for a while. He's cute like that. He plays hard then crashes for an hour or so. Like now. He was just running all over the house and then climbed up on the back of the couch and crashed on the afghan up there till he heard me typing and came to investigate what I was doing. I shooed him off the key board and now he's snuggled against my leg sleeping again.

Last night when I went to bed the baby came in and slept with me. It seems to like going to sleep with me. He doesn't always stay with me the whole night though. Most mornings when I wake up he's out in the living room on the couch sleeping and as I go around the house turning on lights, feeding and watering the cats and making my coffee he follows me. When I'm in the kitchen he makes a lot of noise and tries to climb my leg to get my attention to give him some canned food. I have the 2 big cats on an every other day schedule and that's what I'm going to stick to with the baby as well. He may not like it to much as when I first got him I was giving him canned food 3 to 4 times a day because I didn't have any kitten food but all it did was give him the runs and now he'd rather eat the dry food for the bigger cats instead of his kitten chow. He's doing very well on the dry food and his stool is getting more formed so I cut him back to when I feed the other cats. It doesn't stop him from trying to get me to give him more wet food but I don't give in.

I could go on and on about the adventures of Lucky but I'm going to stop for today. I'm going walking at the mall in about an hour and I can't wait for that. For now though I think I will just sit here and enjoy having a soft warm kitten lay against my leg purring. He's just so darn cute and I'll post some pictures of him in my next blog post. I have to upload them to the computer first.