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Siwsan

(27,287 posts)
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 09:28 AM Feb 2023

This photo of Madoc just popped up on my phone from my Google photo account. Ah, memories.

Feeding tiny kittens is SO much fun. I would put their bowls in a big plastic tub, to limit the mess and make it easier to clean up. Of course, it didn't take too long before they realized they could jump OUT of the tub and complete their kitten mission of making that mess.

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This photo of Madoc just popped up on my phone from my Google photo account. Ah, memories. (Original Post) Siwsan Feb 2023 OP
Aaaawww !!! Adorable!!! Karadeniz Feb 2023 #1
Looking at Madoc now, it's hard to believe he was every that tiny. Siwsan Feb 2023 #3
It's a good thing you rescued them !!! Karadeniz Feb 2023 #11
How cute is that? ❤️ onecaliberal Feb 2023 #2
He was a real talker, back then Siwsan Feb 2023 #4
Purrs are wonderful. onecaliberal Feb 2023 #6
Kitties!!! jpak Feb 2023 #5
Awwwww. Little messy babies. CousinIT Feb 2023 #7
Kittens are just one of the best things in life. lark Feb 2023 #8
They really are Siwsan Feb 2023 #9
"Please, sir, may I have some more please." Polly Hennessey Feb 2023 #10
He realllllly git into his food. I remember you talking about cleaning them up niyad Feb 2023 #12
Siwsan .................. Upthevibe Feb 2023 #13
Even in side by side photos of then and now wnylib Feb 2023 #14

Siwsan

(27,287 posts)
3. Looking at Madoc now, it's hard to believe he was every that tiny.
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 09:38 AM
Feb 2023

He and his brother were smaller than their sisters and both, especially Madoc, were very food insecure. I had to separate them because they would push their way into all of the food bowls, making an even BIGGER mess.

Actually, most of Spooky's kittens were really small. When I took Arthur and his siblings to the vet to get their eyes treated, the vet said he didn't think they were even 3 weeks old. I knew they were that old because I first saw them the day they were born. Maybe Spooky just can't produce enough milk.

Siwsan

(27,287 posts)
4. He was a real talker, back then
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 09:40 AM
Feb 2023

Not so much now. I get an occasional meow that isn't meal related. I think he lets his purrs talk for him.

lark

(24,162 posts)
8. Kittens are just one of the best things in life.
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 09:53 AM
Feb 2023

They are so funny and cute and sweet and Maddoc checks all the boxes.

Siwsan

(27,287 posts)
9. They really are
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 10:05 AM
Feb 2023

The milestones are such a big thing. Watching them realize what was in those food bowls, just before they climb in to eat. And, of course, that meant I wouldn't have to get up, every 3 hours, to feed them with an eye dropper. All of them chewed through the rubber nipples on the feeding bottles so I gave up on those.

And I always celebrated the first time I actually found tiny poops in the litter box because there would be no more need to stimulate their little butts.

wnylib

(24,404 posts)
14. Even in side by side photos of then and now
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 12:27 PM
Feb 2023

it would be hard to recognize them as the same cat because of how much he has grown.

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