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We took the head staggers the other day and left the back door open to see how the kittens enjoyed going out. They enjoyed it a little too much! Once they were out they refused to return and it took David and me around 45 minutes to round them all up. They really enjoyed exploring, but the next day when we let them out again they were exploring a little less and running around and chasing each other a little more. For some reason they were much happier to be caught the second time – less skittish when we went near them, here’s hoping they continue to be as easy to catch next time, but, today the door is open and they are coming and going as they wish, apart from the few minutes when Bailey decided it would be great fun to chase them from one end of the garden to the other and they needed sanctuary for a while!!
They were at the vet’s the other day for their first injections and it was suddenly brought home to me the financial difference between having one kitten and having three kittens – three times the injections and three times the flea treatment equals three times the cost. That made my eyes water for a while and gave Iain more ammunition in the “Do we really need THREE kittens?” war. Hmmmmm.
Here are some photos from the first trip outside. They look so cautious and scaredy compared to today’s attitudes.
In other news, the second lot of hatching eggs are due to start hatching on Sunday. We don’t have a powerful enough torch at the moment to candle this lot – well, the first time I tried to candle them I failed miserably and haven’t tried again with an alternate light source. Remember how I was completely convinced last time that the eggs had been left alone too long and they weren’t going to hatch? Well, I am three times more sure this time that nothing will come of them. . . . We’ll see on Sundayish.