Samantha’s “move”

Samantha tried to move her kittens last night.

I went into the room and found the kittens scattered in three different locations on the tiled floor.

Sigh…I guess she was in the midst of moving them to a new location within the bedroom. It’s an instinctual habit, so I left her alone.

After half an hour, I went back up to check and noticed that she had taken Kai back to the same place (under the ottoman) but had left Akira and Indra where she had placed them, separated, on the tiled floor.

So I decided to help and I put Akira and Indra back together with Kai and Sam.

Maybe Sam just decided there’s nowhere safer to move them to and was in the midst of moving them back, but “forgot” she had three kittens, so she only moved Kai back?

Something similar actually happened with Pole too. Her firstborn was Wolf. Wolf was born beside the piano. Then Pole went upstairs to Ming-Yi’s wardrobe and thereafter gave birth to Cleo and Pans inside the wardrobe. She had forgotten about Wolf. So I carried Wolf up to her and put him together with Cleo and Pans in the wardrobe. The next day, Pole suddenly remembered she had left a kitten by the piano, so she rushed went downstairs and frantically searched for Wolf. She did not know Wolf was already right there with Cleo and Pans. Maybe the entire process of giving birth was just too much for her. But Pole had this, what we called “Dory moments” all her life. That’s referring to Nemo’s friend, Dory, in the Disney animated film, who had a memory problem.

So, anyway, I fed the kittens at 11pm last night.

Riley did wake me up at 3am last night but I was way, way, way too tired to get up.

By the time I finally got up at 5am, I rushed up to feed the kittens.

I took their weights before feeding them, just to check. Hmm…not bad at all. It looks like they tend to put on weight at night?

The vet did say that kittens’ weights will wax and wane. As long as there is no continuous weight loss, it should be okay.

I don’t know if the weighing was accurate, though, as the kittens were moving on the scale.

This Friday, the whole family will go to the vet’s for a check-up and if they are fit enough, the kittens will be dewormed. I’ll be less worried after the vet checks them out.

Please wish me luck in putting Samantha into the carrier.