Playdate for Doortje
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janestarzThis afternoon Doortje had a playdate. We invited a larper over with one of her kittens to see how Doortje would react. If it went well, we would have an addition to the household. Doortje might become a big sister!
And it went really, really well:
This picture was taken as soon as Doortje came close enough to the kitten, and if you can read cat body language, you can see she's a little excited (large pupils) but not intimidated or scared (curl in her tail).
The kitten explored, and Doortje first watched him go from her perch under the desk chairs before finally trying to lick him and then showing him her displeasure at him crawling into HER box with pattern paper. There was no malice in it though, and I think she behaved exemplary!
The kitten is now 9 weeks old, so he's gone back to his mother for another while. He will have a final vet visit this week and as soon as he's really sick of his mom he can come live with us.
I'm in no hurry to separate him from his mom, so it can be a week or two until he arrives. Meanwhile, we have to think of a new name for this boy. He's now called Harris, but we don't like the sound of it in Dutch. And just wait, if we were to name him 'Dreumes' (Dutch word meaning something like 'runt' or 'tiny one') he'll grow up to be an 8 kilo beast.
View more pictures of their meeting here.
And it went really, really well:
This picture was taken as soon as Doortje came close enough to the kitten, and if you can read cat body language, you can see she's a little excited (large pupils) but not intimidated or scared (curl in her tail).
The kitten explored, and Doortje first watched him go from her perch under the desk chairs before finally trying to lick him and then showing him her displeasure at him crawling into HER box with pattern paper. There was no malice in it though, and I think she behaved exemplary!
The kitten is now 9 weeks old, so he's gone back to his mother for another while. He will have a final vet visit this week and as soon as he's really sick of his mom he can come live with us.
I'm in no hurry to separate him from his mom, so it can be a week or two until he arrives. Meanwhile, we have to think of a new name for this boy. He's now called Harris, but we don't like the sound of it in Dutch. And just wait, if we were to name him 'Dreumes' (Dutch word meaning something like 'runt' or 'tiny one') he'll grow up to be an 8 kilo beast.
View more pictures of their meeting here.
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Date: 2016-06-06 06:50 am (UTC)Kittens blijven overigens idealiter tot en met hun 12e week bij hun mammie, want in die laatste weken leren ze nog veel sociale vaardigheden.
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Date: 2016-06-06 08:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-06 09:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-06 09:47 am (UTC)Heh, she is probably trying to claim him by making him smell like her, great start!
I like 'Karel', but it may just be the alliteration that's alluring.
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Date: 2016-06-06 09:57 am (UTC)Yesterday we came up with Kobus and Guus. But I like Karel too.
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Date: 2016-06-06 01:46 pm (UTC)