Timepiece
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 18
We have nine ... count 'em ... nine interesting nearly identical kittens. They have enough variation in their spots that they are identifiable, it's a mind teaser but it is possible. Mom left us when they were seven weeks old. So, bottle fed babies. With nine of the little buggers, it's a chore. At nine weeks they weren't ready to be weened ... are we ever?
At least, Pyewacket was around long enough to get them past the icky part. The icky part is where she used the roughness and pressure of her tongue to induce bowel and urinary movement.
Don't even think about me doing that. They graduated to the litter box just before Pye in the Sky; if there's a cat heaven.
She hasn't come back and it's been nearly three weeks.
Now cleanliness is not a problem, they swim in the pool daily. A quick rub with a towel and they're off to the sandbox. These are DESERT cats and they dig in the dirt. We put in about a half acre of sand and flatish rocks. The kits have a warren of hidey-holes.
One thing for sure ... they hate commercial baby food. Kitten Chow is worse. So ... I spend...
"Who spends?" asked Wendy.
So ... Wendy spends a couple of hours a week...
"How many?" kibitzing Wendy speaks.
So ... Wendy spends a couple of hours a day ... here I look up. Wendy is smiling.
A couple of hours a day fixing kitten food. Pureed chicken, beef and pork ... Yes dear.
There's a couple of finicky eaters who absolutely have to have turkey. Okay?
And tuna ... not canned ... tuna ... from the natural foods supermarket all the way across town. We've worn out ... Alright already!
Wendy wore out two blenders in two weeks! One in three days and a brand new one in 11. Now we ... Wendy ... has a Vitamix. Cost the earth but it's metal and glass. The old ones were plastic and left pieces of plastic in the kitten food during self-destruction.
The resentment of nine kittens when Wendy noticed the plastic gook and snatched the food away ... oh my. They were indignant.
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