Willow litter Jun'24

Willow x Flambeau kitten blog. Born 6-22-24 (3 girls and 3 boys)

Congratulations WIllow.

WIllow is being a good first time mom. Keep an eye out for frequent updates.

9-17-24

Kittens are doing awesome. Berlin, Cairo, Paris and C are living with me having done their socializing school immersion at my friend's family home. Vienna and Andorra are doing their special socializing now and all will be ready to go home soon. I believe all are reserved except for little power house Andorra. I'll continue reaching out one by one in order to those on the reservation list to offer her. I put in extra photos of her to show her style. She is pretty darn cute. C was carrying around a toy in the tv room while I did photos so I missed him. I'll add him in a few days.

Andorra

Vienna after her bath

Paris

Berlin

Cairo

Andorra

9-10-24

Constantinople

Constantinople (Stan) aka (C) aka green collar
Stan is very curious, he loves to hang out on my lap with me. Stan has a bubbly personality and is super sweet.

Cairo

Cairo: (yellow collar)
Cairo is one of the more shy ones in the group but loves to snuggle and lay on his back. Dean loves to spend time with him and hear him purr.

Berlin

Berlin: (blue collar)
Berlin LOVES wet food and I super eager to do anything he has a bursting at the seams personality. He also starts to purr the second you are petting him!

Paris

Paris: (pink collar)
Paris is a diva she wants all eyes to be on her and all attention on her. She loves to mew to get you to come and hang out with her. She also loves to lick your fingers to show affection.

Vienna

Vienna Reserved. aka Mea-aloha. Sweet girl, big climber, loves shoulders, intelligent, lots of eye contact. Very playful.

Andorra

Andorra, very playful and silly girl. She is the smallest of the litter now and a real big food hound. I think she may grow a lot in the next 6 months. She loves food especially baby food so much you could probably train her to do tricks for food. She likes helping me with my emails with her sister Vienna. Both Andorra and Vienna are weaned now and starting vaccines today.

8-31-24 10 weeks old . Vet exam day. Updated again 9-1-24

Vet exam this morning went great.

Andorra - Purple /lavender

Andorra is very sweet, loves her mom and is the smallest of the kittens. She will be ready Oct 5th. She is a tortie lynxpoint with a tiny bit of red on the tip of her ear. Andorra or DORA / nickname is sleeping with me on my bed with her little sister Vienna. They will be the last to wean. I'll update her personality description over the coming days. Andorra will be offered to persons on the reservation list.

Vienna

Vienna is a sweet kitty and the 2nd smallest. She is bouncy, snuggly and loves watching me do chores. Vienna is reserved.

Pink - Paris

Paris is a confident, playful and sweet, very brave girl. She is a big eater, and plump. Paris has been weaned and is being fostered by my friends for socialization super skills. Paris is fantastic and I was tempted to keep her but I don't need another cat right now. LOL. Paris is first to the cat wand toys and has a lot of stamina. RESERVED

Blue - Berlin

Kind of a laid back guy... Berlin is very playful but unfazed by the vet visit and the vet even noted that the boys were pretty chill. Berlin has super cute looks, a kind personality and is also at my friend's house for socialization. Berlin is weaned and available to those on the reservations list. I love him. Go home date tba.

Orange - Cairo

Cairo (orange collar) is available to those on the reservation list. Here he is in kind of a silly pose. He LOVES the feather wand toy. Cairo is also chill like his bro Berlin and bro Constantinople below. Cairo loves baby food, chasing fuzzy mice and sleeping on the window sill. He is weaned and getting his social skills at my friend's house. Go home date tba.

Green - Constantinople

Constantinople / nicknamed "C" is weaned and getting socialized at my friend's house. He is sweet, big purr motor and like his siblings has awesome looks. He is an overall good boy, comes when called, loves to eat, and play with ping pong balls (soccer). He has been known to lead his siblings in a game of chase up and down the hallway. Available to those on the reservations list. Go home date tba.

8-26-24 Nine weeks old. Running around the whole house like wild horses.

The kittens are running the house part of the day and evening while having quiet and meal time several times a day in their kitten room. They enjoy feather wand toys and love jumping in the air to get the prize feather. We are seeing personalities starting to emerge. On Saturday they go to my wonderful vet for a check up.
My next post will be individual descriptions.

Mama Willow

Green collar: Constantinople aka Constantine

Orange collar: Cairo

Pink collar: Paris

No collar: Petite little girl named Vienna but her house name is Thumbelina

Lavender collar: Andorra

Blue collar: Berlin

8-10-24 Seven weeks today.

Fantastic kittens. I just love their development and affectionate personalities. They are so excited to be loved on that they climb my pant leg and hold on to my shoes for attention. They are 7 weeks old today. All are quite fat/plump. The potty training has been mastered. They all have great appetites and had a recent fecal test and got a thumbs up from the vet. We are offering Fortiflora probiotics mixed in with their food to enhance gut health. This is recommended during growth and times of stress . It is available from Amazon : Purina Fortiflora for cats. They have 24/7 access to dry food and Gerber babyfood is offered 2 x per day. They gobble it up. Once a day they are eating Purina canned food (turkey shreds with cheese). Lots and lots of eating ..

8-5-24

Here are some casual shots from the lovely neighbor girls who have been playing with and holding the kittens regularly .

7-30-24

We are doing big things this week. Potty training which is a little messy and trying out baby food. Occasionally they need a bath. Well frequently actually.
The kittens are wearing collars and we have new names to announce this weekend.

7-25-24

7-17-24 Fat and Sassy

Three and a half weeks. The babies are all still super fat. Grandma loves to hold them while she watches tv and she talks to them to tell them how beautiful they are. The noses are darkening and their fur is growing. They will be fluffy. The current goal is to feed mama Willow a lot of calories, give the kittens belly rubs and get them used to noises and being held. They love to be stroked and petted. This is going to be a gorgeous group with stylish white feet. I'll be reaching out to those on the reservation list.
Go home dates will be Sep 7-15th.

7-8-24

All the lovely kittens have their eyes open now and are waddling around the box. They dont have the skills yet to watch a feather wand so I couldn't get them looking at the camera. They are living in their own little world: nursing and rolling around, and of course sleeping. Willow is eating about 5 times the normal amount of food to keep up her milk production. I visit with the kittens about every 2 hours. They are usually napping. In two weeks they will leave the box, and start potty training and trying to eat real food. Choosing individual kittens is after their first vet exam at 8 weeks of age. They are only 2 weeks now. I am very pleased with their development and good health. This litter is fatter than normal. There are definitely 3 males and 3 females. One female will be on a breeder reserve. All have white mittens and the lynxpoint kittens will have blue eyes. The multi colored girl will likely have green eyes.

6-30-24

Eight days old. Beautiful group of six kittens. Three males and three females. One female will be kept as a breeder reserve. Five kittens are seal lynxpoints with white mittens. One is a torbie (tortoiseshell with stripes) and white feet. The babies are all healthy and very fat. Mama WIllow is being a fantastic mother. The kittens will be opening their eyes in the next week or so.