Category: Hachitaro News

Tuesday, July 18th

I’m busy nursing Hacchan from the morning. (We bought a can of powdered milk for kittens.) Our vet said a syringe is easier for feeding than a nursing bottle; however, he moves so much it’s hard for me to nurse him. He tries to push the syringe with his foot, which has sharp nails, and he soon sticks to my fingers or hands. The syringe easily slips from his mouth, and it makes lots of trouble for the fur around his mouth. It’s really messy!
We think his eyes are getting cleaner and bigger. He is the first blue eyed cat in our house. Hmm. If I compare him to the kittens that appear in commercials, maybe he isn’t so nice looking. But we could say his pitiable appearance might be called cute.

Today, we tried putting him in the litter box Kyoku and Kuro use: it’s amazing; he can use it very well. The tiny ball of litter after he pees is cute. (The size is 1/4 or 1/5 of adult cats.) In addition, he can go to the litter box by himself when he wants to go. Is he a bright kitten? But it seems to be tough work for him to come out from the litter box and he sometimes sits down in the middle on the litter.

Today’s reaction to Hachitaro by Kyoku and Kuro
Kyoku takes the long way around Hachitaro. Kuro threatens Hachitaro and runs away. (They are scared of him. But he is about 1/10 their size.) It seems the two of them try not to be close to the baby.

His weight today – 331g
–YS, 18 July 2006

18 July 2006