Week 3: Introducing the kittens!

 

Kitten Watch 2024: Caramel and her sweet kittens

It's Week 3 of the kittens' lives and while they are still a bit wobbly on their feet, they have started to walk around, play and show their personalities! The kittens are in the important socialisation period at the moment, which takes place from two to seven weeks of age. At this stage the kitten's brain and sensory system are still developing, so the experiences they have during this time will teach them what is threatening and non-threatening. Positive experiences with different people and different things will teach them that these experiences are non-threatening. However, any negative experiences, or no experiences at all, can cause a kitten to become fearful – a feeling that is likely to last into adulthood.

Caramel and all four kittens and a little toy mouse!

Now that the kittens are starting to become more active, this is a great time to introduce you to each kitten and find out a bit more about their personalities.

First up, we've got Chai! She is a tabby female and is slightly greyer in colour. She has white tips to her feet and more of a V-shaped marking on her forehead. She is the most confident of the kittens and loves to play and fight with her brother Costa. She also enjoys climbing on Caramel and biting her ears!

Cheeky Chai, a confident tabby female.

Next, we have Coban, a tabby and white male with a coloured patch on the side of his nose. Coban is the shyest and sleepiest of the kittens. He loves cuddling up to Caramel or sweet Cinnamon, who is the gentlest of his siblings.

Cuddly Coban, a tabby and white male

The other male is Costa, who is a slightly browner coloured tabby with more of a W-shaped marking on his head. He is quite a confident chap and loves playing with Chai. They are very happy rolling around together and like to follow each other around the pen.

Mother and son: Caramel and little Costa 

Last but not least, we have Cinnamon (rightmost kitten below). She is a very sweet tabby and white female just like her mum! Sweet Cinnamon is just starting to play, but is not as boisterous as Chai and Costa.

Caramel with Costa, Coban and Cinnamon (looks like Chai is behind her too!)

We hope you enjoyed meeting each kitten and learning a bit more about their personalities! We will continue to follow the kittens' progress week by week on this blog, right up until they and their mum are ready to go to their forever homes.

 

Please note, these blog posts are not in real time, the kittens are a little bit older at the time of writing. However, we hope you enjoy following along with their weekly development from day one. You will get to see how they grow, change and blossom into lovely young cats with the support of their amazing mum, Caramel, and our dedicated team of cat care staff and volunteers here at Wales Cat Centre.

 

If you would like to donate towards the care for our cats, including those like Caramel and her kittens, you can do so on our website here. Anything you can give, big or small, can really make a difference. Thank you for being here for cats 💜

 

See you next week for Kitten Watch: Week 4! 🐾