Week 5: Getting more independent

   

Kitten Watch 2024: Caramel and her sweet kittens

At Week 5, the kittens are continuing their weaning process moving towards a diet of only solid food now, and they are making excellent progress! The kittens are monitored and weighed to ensure they are receiving enough nutrition and gaining weight.

All four kittens hanging out together

Caramel is spending short periods of time each day apart from the kittens to start the weaning process. This also gives her time to rest and the kittens to start gaining more independence.

Beautiful mum Caramel enjoying some peace and quiet

On one of the days we saw her resting in the top pen for an hour and the kittens were all playing in the pen below. They have all become more active and even shy little cuddly Coban was joining in!

Cuddly Coban and sweet Cinnamon enjoying playtime

They are all more interested in the toys this week. They are also exploring the cat flap from the inside of their pen and starting to look at what is happening in the corridor. True to her nature, cheeky Chai was more interested in chasing the other kittens' tails and jumping on them than in the toys.

It wasn't me: cheeky Chai

Cinnamon and Chai noticing the world outside the pen

Here's another special video for you, showing the kittens' playtime!

Thank you for joining us for Week 5 of Kitten Watch! 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 6! 🐾