Hormones

I took Brooklyn and Dunkin Donuts to see the vet last week and as I suspected, they had ticks in their ears. She gave them the medicine and told me to come back for a check up in a month. She also told me that I should probably have them neutered at 6 months old to prevent accidental litters. Which would be in 2 months from now as they are celebrating their 4-month birthdays today.

Ever since then I've been keeping an close eye on Brooklyn. I think he's becoming a hormonal teenager. He's definitely meowing more than he used to and he's sometimes acting a little too friendly/aggressive towards DD. And his little pee pee's out. I find that there are all kinds of things you need to think about when you have kittens. Like I said before, with Sox and Bailey all these things were taken care of. And they were old and peaceful.

Earlier today I was thinking about taking Brooklyn outside to use some of his excess energy. He's running from the door to the living room and back like a crazy cat and then he's jumping on the kitchen counters like 5 times in a row even after I tell him NO and spray him. And it's funny cuz they definitely know that kitchen counters are of limits and when they hear me getting off the couch they jump off. And run off to hide. And then they do it again.

I have now entered the bribing stages of the leash training. I don't give them treats anymore unless we walk from the kitchen to the front door twice. I dangle a bag of treats in front of them and when we're done they each get a treat. When they are done I take the leashes off. That way hopefully at some point they'll learn that even if they don't see the bag, they'll get a treat after we're done. I also thought that it would be good to train them together but I think BK might be ready to go outside sooner. He's more outgoing so trying to watch him and get DD to walk at the same time is almost impossible at this stage. I've taken them out to the balcony and BK wants to see everything but DD is just staying inside so I'm thinking BK should do fine on his own. Plus now they are growing so fast that I don't have hands anymore to hold both of them.

We've also tried some human foods that were on the list of acceptable foods their foster mom gave me. The ham I gave them was ok and DD was into boiled eggs too, she kept growling at BK. Bk wasn't a fan. Maybe I'll do one of the recipes I was given for them for x-mas. Little x-mas treat.

I'm debating whether I wanna go outside today at all since the wind is howling like it's a tornado season. But I do like the fact that it's starting to look like a winter wonderland outside! Love snow!

Have a great weekend!

Later