This is Hunter and he is 7 months old. He surprises me every day. Christmas time was a total bonanza for him. He enjoyed our
Christmas tree intensely. We enjoyed watching him inspecting the tree. As soon
as the boxes with Christmas decorations opened, he puts his nose deep in the
box.
Pawprints is a very adventurous kitten, hehas and or shows confidence in himself and his
abilities and he therefore often gets in trouble. But that does not mean abandoning
his investigations. The moment he wakes up, his investigations starts....
Cats like to be challenged; I dare to believe that they
need challenging. When you observe your sweethearts interacting, you’ll notice incredibly
effective cat etiquette. There’s no denying that this works and kittens master
the rules, by playing together. Most of the time kittens are a working
collective, where there’s one, the others will follow .So they will become well
behave Bengal cats obviously by living the life of a Bengal kitten.
Kittens are developing physically and mentally fast and they have their basics needs. Mummy has to have a safe den where she
is able to care for her kittens. We always try to be as effective as possible.
Therefor we use “housing facilities” that are easy adaptable to the needs of
mother and her kittens.
We have always given this subject
the highest priority. We make a
considerable effort to create safe situations for our kittens to play together.
When kittens are three weeks old they start getting interested in each other and
in their surroundings. The first three weeks they were focussed on mommy and her
milk bar.
Bengal cats are extreme playful,
so when you want to keep your beloved pet happy collect toys. Everything that attracts
the attention of your cat can become the next toy to play with.
We like to give you a special present from us. All
readers are being indulge by the mothers of Airashii today. Motherhood is very
special, both for Bengal cats and humans. And we like to share our experiences with
you.
Playing, running, climbing, snoozing with mommy,
eating, playing with humans, and cuddling, lots of cuddling. That’s what
kittens do the whole day when they are seven weeks old.
We always try to find a name that fits a kittens personality and difficult most of the time that can be very difficult. This is
a beautiful white female kitten, so a feminine name would suite her well. We
are still doubtful and we think that Beautiful wild would project the image
that the name describes. Because she is a pedigree kitten this name will be on
her pedigree, but I think I will all her Beautiful, because that’s what she is from
her nose to the black point of her tale.
Beautiful is a very undertaking kitten and sheoften gets into trouble. Reaching the summit is her
ultimate goal, and when she has set a goal, nobody is able to get her idea
changed. So we have to watch her all the time when she isn’t sleeping. Another
option is to remove the two tall cat trees in the livingroom. We have tried that and Beautiful
was climbing the blinds and the cooker hood. We decide to remove nothing and
find some adaptations.
Fortunately Beautiful has learned to call us to assist
her when she encounters problems. In addition Liefje keeps a close eye on her
daughter and when she really is in trouble she will also call us. All is well.
Beautiful is very playful and fortunately her mother
is too. Bengal cats are a very playful, active and happy breed indeed. At first we thought
that, when they are playing, Liefje seemed to forget that Beautiful is only
seven weeks old kitten, but this was not the case at all.
Beautiful is playing and learning: in this video she
is learning how to presents herself as a big and imposing cat. Walking sideways
is the best way to get an imposing posture, indeed. Beautiful is very
passionate to give the right presentation so we often get the same approach frm her.
The tale of a cat shows the mental state of a cat,
when the tale is brush like a cat is very emotional. Of course you should look
for other signs, because a brushed tale can also mean, fear or anger. In this
case Beautiful is enjoying playing with mommy full heartily, because she has
complete confidence in her mother. She therefor enthusiastically practices all
her skills, to stalk, to attack, to seize, to outmanoeuvre mommy: all hunting
skills a future predator needs.
Hope to see you soon, have a great week,
love Liefje.
Sunday, 24 April 2016
In this blog I like to introduce Jazzy Jazz to you. Jazzy is a Seal Lynx pointed Bengal cat and she is a charming cat. She is an
elegant lady dressed in a soft velvety white coat embellished with light brown
embroideries. Jazzy does not walk, she moves like a ballerina in Swan Lake.
Liefjes' son needed special care and attention, because
we believed that his development was compromised. Already by birth he was
smaller and unlike his sister he did not gained weight steadily. In consultation with our veterinarian we
started to bottle feed him every two hours.
Liefje is a very communitive cat she communicate with us
the whole day. She makes soft reassuring sounds: ’prrrr, prrrr” meaning good morning
or hello. When she prrrrs’ we know that
she agrees with us and approves whatever we are doing.
This week was filled with excitement: emotions, joy, astonishment
and also some worries. When kittens have opened their eyes there is a feeling
of connection, there’s expression in their beautiful little faces. Of course their
sight is blurred, but I like to think that they are looking happily at me.
Liefje is a very strict mother; she keeps her kittens
under close surveillance. She has some very tough rules and when we don’t
follow them, we are faced with an emotional mother.
We should recognize that her first litter can make her
very nervous and insecure, and we have to avoid that at all times. So we have a
lot of reassuring conversations.
We have to weigh her babies every evening and Liefje
does not like that at all. She follows us, protesting loudly and she tries to
get her baby. After weighing the baby we show it to her and before laying it back
in their bed, we let her smell her baby. The poor baby has to endure his mother’s
though washing regime afterwards.
She is a very satisfied and proud mother of two and
likes to show them to the other cats and of course to us. A soon someone enters
the room she gets out the play pen to meet the visitor. After work Ivan almost immediately visits Liefje
and her baby and after a short conversation he gets a baby in his hands. Liefje
keeps a close eye on her baby and she meows loudly how to hold her baby. When
she is satisfied she returns her attention at her other baby and peace is
restored.So there is quality time for both of them.
Since a few days one of the two isn’t growing as we
like him to do. We like to keep a close eye on them and when a kitten isn’t growing
about 10% of his birthweight every day we observe his development and take
action when necessary. Firstly we support the baby with a few feedings a day. But
the day before yesterday we decided to bottle-feed the baby every two hours.
That is a very exhausting undertaking but it is very important to prevent weight
loss. This is also a very emotional period, because a baby
almost always resists bottle feeding. Kittens are as the French say ”gourmands”
and they just do not like kitten milk, they always prefer their mothers 'milk. Furthermore you have to try to hold a
very tiny and fragile and resisting baby without injuring it. When you succeed
you will have to convince it to have a sip. Fortunately a resisting baby always
protests loudly and thus opens his mouth widely and so you are able to have a
try. You have to bear with the baby there’s surely nothing better than its mother’s
milk. Well Liefjes’ sun does not like kitten milk at all and keeps resisting
loudly. Fortunately Liefjes'sun is growing very well, he has gained ten grams today.
He is a very active baby and is trying to walk.
His body is not ready for walking; the proportions seem best suited for drinking.
His short tiny legs are not made for walking yet and there is no coordination
of movement. But he does not care; he is walking or rather waggling. He proudly
goes where he’s never gone before. But most of the day the happy family is together, just
enjoying life.
A lot has happened and Liefje likes to report what has happened with her and her two gorgeous kittens. Enjoy this video.
This is Hunter and he is 7 months old. He surprises me every day. Christmas time was a total bonanza for him. He enjoyed our
Christmas tree intensely. We enjoyed watching him inspecting the tree. As soon
as the boxes with Christmas decorations opened, he puts his nose deep in the
box. 
