Day 9

Kittens have learned to climb up the metal cage!! It's unbelievable how they change from day to day. They are so much more active this week, and that also means a little louder. The boy, Gandolf, and started growling when he plays with his little fur ball, he carries it around like prey and then lets out this gutteral growl when the girls come over to play with him.

Their play is really rough and bothers my youngest son to see them biting and kicking each other. As we watch them, I've explained that they know how to communicate to each other to say, "hey - you're too rough - knock it off"! They are silent when they roughhouse, even when getting kicked in the face repeatedly with a hind leg kangaroo kick. But they meow when it gets too rough and you can see that they are communicating quite clearly to "cool it".

I wish our boys would listen that well to each other so mom would not have to come in to break it up!!