Little helper :-)

A quick update...

I forgot to post some pictures of Iines yesterday... I will put them up when I get home from work :-)

Saga weights 4,7kg, so she has gained around 500 g in 4 weeks. I also forgot to look what the numbers were during her last pregnancy, but probably they were lower, because her weight dropped for 2 weeks before it started to go up. The whole amount was 2 kg ;-) She loves to eat...
Saga didn't lose much weight during that 12 weeks when she was suppose to take care of the kittens ;-) She weighted about 4,5 kg when I got her home... So she was in her usual condition and had better coat than ever before. I think that she is dropping her coat right now, so she won't look as pretty in the kittenphotos ;-)

a little over 5 weeks to go..

Saga is sure that kittens are on the way, so I guess I'm hopeful too ;-) She can't stand Lulu and Iines right now... Only Roope can come near her without her making a lot of ugly noices ;-) Maybe Lulu and Iines are too active or something, because they are constantly playing or running etc. Roope is such a lazy cat fowadays, so he fits Saga's activity lever perfectly...

I woke up this morning to the sound of someone throwing up, yack. And the best part is, that I couldn't find the puke! I looked the usual places, but surprisingly this time it wasn't near my bed waiting for me to step on it... or somewhere on my path to the bathroom ;-) Usually they always puke some place that I'm most certainly going to walk by in the morning, eyes half closed..

I think that the one that was feeling sick was Saga. Lulu was near by and Roope was sleeping on top of a bookshelf. Iines had just been purring next to me a minute ago. (well, she rarely is anywhere else but next to me. I wonder how she will manage when she and the red ones are forced to stay out from the bedroom when the kittens are little?)

Iines still has 4 days of antibiotics left, so she isn't able to attend to the show in Porvoo. She would have had Joelle Monney Pillonel as a judge, so I'm a bit disappointed that she can't go. It would have been nice to hear what she had to say about her. But of course it's best to keep her at home anyway, since it would be very unfortunate for Saga to catch something from the show..

However; Täplä is still going to the show and I'm going to pick Marja and Täplä from Vantaa in the morning and we'll drive to Porvoo from there. Roope's brother Paukku is also coming, and so is Veikko with her boys; Igge, Iffe and Nagge :-) I hear there will be a GIC- celebration for Leevi ( Deimos CrisCraft Sportsman), and I'm looking forward to that.... :-D

Toni took some pictures of my cats on Sunday, so I'm also looking forward to getting the photos :-) I hear there are some nice pictures of Iines (she was running like mad when we were outside ;-))

Kittens :-)

It's been three weeks from Saga's date with Häjy and I strongly believe that she is expecting kittens! She has gained weight, her nipples have become swollen and red, and most of all: she acts like she owns the world and walks like she is just ready to deliver ;-) She is a funny cat...

She has had some fake pregancys before, so I'm not 100% sure that she is actually pregnant. But I'm at least 98% sure ;-)

Kittens will be born in the first week of November (44), probably at the end of the week.

Showpictures

Iines relaxing in the show.. ©Sofie Wikberg

Ch Abeona's Sharma ©Sofie Wikberg

Ch Abeona's Kalinda ©Sofie Wikberg

and my little sweetheart Lindbrekkas Shamicka ©Sofie Wikberg

All these pictures were taken in Tampere 1.9.2007. Thank you Sofie for these lovely pictures! Iines looks so cute :-)

Iines is feeling better :-)

Iines has been a bit apathetic for a week. She was even too "tired" to play over the weekend, not even a new toy could get her to lighten up. I took her to a vet on Monday and they draw some blood and took a sample from her mouth (she has a few cuts there). The bloodtest showed that there is something going on with her and she was given antibiotics. The vet didn't want to run any more tests right now, so now we are waiting for the results from the skin sample.

My own guess is that she is allergic to something, maybe fish? So I'm trying a fish-free diet for her now. If it doesn't work, then I have to take her to new tests. The antibiotics at least are working and she is herself again. She purrs and talks and plays :-) She has started to eat turkey! And when I tried to get her to eat it a few months ago, she wouldn't even taste it! She would also eat pork (only roast of course;-)), but I'm not giving them any -at least for now- because I don't know what's causing those symptons in her mouth. She had been scratching herself a bit, so it could be an allergy. Or not. But we just have to wait and see.

To the show in Porvoo isn't going to happen next week, but that doesn't matter. The most important thing is that she is feeling better again :-)

Iines :-)

As you can see, Iines has started to grow herself a coat :-)

Iines visited a vet today, because she has something in her mouth. She was such a brave little girl, she even let the vet draw some blood and said absolutely nothing!

Täplä is way bigger than Saga !

Well, it's always good that is goes this way.. that daughter is bigger than her mother :-) Täplä is now 1 years (and 1 month) old and weights 4922 g!!! BIG girl! She has a fantastic body and pattern is really good. If I could change something, it would most definately be the ears.. But no one is perfect :-)

And Täplä has the most charming personality :-) Such a lovely girl and is always ready to give kisses.

Täplä's father Igge is also a big cat. He is almost 3 years and still fertile and weights around 6,5 kg. I can't wait so see what he will look like when he is neutered and in full condition. Granfather Vigge is also VERY big :-D

Lazy sunday..

Seems that all the cats are very very tired - have been the whole day. I guess that has something to do with the fact that they kept me awake most of the night ;-) At first I woke up when 4 cats ran over me - several times.. When I got up, I noticed that someone had managed to get a pack of catnip from the dresser and they were all suffering from a hangover.. After sleeping a while I woke up when Lulu was washing my hair... She loves hair products and was happy to notice that I had tons of hairspray in my hair.

After Lulu left, Iines wanted to sleep on top of me. And she switches places ALL the time. But how can you push away such a sweet kitten who purrs and licks your fingers? At least I couldn't do it. Then Roope wanted to sleep on top of my legs and I couldn't move any more.. Then Saga wanted to be cuddled and I realized that they weren't going to let me sleep at all. I went to the bathroom and noticed that my left eyelid was swollen and red! How did that happen? (I still have no idea, maybe it was hit by a nail or something?) After I tried to look what was wrong with it, it really started to hurt. So no sleeping after 8 AM.

When I woke up, all the cats naturally went to sleep ;-) And they have been sleeeping most of the day. So typical..

Casimir Eevald Östling :-)

Olin tänään ristiäisissä, jossa "Teppo" sai nimen Casimir Eevald :-) Ja Pirren ja Joan avioliitto siunattiin. Vielä pitäisi opetella unohtamaan Teppo-nimi, helpommin sanottu kuin tehty ;-)

A few pictures /14.9.

Saga and Roope love spending time together... The battling duo's are often Roope & Lulu and Saga & Iines.

Iines is still full of speed... and constantly trying to outsmart Saga and then become the queen of the house ;-)

Lulu and Iines in the balcony.

Uuups... 4438g..

I have to wonder if the scale has gone mad or something... (I know I shouldn't weight Saga EVERY day but... ;-)) but according to that she gotten 250 g since her date with Häjy... And it was less than 2 weeks ago!

I also weighted Iines to see if her weight was the same and it was.

Well, I guess I just have to wait and see what happens. I hope that there will ne a nice amount of kittens, maybe 4-5..

By the way, I finally got Iines to eat meat :-) She just wants me to cut the meat into tiny pieces and she will eat the pieces from my hand. I sure hope that she will continue to eat meat... those cans etc. are driving me mad.

Saga's weight

I weighted Saga first thing in the morning and the scale stopped at 4356 g. She has gained about 160 g in 10 days. BUT I'm not getting my hopes up just yet.. She is a master in eating and that doesn't really say much about her being or not being pregnant.

She did lose some weight in the summer, so maybe she is just getting in her normal condition. After the kittens were 12 weeks she weighted 4,2 and soon got up to 4,7. Her weight has been around 4,5 kg so it's now lower than normally.

Too bad that my scale only measures up to 5kg, so I can't weight her much longer with it.

New pictures

Roope has quite a coat :-)

Lulu's tail looks a bit odd for a red cat..

Iines wasn't in the mood for pictures today ;-)

Rest of the pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/minna.viljanen/06092007

Saga is acting weird again ;-)

Saga is sure that she is pregnant ;-) (well, she always is, even if her date was Roope) and she is eating much more than before and foods that she never eats. I've told her that it's too soon to tell ;-) but I don't think she feels the same way.

Saga weighted 4,2 kg after Häjy left, she had actually gained a little weight within these last weeks. In the summer she only weighted around 4 kg and had lost over 500 g since winter. Last time that she mated with Igor she weighted around 4 kg and her weight actually dropped about 200 g before it came up again. She gained almost 2 kg during the pregnancy and had 4 kittens. I sure hope that she doesn't gain more weight even if there were more kittens ;-)

(the pictures above were taken 14.8.06, 4 days before India- litter was born :-))

Iines and her new place to sleep :-)

Iines just loves the little stool that I usually take with me to the shows. Now it has been out the whole week so that I would forget to take it to Tampere with me. Iines spends her evenings sleeping in it :-) She is the only one who can use it, if the others to try jump there, the stool collapses ;-)

Pirok's show 1.9.2007

First of all; BIG congratulations to Saga's children!! Abeona's Sharma and Abeona's Kalinda both got their Champion titel today :-) Saga would be so proud, but she has other things on her mind right now... like the fact that Häjy has gone home and Saga is desperately trying to get Roope to "help" her ;-)

Iines had her last show in class 12 today. She was judged by Jörgen Frithiof and had one competitor. Iines was EX1 out of 2 females and competed against a younger male in the BIV. She was chosen as BIV and later nominated!

The judge liked her alot, but commented that she has no coat - and would look fabulous with a nice coat. I'm hoping that she will get some coat soon...

No votes in the panel, but I'm more than pleased :-)