Friday, February 27, 2009

Weekend!!

Only 2 weeks until my holiday begins \o/ It seems that my last holiday was ages ago (I spent a week at Crete on October, so it hasn't been that long). It's also nice to be able to spend time with Iines & kittens. They may be born when my holiday begins, or not... But still, they should be born during my holiday, so I don't have to go and check her situation from work...

I live really close to my workplace (about 1 km) so it's no problem to go home during lunch time, but it's nicer to "fully" be at home.

I'm trying to come up with something, that Iines would like to eat... For a couple of weeks, turkey was her favourite. Now she is bored with it and wants something else. What that else could be, is still a mystery... She doesn't want to eat almo nature, feline porta, miamor etc. and cosma is out of stock at zooplus. So what to do....? I have to visit the petstore once again and try to find something new.

Iines has gained around 1 kg from the mating, even though she hasn't been eating that much lately. Or maybe she eats when I'm not home to see it ;-) She would constantly want to eat treats, so she pretends not to like anything which is real food....?

Roope was at "day care" yesterday at my parents' house :-) He has been very active lately and keeps bullying Iines and Lulu (not Saga, because Saga is his true love...). I decided that it was time to get him something to do... I called my mom and asked if Roope could spend the day at their house. It was ok, so I took him there before I went to work and picked him up when I got off from work :-)
Roope had been like a little kitten the whole day! I can't believe it, my lazy red boy... He had played with every toy he has (and he has TONS of them there... my parents have bought him his own set of toys and he gets to play with them when he visits) and had run outside so fast that my mom could barely keep up with him!

Naturally he didn't want to go home at all ;-) He hid in my old room and didn't want to come out! He was really exhausted when we went home and slept the whole evening. This morning he was still very tired... It seems to be a great idea to take him to "day care" if/when he seems to have too much energy.... That keeps Lulu and Iines happy.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Lady Luck, un-lucky with coat texture...

Lady Luck may not be feeling so lucky, when I take her to see a vet... As you can see, her coat is not in best condition AND she doesn't let me comb her or trim her at all. I've been trying to trim her coat for a week now and no luck :-/

About 6 months ago she visited a vet for the same reason and her coat maintained "ok" for several months. Now that the coat has grown (especially the belly and trousers), it's a mess :-(

Monday, February 23, 2009

Painting and reorganizing

Finally my bedroom walls have a new colour - which doesn't give me migraine ;-) I reorganized the furnitures, too. Now it's quite easy to get the kittens to stay where I want them to stay... The last time I had a hard time with them, because they kept on running through my barricades.

Now that the colour on the walls has been changed, I seem to need new curtains, new cover for my bed etc... (Ikea here I come....) But as most of you probably know, I'm not that into decorating... So it may take a while.
Iines seems to be very pleased with the new arrangements and spends lots of time on top of her "nest".

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Odottelua

Vuorokausia on takana nyt 39 ja maha on alkanut somasti pyöristyä :-) Iines on ollut onnellinen, kun otin esille viime pentueen jälkeen kasaan laitetun sturdin. Iineshän rakastaa nukkua sen päällä ja hoiti ilomielin pentunsa siellä. Kun Iines ei jaksanut olla vauvojensa kanssa pesässä, se nukkui katolla ja pystyi tarkkailemaan pentujen tekemisiä yläilmoista.

Valehtelematta Iines näytti siltä, että se etsi pentujaan :-D Se kävi varovasti kurkkaamassa sturdiin ja sen jälkeen katseli pitkään ympärilleen. Sen jälkeen oli hyvä ottaa kauneusunet sturdin katolla ja myöhemmin se siirtyi sturdin sisään pitkin pituuttaan lepäilemään. Ehkä se ei oikeasti voinut yhdistää sturdia ja pentujaan (joista muuten halusi kovasti päästä eroon kun alkoivat olla 12 viikon ikäisiä).

Painoa on tullut 650g astutuksesta, joten vähän enemmän kuin viimeksi. Iines syö kohtuullisesti, vaikka on edelleen nirso ;-) Eilen ostin kaupasta kaikki kalkkunapaketit mitä löytyi (6kpl) ja ne oli Iineksen mielestä väärää merkkiä -> ei voi syödä. Harmi vaan kun sitä toista laatua ei ollut!! Vaikeaa.... Eli kanasheballa mennään nyt sitten ja jamesin kitten - raksuilla. Täytyisi tehdä uusi Zooplussan tilaus, meinaan viimeksi tilatut Miamor fine fillet purkit eivät oikeen ole menneet kaupaksi...

Eilen otettiin Lulun kanssa pientä "erää" ja jäin taas häviölle. Faija tuli rukkasten kanssa ja tarkoitus oli, että minä heilun rauhassa kamman ja saksien kanssa. Yhden takun sainkin selväksi, kunnes Lulu pääsi rimpuilemaan irti faijan otteesta. Noh, fiksuna tietysti nappasin sen kiinni ja sen jälkeen tulikin kynnestä. Vahingosta viisastuneena en päästänyt irti kuitenkaan, vaan yritettiin vielä jatkaa toimenpiteitä. Huonolla menestyksellä tosin... Täytyy tänään yrittää uudelleen, se vaan on aika hankalaa kun Lulu on tosi epäluuloinen eikä anna ollenkaan kammata itseään. Ei vaan oikein innostaisi taas viedä sitä eläinlääkäriin saksittavaksi, mutta eihän tässä taas oikein muita vaihtoehtoja ole.

Lulun turkki on niin pehmeä, että se takkuuntuu tosi helposti mahasta ja pöksyistä... juuri niistä kohdin, joista onkin sitten hankala saksia :-/ Viime vuonna käytiin kertaalleen "keritsemässä" maha ja pöksyt, mutta nyt olisi ilmeisesti taas tarvetta toistaa toimenpide. Roopella on kanssa ollut takkuja, mutta se antaa nätisti selvitellä niitä joten asian suhteen ei ole ongelmaa. Sagalla sen sijaan ei ole tainnut eläessään ollut takkua, jotain positiivista sentään.... ;-) Iinekseltä saa koko ajan olla nyppimässä rastoja kaulurista, mutta muuten sekin on takuton ja omaa helppohoitoisen turkin.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Update about Skadi and little bit about Sunna, too :-)

Sunna is going to her fist show next month! I'm very excited and a bit nervous too :-D I'm anxious to hear what the judge thinks of her :-)

Sunna's sister "red-devil" Skadi has been very busy with her boyfriend Jimi. I got a message from Jimi's owner Laura a while back that there had been a first successful mating and just a second a go another one! Hopefully there will be kittens at the end of April :-)

It's nice to think that even though I wouldn't mate Saga again, her line will continue in her childen :-) I'm also anxiously waiting to see Sunna's first kittens later this year. Junior is so handsome <3 !

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Expecting....

It's been 5 weeks from the mating and Iines has gained weight nicely :-) She is constantly hungry and sleeps a lot. I'm hoping for 4 kittens, but I can't make any suggestions about the amount yet. A little over 4 weeks and we will find that out... :-)

More pictures can be seen on my homepage: http://www.norleon.net/iines_helmikuu09.html

Saga's daughter Skadi is visiting his boyfriend Leoline Jimi Jäämies at the moment :-) I'm anxiously waiting to see red and creme kittens from the combination later this spring!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

5 weeks for my winter holiday

5 weeks (and one day) of work and then I finally have my winterholiday! My last day at work is 13.3. which is 61th day from the mating... The last time Iines got her babies on day 63 (or 64), so I'm already "on call" over that weekend.

I'm not 100% sure that kittens are on the way, but still very hopeful... Iines seems to be sleeping more and is a bit cranky. She has gained some weight, but still doesn't eat much. She would want anything that includes fish, and of course she can't it fish...

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mila n. 7 kuukauden iässä





Sain tänään uusia kuvia Milasta :-) Neiti on tosi karvainen (Isäänsä tullut), mutta näissä uusissa kuvissa oli aika paljon Iineksen näköäkin jo havaittavissa. Kiva nähdä Mila muutaman kuukauden tauon jälkeen Jyväskylän näyttelyssä!