Gemma and Poppy checked out fine at their vet appointment today, only problem was she wanted to keep them.  They are adjusting well to the house.  Their headquarters is a bedroom with two sets of bunks and a large cat tree.  Gemma seems to be the leader of the two and Poppy will usually watch and then follow what she does.  So PoppyCat is already her nickname.  I think they recognize their names.

 Last night Poppy figured out how to jump from a bunk to the top of the curtain rod.  I got her down, but she was determined.  Figured out she was attempting to climb up the window by using grid dividers that are between the glass.  I watched her touch each grid hoping to use them for climbing.

   The favorite toy is the wire Cat Dancer, and they know it is kept in the tv armoire.  They are grounded from watching tv in this room without supervision because they want to climb all over the television and I worry they will knock it over and get hurt.  It is the only television not wall mounted.  Everything is interesting to them.  Gemma was fetching and bringing back a balled up piece of paper.  They each had a small ice cube today which was totally captivating for several minutes. 

   I used a large piece of corrugated cardboard to form the barrier to keep them in their room.  I cut some windows and a door so they could meet our other cat Willow.  I can fold the door and windows back into the cardboard to close it up. 

   We are delighted with the kittens.  Today for the first time they both fell asleep in my lap.

– Julianne Hutah, April 28th, 2021