#akafang

Although Nala hardly sits still long enough for me to get a picture of her, I will try to post a few later. Slipped on her collar today, to get her used to the idea of it being there. She's having it on, while supervised, and is doing great! In fact, I think she likes the bell. She ran around the house, and was jingling all the way.  She's feeling loads better, and has been so active it's not even funny! No more accidents, either. She still has fleas, so we're giving her weekly flea baths until she's old enough for flea treatments. Her eyes have lightened up a bit, but are this beautiful light blue. We don't think that's going to change any time soon. She's turning orange in certain spots, and her fur is still growing out fluffy.  We're excited to see how she grows up! She's already melted the hearts of everyone in the family, including my father, who doesn't like animals. He sat with her at the vet for a few hours while I went to my own doctors appointment. The older cat seems to be warming up to her, too. 

Apparently this makes Nala fall asleep.

Nala has learned to give kisses. She'll boop her nose against my lips and paw at my cheek. :)  She's eating a lot more, and is starting to lap up formula from my finger if it's there. Hoping she'll start lapping it from a plate soon, but who knows.  We're getting into a good routine, and finding out what works best for the both of us. She's not sneezing as much, and is really starting to get mobile. Pouncing and test jumping, and swatting. She's even grooming herself quite well! Whenever she's sleeping on me, and I move, she meows to tell me off, and falls back asleep. When I wake her up, she is definitely cranky, but gets over it quick enough. 

She'll continue to do so as long as she is still weaning. She is doing great, and my charge loves her. He pets her softly, but sometimes may pet a little too rough. She is fine with it, and doesn't get hurt, and my charge is slowly learning how to control his strength around her. Both her and my one year old charge sat on me a lot this morning. Him drinking his milk from his sippy cup, and her drinking her milk from her bottle. Looks to me like they're going to be long time best friends! My boss' cat Raja isn't too chummy with Nala yet, but I'm hoping that will change. She doesn't seem upset that Nala is here, but rather unsure about her. So far, she's eating promptly, every four hours. She's using the litter box wonderfully, but still needs some stimulation for her poopies. It seems her temperature is starting to regulate itself, because she is doing great going from warm car, to not so warm house, to warm box just fine. She likes to snuggle with her stuffed animals, and rough house with them when mommy needs to do housework. She loves to ride in her box in the car, and stays tucked in her blanket while mommy is driving. I think between the motion of the car, and the warmth of the air being pumped into her area, it's very comfortable for her. I will be weighing her later tonight, but I'm pretty sure she reached the one pound mark! So proud of her for getting bigger and bigger! Just wanted to keep everyone in the loop! If you would like to track her updates, or see her pictures, I tag everything with akafang and Nala. Though, there are a lot of other random things on the Nala tag, so just track akafang.

She's sleeping well, and eating well, too. Not dehydrated, and not malnourished. She's .8 lbs, so she's still pretty tiny! She'll be going to work with me until she is weaned and able to eat soft food without me in the room. My boss is totally cool with the idea.  She's keeping her temperature very well, and is adjusting wonderfully overall to her new home. :)  I will post pictures when she's awake!

She ate at 8 pm, and just like clockwork, she woke up at 2 am for her night time meal! I'm hoping she continues to have this steady schedule, since it works. Now she's fallen back asleep and is curled up in her box with her stuffed monkey. :) 

We're bringing her to the vet tomorrow to make sure she's on the right track. She's really small for her age, so we want to check that she's eating enough, and get her shot schedule planned out so she stays healthy.

Future big brother Gilligan watching as I set up kitty's area. :)