It's the play post! Kismet is now - well, we once again don't know how old Kismet is. We took the kitties to get tested for FIV/FeLV yesterday (they're negative!) and Kitty Connection decided that he's big enough to get neutered on Monday or Tuesday! That indicates that he's actually seven weeks old. Which, according to the Kitten Lady's milestones, makes sense. Here's what she says:

• At six weeks of age, a kitten's deciduous teeth will have fully emerged, and she will typically be perfecting her weaning onto wet food. Weaning is a sensitive time in a kitten's life and should be handled with care; provide supplemental feeding and ensure that the kitten is maintaining a healthy weight and body condition.
• Six weeks is a standard age for the kitten to receive her first FVRCP vaccine.
• Average six week old kitten weight: 650-750 grams

• At seven weeks, kittens will have all of their baby teeth. Most seven week old kittens will be fully weaned onto wet food.
• At this age, the adult eye color will begin to emerge. Kittens' eyes will change from baby blue to the eye color they will keep permanently. Kittens with grey, green, or yellow eyes are likely 7 weeks or older.
• Average seven week old kitten weight: 750-850 grams

Well - Kismet's eyes are no longer blue! It's true. Kismet seems to be ALL over the place when it comes to milestones, but his eyes and his weight say he's a seven-week-old kitten. Which means yes, next week is neuter time. And then we have to give him up!

In the meantime, life with cats has been a lot about play. Shadow is a very energetic cat. Play with her is all about quick movements and a jumping cat. She is definitely our mighty huntress! Turns out that it's really hard to get video of that, so our video of Shadow playing is very short. I took four different videos and this is the best of the bunch.

Kismet has finally learned how to do interactive play. For a bit now he's been a bundle of energy running around the room and playing with toys on the ground (I swear his favorite is the packing paper, though he also does love the catnip rat), but he's finally learning to play with toys that are off the ground. Katrina was the first to get him to interact with the cat dancer, and I got video of it. It was very exciting!