Thumper AKA fuzzy butt!

[whitelop]

Thumper is adorable! haha.

Those kittens are so cute! That dark one looks just like our barn cat Bronco! Those little light ones are too cute. She seems like a good mama cat. How sweet, I love kittens!

 

[Katielovesleo3]

Ahhh love the lil cuties! Xoxo to the babies!

 

[PaGal]

She is a good Momma. I've watched her looking at her bowl of food and then at the kitties and at the bowl of food. She seemed so torn so I put the bowl right next to her, she stayed there nursing but ate at the same time. They aren't giving her much of a break. She does let me pick them up and all but of course they start hollering and then she just looks a little anxious, she doesn't get mad or anything.

Their faces are starting to look a little different already, like not so squished or small...it's hard to describe. When they sleep they squirm and twitch so much. They're a day old what are they dreaming of? Probably food

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Aww, those kittens are adorable! They are too cute!

Thumper is adorable too!

That's so sweet that the mamma cat was torn between the food bowl and her babies. She does sound like a really good mamma.

The kittens are so sweet! And yes, they probably are dreaming of food, lol.

 

[PaGal]

ILoveMyRabbit...Thank you. They do eat like their Momma before she had them, all of the time. I only got to pick them up once today when I was out there because they were always nursing and I was out their a lot.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

Dreaming of mamas milk and their mom and brothers and sisters lol. Who knows? Would be so cool to know for sure though.

 

[PaGal]

Katie...it sure would be just funny that they seem to dream on their first day of life so not too many experiences to dream of.

I have a busy day ahead and I am only here because I needed a coffee break. The kittens are already a little bigger. Our neighbor came over yesterday and gave us cat supplies. They had a cat that was outside during the day and in at night. Unfortunately they haven't seen him for a month. I haven't looked through everything yet but there is dry cat food, litter, comb and brush and 40 cans of food that I know of.

Thumper did it now. Looks like I will be buying a bowl that can attach to the cage. He spilt the whole bowl this morning. There was not a drop left. Usually he just sloshes water pushing the bowl around. The bowl was sitting upright but I can't imagine he got all the water out just moving the bowl and not dumping it upside down.

On a good note he ate all of his hay. Well he didn't eat the hay in the two tp rolls as that was soaked but in his hay rack there was nothing but some dust. That's a first in a long while.

 

[whitelop]

He probably stepped on one side and flipped the bowl up and when he got his foot off, it went back to being normal. Ellie has done that.
Its good he ate all his hay though! Thats great!

The kittens grow so fast, its amazing. They're kittens one day and then tiny cats the next. haha.

 

[Chrisdoc]

What a good momma, I was looking at the pics again and I love the one of all of them underneath her....so sweet.

Thumper has been a naughty bun....he obviously prefers his water on the floor. He´s nearly as clumsy as me. I have a bowl outside for them and the one who keeps stepping on it is me :foreheadsmack:

 

[PaGal]

The Momma cat is so funny! She has the extra toes and her paws are white. Well when she curls her paw up it looks just like a fist because she has a thumb. I'll have to start carrying the camera with me whenever I go out there so I can get a picture next time. She loves having her cheeks rubbed, I know all cats do but she is like over the top for it and most of the time she doesn't meow, she let out one of those quiet cat chortles if you know what I mean.

I think the dark striped one may be slightly bigger than the other. The darker grey with some almost peach colored patches looks the smallest. It's hard to say for sure though. The darker grey seems to have a silkier fur where the other look like puff balls so he may not be smaller but look that way because his fur is not fluffy. When I pick that kitty up he just snuggles right up, he doesn't protest as much as when I pick up the others and he doesn't protest when momma cleans him.


Morgan...you might be right. At least he only seems to do this in the morning when he gets impatient to be let out or at least I don't think he's doing it until the morning.

Chris...I always spill the water either when I am taking his bowl to clean it and refill it or when I am putting it back. I spilt a lot once and the hubby thought Thumper peed. You can see in one of the pics I posted of his new cage the darker areas on the carpet where I spilled that day.

 

[PaGal]

Again Thumper ate all of his hay. He also drank half his bowl of water. There wasn't much spilled, maybe a teaspoon. See that's what he does. He'll make a mess a few days in a row so I start thinking I need to change something to fix this and as soon as I start thinking that he'll stop what he was doing for a few days so then I'll start hoping he got bored with it and won't do it anymore.

He was too funny earlier. I went in my room to put whites away (the absolute worst to put away) and I'm feeling so blah today. It's been grey and rainy for a few days and I'm tired and have a head ache. So I didn't shut my door behind me enough so of course Thumper has to come chew on the gate because of it. Because I was feeling blah I decided to put the empty laundry basket upside down on top of him. He barely fits. I just left him like that a moment and then lifted one end up and he came out, started sniffing and biting the basket. I have done this before. Not too often but every once in a while. Well then I put the basket right outside his room. It wound up on it's side and slowly rolled towards the gate. Well that got Thumper into worry mode. He was standing tall with both ears erect, periscoping and stretching his neck way out and just remaining prepared to run. I was sitting on the floor and he would come up behind me and look at the basket. He would approach it closer and then come back near me. I told the silly guy he was just chewing it what's the deal?

It's funny because not too much fazes him.


I saw a wild bunny the other night right under a bush near our house. When we take the dog out we walk between the bush and the house. The wild bun was standing at an alert crouch ready to run. I watched it the whole time and he just stayed like that the whole time we were outside. Makes me realize how big Thumper is.

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

That's good that Thumper ate all of his hay.

That's funny about Thumper being scared. Ash doesn't really get scared much, he runs away into a corner when I turn the blender on or anything that makes a lot of noise. He doesn't really get scared at anything he sees only at loud noises.

I've seen wild bunnies lots of times. One time we were renting a house in Missouri and one night we were walking and we saw a wild bunny and it just froze. We started walking toward it and it ran off. That place in Missouri had a lot of wild animals. There were squirrels, Chipmunks, Birds and bird nests, we even found a baby rabbit nest twice. I'll type the baby bunny stories on my blog soon.

 

[HolyHandGrenade]

I saw a wild bunny the other night right under a bush near our house. When we take the dog out we walk between the bush and the house. The wild bun was standing at an alert crouch ready to run. I watched it the whole time and he just stayed like that the whole time we were outside. Makes me realize how big Thumper is.

I have that same feeling when I see the wild (tiny) bunnies by my place. I still squeal and go "look at the tiny bunnies!" and then go up to my apartment and tell Monty about her microscopic cousins.

 

[PaGal]

ILoveMyRabbit...well he doesn't get bothered by much, it can be noisy here with kids, the dog, hubby running 4 wheelers in the garage which is attached to the house but I guess when he does get spooked more often than not it is something he sees. Like he runs and gets into his dig box every time I carry in a new bag/block of litter for him.

I have seen bunnies a lot just usually not right near the house. He was no more than eight feet from where I stopped to watch him. We have squirrels, lizards, turtles. snakes, deer, rabbits and all types of birds including turkeys, bald eagles, buzzards, geese, wood peckers, humming birds, ravens, hawks, owls, cat birds and robins. Also one of our favorites whipper wills.

 

[whitelop]

In the 2 years that we've lived here, I've only ever heard one whippoorwill. I have a fondness for them though. The last time I heard one was a few years ago, I was with a large group of people. We were staying in a really rustic cabin in the middle of 700 arces of pine trees. We rode horses all day long and then had a big fire that night with a chicken bog. All night long there was a whippoorwill not too far from the cabin, so we listened to it all night. My dad was singing "Lonesome Whippoorwill" by Hank Williams Sr. It was a really good day and night. haha.
We have a herd of deer that live in our field. I just heard them the other night, but we never see them. Then the owl pair and the hawk pair and the vultures that live in a dilapidated house like 50 yards from ours.
I don't see many rabbits, I think because we have an outside cat. I think he scares them off or they live happily in the field and they don't come into the yard.

I guess I see the wild rabbits as big because Ellie is so small. Weird how that works! haha.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

I heard "I'm so lonesome I could cry" on pandora today. Funny! We don't get whip-poor-wills here around Houston. If so it's cause they're migrating I guess. But I know they frequent the mountainy-hilly regions of Texas.
I went to the zoo the other day and I saw a wild rabbit around the zoo. I walked right by him and he just froze lol. He was a cutie too. I even got a picture of another one that had gotten in the pen with a crane bird

 

[PaGal]

I haven't seen rabbits much where we have lived because the cat we lost, Frisky was a hunter. She did stop hunting the past few years other than two lizards that made the mistake of coming in the garage and I had seen her sitting by mole hills. We were actually dreading in a way bringing her when we moved but simply because we didn't want her killing all of the animals and birds. We like seeing them and having them around.

I read about a man that is a Deer whisperer. He actually will follow deer until they except him into their herd. They also come and hang out in his yard but even when he is out and about. That would be so cool except I would be worried they wouldn't fear hunters like they should.

There is a sign by the end of our driveway but in the adjoining field that states this is a whippoorwill protected land. I'm not sure what that means but we hear them all of the time except winter.

I want an irish wolfhound. I have for years, I just completely fell in love with the breed. I was close to getting one once. I made a trip to see a breeder, drove six hours each way. Instead I got a divorce. I am determined that it will happen before I die. I started torturing myself by looking at IW groups on facebook. I do the same with flemmish giants. I think I need an intervention!

 

[Chrisdoc]

There aren´t many woods round where I live and I really miss that as we used to live near loads of wood in the UK and it was great going for a walk and just listening. I do miss that.

Don´t see much wildlife either...lizards we do, they are everywhere but not much else. A friend of mine went to Cadiz last month and said there were wild rabbits in the woods near the hotel...can´t believe she didn´t take a photo for me. I remember seeing deer years ago on the way to Jerez, just makes you want to stop and stare.

I am assuming whip-poor-wills are birds....nice name but never heard of them.

 

[whitelop]

Chris, they say "whippoor-will" like that, broken into whippoor and then will. They're nocturnal little adorable brown birds. Google them, they have big eyes and they blend into the trees. I've never seen one in person, but I've seen pictures they're SO cute. I just love them.

I like Irish Wolfhounds, they're really big! I think the largest dog in the world. What kind of dog do you have now?
I really want a corgi, they're so fat and cute. I just want to snuggle with a corgi! haha.

 

[Chrisdoc]

I love Irish Wolfhounds, they are such enormous dogs. I´ve only ever seen one of them here in Spain and it was sitting down and it was taller than I was....imagine having to feed that and exercise it. When I was younger, the house across the road had one of them and they used to let it loose in the fields just across the road. None of us dared go over there when it was out and about, I think we thought it might eat us haha.

When you mention corgis I always think of the Queen, hers are so cute and clever, she´s trained a couple of them to do tricks.