Today, we are trying to get back to some form of normality after losing our Sabre, so our kitten diaries have resumed as per normal, complete with photos just in case some of you have forgotten what your babies look like. Before I start with the entries though, there is a couple of things................firstly, we would like to congratulate the Maroochydore home for their great show results at the Somerset Cat Club show on June 2. We are delighted for Teen, Tone, and Val and extremely proud of both girls' results. Secondly, we would like to thank all those very kind people for their messages on Siamese Cat Chat regarding the loss of Sabre. Your posts are very much appreciated. We would also like to thank all those lovely people who were kind enough to take the time out of their busy lives to email their condolences. As of yet, I have still not replied to the emails but will do so very soon. Now, onto our babies................

I have told Liquorice that she has to practice "being good" as her possible new mummy will be coming to visit her on Friday and she is not allowed to do anything naughty in case she puts her mummy off. Whether or not she will heed my advice is yet to be seen. Suddenly, it seems like Liquorice has turned into a proper little kitten and is no longer a baby. She continues to grow at a rapid rate, she is getting prettier every single day, and her eating knows no limits whatsoever. If I were to think back to previous litters, I would have to say that none of our other female babies have ever had the same appetite that Liquorice has. It still doesn't matter what food I put down on the tray, I have registered Liquorice now because she is already 6 weeks of age and I knew from very early on what her pedigree name would be as it is name that her other "great grandmother" (Marcelle) chose for her when she first visited Liquorice. As her possible new mummy is a keen show enthusiast, I want all the paperwork completed so that Liquorice can grace the show bench from an early age. I know that the time is coming to give Liquorice full access to the whole of the upstairs because each time I enter and leave the kitten room, she tries to run out the door. I am of the opinion that if she is old enough to try and escape the kitten room, then she is certainly old enough to explore the stairs and the landing. Even now, Liquorice continues to be extremely gentle with our smaller Capitals and not once have I seen her jumping on them, or chewing their ears, like she does with the Tails of Hans Christian Anderson and I am very relieved about this. So I guess she can be good when she wants to :)