big step forward for the kitten

Tried some solid food and milk on a plate before work, and she completely devoured both without assistance. That helps on a couple of fronts. I won’t need to worry now about leaving her for 11 or 12 hours as sometimes will happen on work days including the commute. And I also won’t be awakened so often for bottle-feeding, which will take life more back to normal. After that huge morning breakfast she also went straight into the nest and didn’t even notice me leaving.

Why was I worried she wouldn’t eat solid food yet? Because she would hardly touch any nourishment at all for the first 24 hours, and that ended only when I started with the bottle-feeding. In retrospect, that must have had less to do with her current developmental stage than with the general first-day situation of emotional trauma and physical weakness and flea/worm infestation.

In any case, the underlying playfulness and even wit are beginning to emerge. She is going to be a smart, funny, and beautiful cat.