hello everybody who has tuned in to the live stream today we're back with smudge smudge's
litter who are skippy spice and scamp who are seven weeks old now and as you can see Smudge the mum isn't here she has
now been um moved into her day pen so just so she can get a little bit of a break from
the kittens um during the day time as they're weaned now and much more independent she
can have a little bit of a rest so and she'll be back in with them at night but during the
day she gets a little break in her own pen leaving these guys to play which I'm sure
is good news for her because their favourite toy is her tail so I'm sure she's not missing that
as you can see these guys are as playful as ever they are seven weeks old today
which means they're only one week away from being old enough to be neutered and have their vaccinations
and be microchipped ready for them to find their new homes they are very playful at the moment and starting to develop their own little personalities too
and Skippy here's the grey one she was the only girl she is very very
playful and very confident and she's quite happy to be to have all the checks that we do
done to her and then she will happily chase the straw around for probably hours if you let her where as
her brothers spice who's the black and white one and Skippy the black one oh um Scamp's the
black one and spice is the black and white one sorry they're a little bit more reserved they're a little bit not massively confident but
they still do love to play so once you start using the straws they're out the pen instantly and ready to have some fun
currently engrossed in the camera tripod
so as part of these socialization sessions we're still doing all of the little
checks that help them get ready for future vet visits so we're still picking them up
and gently handling them and we're checking things like checking their ears and their eyes
under their tails and their paws just to get them used to having those bits prodded slightly
for when they have their little health checks in the future and these guys are actually
really good at those they're can be a little bit wriggly especially Scamp
but they they will tolerate a bit of a gentle handling which will make it a lot easier for their new owners when they have to go and get their health checks
actually you can properly see that between Spice and Scamp and they're still very keen on playing with each other which
is them really important for kittens and it helps them learn how how to hunt because they like
to pounce on each other and sort of helps them learn when they go too far as well
because their brothers and sisters will let them know if they've been a bit too energetic
one of the questions we always get asked is why we're wearing this very fetching plastic um so
this is really important which is these guys haven't had their vaccinations yet although
they should be having them next week hopefully and and so but because they haven't been
vaccinated yet means they're a bit vulnerable to picking up nasty diseases and things so
we have to wear this plastic um protective equipment just to make sure we don't pass
anything on to them that could make them poorly actually you can see these guys are very healthy and happy
as you might be able to see as well they're very well practiced in using their cat flap now lovely demonstration there from Scamp
we do have a nice big bit out the back of the pen that they can run around in as well so they've got lots of space
okay so thanks for watching today guys we'll let these guys carry on playing for a little bit longer
and I'm sure they'll wear themselves out but thanks for tuning in and we'll hopefully see you again next week
for some more kitten fun