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All three kittens at just 5 days old


All three kittens can be seen with their mother Inca above at just three days old, before their eyes opened. Sorry about the quality of the photo, we didn't want to use flash for better lighting in case it disturbed Inca.

March 2004 update : these three kittens all moved to their new homes early in January 2004. Tinca and Taz (the larger male) went to the same home; Tinca took a while to settle down properly but all's well now.
Samuel went by himself, he's doing fine too.



Three kittens at one week old


Incas litter of three kittens, born 6th October 2003, at one week old. (For comparison, the orange tape measure is 67 millimetres across, 2.6 inches.)
The small marble female (Tinca) is lowest in the photo with a brothers foot over her neck making her head look weirdly-shaped (but it's not!). We think the one in the middle is the small male spotted kitten, Sam, with his bigger brother Taz at the top curled up, but it's difficult to be sure at this age.

 



Inca washing a kitten while all three kittens suckle from her
Inca washing Sam above at seven weeks old while Taz suckles from her; Tinca is probably hidden behind Taz.

 



All 3 kittens on the stairs at seven weeks old


All three kittens at seven weeks old. Tinca is a little blurred here but you can see Sam (in the middle) and (at the top) Taz's markings quite well.

 



Small male spotty at 5 weeks old


Incas small male spotted kitten Sam (pedigree name : Norcastle Samuel), at five weeks old.
 



Small male spotted kitten, Norcastle Samuel


Incas small male spotted kitten Sam at 13 weeks old. Sorry about the poor lighting.... at least you can see that his markings are much clearer and better separated at this age compared to the previous photo.
 


Female marble at 5 weeks old


Tinca, Incas female marble-pattern kitten, born 6th October 2003, at five weeks old.
 



Tinca, female marble kitten at thirteen weeks old


Tinca again at thirteen weeks old. As she is a marble, her markings have not changed much at all, unlike Incas spotted kittens.
 



Large male spotty at 5 weeks old

Incas large male spotted kitten, born 6th October 2003, at five weeks old.
(For comparison, the orange tape measure is 67 millimetres across, 2.6 inches.)



Taz, Incas larger male spotted kitten, at 13 weeks old

Incas large male spotted kitten, Taz, at thirteen weeks old.
You can see that his spots are a lot clearer now, partly because the spiky "guard hairs" (seen in the previous photo) have gone at thirteen weeks. In spotted kittens, stripes with sharp bends will often break up into proper spots; straight stripes mostly will not break up as you would wish.



 Taz and Tinca sleeping, c. 6 months old   Taz and Tinca playing with a toy, c. 6 months old

Taz and Tinca enjoying a good sleep in the radiator hammock and playing with a toy in their new home at about 6 months old. (Photos courtesy of Taz and Tinca's new owners, April 2004)



Sam, c. 6 months in his new home

Sam finds a good place to lie down in his new home, c. 6 months old (Photo courtesy of Sam's new owner, April 2004)





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