Ruby
An Image of Ruby doing what she does best.
In my last post, I mentioned that Gyal, my cat, had recently given birth and her kittens all have alluring fur colours and patterns. Ruby happens to be one of Gyal’s most recent offspring and the outstanding one. Unlike the rest of the kittens, Ruby has no single strand of black fur and that is really fascinating, judging from the fact that both parents are majorly made up of black furs.
However, the spotlight for today goes to Ruby, the orange, vicious, troubleshooter and a suspected softie on the inside.
Over the weeks, I have studied Ruby closely he/she (I'm not quite certain of the gender yet) seems to be the bravest of them all. Stemming from past experiences, I would say Ruby is female because the female cats from Gyal’s lineage all seem to be vicious while the males are more tame and calm. I do not know if this applies to all female cats in the world.
Right from the very first time Ruby became aware of her environment, she has been hissing at any slight uncomfortable movement and this seems to be any movement by a human. I noticed that her siblings do not do this on their own but whenever she's around and she hisses at a perceived threat, the siblings follow suit.
With that, it is safe to say that she is the fighter of the band. She is always initiating fights with her siblings especially. There was a night when Ruby creeped into my room and with her sharp nails, dug into my duvet and slowly pulled it off my body. At the time, I found it hard to believe that the kitten born the previous month would do that but all my doubts were erased when she did it again in broad daylight. Everyone who I narrated this story to said something along the lines of “the kitten is craving your attention” but I find that hard to believe. Why? Because at any slight human contact, she hisses; except the human has fish to offer.
However, most of the time, the toughest ones are usually the most easily terrified. I say this because there are certain terrifying situations the kittens face and Ruby is the very first to flee; after hissing of course. Her other siblings have the tendency to stick around to determine whether of not the environment is save but not Ruby. At the slightest fall of an object ruby is gone.
I have wondered for some time where kittens get their character from. Does it work like it does with humans where both parents are responsible? Or do they get dominant characters from just one parent. When I talk about character, I do not just mean fur colour and pattern but behaviour and the likes.
Also, I never really paid so much attention to Gyal’s previous kittens but Ruby’s set are still suckling, about three months later. This wouldn’t be such an issue if they are relying exclusively on breast milk but they combine other things too. As a matter of fact, I can say that they eat about 80% of the things I eat with the few exceptions being fruits, vegetables and nuts.
So my question is, how long does it take for kittens to convert fully to solid and semi-solid food? Any idea?
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