Mia one of our nursing mums has four gorgeous babies. We have been following their progress over the last few weeks. They are now five weeks old and have started to tuck into kitten food. Their sight is also fully developed at five weeks of age. They have also started to use the litter tray, although they still do have some accidents! 
As you can see from the photographs the kittens have really started the bulk up and are much larger now. They are now starting to explore the world around them. The kittens mustered the courage yesterday to go down the ladder to their outside run. Before we know it they will be running up and down full of beans!
Mia is still doing a fantastic job as mum and the kittens have still been suckling occasionally from her. Poor Mia was feeling a little poorly about a week ago though. She had developed mastitis. Mastitis occurs when the mammary glands of lactating queens become inflamed, blocked or infected. This happens because the kittens are now not suckling from Mia so much and as a result Mia's milk went off! After a small course of anti-biotics the mastitis cleared up and Mia is now back to her normal self.
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