I'll be picking up little Mere on Thursday after work. I'm pretty
apprehensive about it all. How will the oldies react?

Nikki has certainly mellowed a lot the last few years. Last summer, when
one of Kira's kittens from her previous litter was out on the island,
Nikki didn't act aggressive towards him, except when he foolishly tried
to charge her. Same thing for Kira the previous summer, when she was
just a kitten herself. I hope they will both be kind to little Mere.

Frank has always been kind to kittens, but lately he's become a somewhat
grumpy old boy, so I can't be sure about him.

Mere is a picky eater. She won't have any of the kitten food my niece
has tried, neither dry nor wet. She does eat meat, fish and chicken, but
that's not quite enough for a growing kitten. I'm going to try and mix
some kitten food (from a pouch with chunks and gravy) into her minced
meat, increasing the amount of catfood gradually. We'll see if I can't
teach her to eat properly.

I'm stocking up so I won't have to leave home between Thursday evening
and Tuesday morning (I'm off work due to Easter being a holiday here).
if I have to go out anyway, I'll probably shut the baby up in the
bathroom, but i don't want to keep her there too much. It's a fair-sized
room, but I'll still feel sorry for her, all alone and probably missing
her siblings. Besides, Frank hates closed doors and is perfectly able to
open them, so the bathroom door might not stay shut anyway.

OK, going to think about what more can go wrong. Please purr for little
Mere to be accepted into the family soon.