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Schimmel · #2 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinspearian

Two: This also is quite a silly question, especially to the more experienced breeders, but, I've always been lead to believe that the runt is the last kitten to be born, until I realized, that number 1 kitten is smaller than number 6 so is it possible for the runt to be random? Sorry if it's known knowledge but this is the first litter I have been old enough to understand/ more involved in.

I think that's all I have to ask

I can only answer this question as I don't deal with the SLH or LH breeds sorry. The "runt" (and I loathe that word) of the litter can be any of the babies born. i.e. a 5th baby born out of 8 might be the smallest, or the 2nd baby born of 3 might be the smallest. In a litter of 6, you will find the weights may vary dramatically. We have had litters of 5 and 6 and there there is a 200 gram span between the smallest and largest baby.