Hello

I posted last week that my cat was due her 2nd litter in the next few days, I was really worried as both of the first litter died with just over a day, and she didnt seem very interested in them.

I went to bed at about 10:45pm last night, and an hour or so later she came up, and was rooting about, and making a noise a bit like a purr, over and over again, and miowing at me a lot, I gave her lots of fuss and had a feeling I knew what was coming!

We had set up a cardboard box in our room a couple of weeks ago, with a hole cut out for her to get in, and the end opened completely but closed too. It had a soft pink baby blanket inside. Shed been in once or twice when we first put it there, but didnt seem impressed! So I was very shocked to see her going in and out of there (But very pleased).

She started leaking some clear fluid, so I knew what was coming, and at 1:28am after only about 10 mins of contracting, (From what I could see anyway!) the first baby was born, a boy, black with little white on tummy and ankles, and looks like he might be fluffy. She cleaned him and herself up, ate the placenta almost immediately and they lay down for a bit, before contracting again and having kitten number 2 at 2:40am, a grey and silve tabby girl with the most gorgeous dquished face. Again she cleaned her up and ate the placenta and after a lot more cleaning, snuggled down to feed them.

I thought she might be having number 3 about an hour later, but it appears to be just the 2. So I eventually went to sleep.

The box is straight facing our bed, so I kept looking over!

This morning they all looked well, but we still werent sure if there was 2 or 3, she came downstairs for some breakfast so we quickly weighed the kittens and checked the sex (hubby is very good at the sexing of kittens!) The boy weighed 112g, and the girl 114g. I've not checked yet, but I am guessing this is good? As when we weighed our last 2 the day after they were born, they were only 72 and 74g. These ones look SO much bigger.

I keep checking in, but have left Mum to it. We changed the blanket when she came out breifly as it was a bit mucky. She seems to be feeding them a lot, and they make the occaisional squeak, but not a lot of noise, is this ok? The last 2 were always crying. Chips occaisionally comes out and lays just by the box, normally when the babes are sleeping, but other than that she has barely left their side.

I am so relieved (god hope im not jinxing it) as by this point with the last litter she was spending very little time with them and ignoring them when they cried.

My brother-in-law and his girlfried want one, they wanted a girl, and we are going to keep the little boy

I tried to get a pic earlier but its just a mass of fur! So I will try again later, I dont want to bother her too much, though she seems very greatful of a head rub and little fuss when I go up!

Thanks for all your advice on my last couple of posts

Lise x

ahh congratulations on your new babies and wishing you all well

Awww congratulations will look forward to seeing the pictures!

This is really good news - I was thinking about you last night funnily enough!

The weights are really good, the fact that they aren't making much noise is a good sign that all is well & they are getting all they need from mum.

It sounds as though everything is turning out well. If you get a chance have a gentle feel of mums tummy, but by now it may be obvious if there are more to come (her size may have gone down noticably). I know it's tempting but I would now leave her to it, just checking twice a day to ensure Mum has food, water & a clean litter tray. A good sign is if mum is eating well, as this should mean that the kittens are feeding well and she's keeping up her energy & milk flow! When you do check on her - say morning & night check her teats are ok, as in not hard, hot or overly swollen (mastitis).

This is really great news, don't worry about photos I know how hard it is at this age!

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Awww Congratulations on your new arrivals And wishing you well.xxxx

congrats

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That is such good news and pleased mum is doing well. 2 is quite nice as its a easy number for mum to look after. Good luck and well done mum.

Thank you for the replies, and thanks for thinking of us Christina. I cant always connect to this website, something to do with our DNS, and its nearly always when I need to ask a question!

I havent bothered her again, and I will just leave her to it, she is in our room at the moment, I'm thinking once they get mobile, she will be better off in the spare room, which they can have to themselves, but I will cross that bridge when we come to it. Chips has a litter tray up in the spare room, and she has been down for her food today (twice, whole pouch of meat each time, and she had some dried food too) but I am going to put her some up there to save her legs. Ive also put our baby stair gate up at the door in case my little ladys (2 and 3) get tempted to intrude!

I forgot to add earlier, when she came down for breakfast I did have a gentle feel of her tummy, and it does feel empty now, so I think there is just the 2.

I did sneak a pic or too earlier today, just whilst she was lazing in the box....The grey one has some gingery patches and looks like it will be fluffy, sooooo gorgeous. And my 3.5 yr old wants to call the black one which we are keeping, Socks!

Lise x

OH I MISS MY PUSS CAT.... They are soooo cute and mum is so pretty to. She looks a very good mummy.

Aww they look like a really happy contented family -

I would definately put food & water up by her, so she doesn't have to leave the kittens

Glad all is still well.

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