Thanx they are absolute darlings and Polly is the purrfect mum!!!! THE VET SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A MORE LAID BACK MUM IN 23YRS!!!!! NEW TO EMAILS IF YOU LET ME KNOW HOW TO SEND PICS WILL DOX

incontinent pads they are great for the queen when she is given birth as they can easily be put in the bin after each kitten..a hot water bottle and some incontinent pads over it as the kittens arrive they are put on the pad and are warm but the kittens must be dryed first ..geri

Amazon.co.uk: microwave bears

Great for weighing, sexing and changing bedding. Just pop the bear/cow/horse/sea-lion in with the kittens and they love the warmth and cosiness.

oh my goodness! im getting so scared! do we have to help her with the sacs? and placenta? where do we get the rasberry thing from? and how do we give it to her? anything to help her will be great.

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Thank you to all of those who have helped me through Ambers pregnancy, birth and right through with her kittens.

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Hello our siamese has just been mated for the first time and we have a couple of questions
she is a maiden queen and we were warned there are chances that she will not be pregnant the first time does antone know the rough percentage of failing the first time is it common
The second is my hubby is very practical and wants to build the birting box, what are the dimensions I googled it and the results were varied we do not have lots of room in our flat
thanks

I dont suppose anyone knows the average size for a birthing box it would help a lot thanks

A medium sized cardboard box would be fine - no need to spend loads or make anything fancy

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The missus would not except a cardboard box I was thinking some kind sole would tell me a good box would be x long and x wide
Is a medium size box about two foot by one and a half feet
would this realy be big enough to accomadate mother plus up to eight kittens and is it safe in that sort of size I have no idea myself but thats seems rather small is there no way of finding this out
I am sorry to keep bothering peeps on here but we are green and need the info

I used an Ottoman with a bit drilled in the side for their heat pad plug to fit through, others have used rabbit hutches. Best of luck. I used a bog standard box for the birth as it can get messy.

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Owned by 3 cats and 2 children

Well the box is made and belle has 3 and half weeks left she is huge and wobles about she does leap anymore but instead climbs very slowly how big she will I dont know because she is massive its her first and last litter and the family is taking betts on how many kittens she will have ranging from 3 to 13 hopefully 4 is ideal 3 femails and 1 male but we will wait and see
pictures of the des-res will be posted soon