Kittens
There was a stray in our neighborhood i decided to bring in and foster. Poor thing was starving, uncollared, left in the cold, and come to find out pregnant.
Second time this has happened to me.
I'm becoming an expert at helping with cat births and raising kittens. I call the stray mimi-chan. She had 6 kittens but the last one was stillborn. Poor thing it was so hard to handle that. The others had pretty rough births. It was a good thing i was there. I had to help break the sacks for three of them and cut the umbilical cord and clean all of them. She is just so young i dont think she knew what to do. In spite of that she didn't cry the entire birth. She just sat their purring as loud as possible. Even now anytime she's with the kittens or nursing the kittens she purrs loudly. It's so sweet.
*The first one was all black except for white underbelly and a tiny star of white on its forhead like a unicorn mark, I call him baby boy. He is adventurous and first one to crawl out of the den even before his eyes opened. Now that they are he's always exploring.
*The second one born was also mostly black but had some white on its snout, and a thin white line going by its inner eye and across his nose. It looks like a scar. He also has little white booties and underbelly. I call him scar face.
*The third one was half black and half white. She has the markings on her face just like a panda bear, and big expressive eyes. I call her pandi the panda. She was the first one to have both her ears unfurl and her eyes open. She's very pudgy and fluffy.
*The fourth one was the smallest and definitely the runt. She is mostly white with just little spots of black on her bum and a few on her face. My sister commented that it made her look marked like a cow. So we call her moo-moo. She's tiny but very feisty and is the first one to try trotting as well as chewing on the others ears and playing with them. She's very lovey and never whines much in spite of being the underdog.
*last but not least was another half black and half white one. It had a pointy face and is always whining and trying to steal the other kittens nipples even after having his own. We call him ferret face cause of his pointy nose. He's always trying to be near his momma but loves scritchins from people too.
Now the babies are at three weeks old. They now toddle around. Its very awkward and cute. Baby boy, moo and pandi will all purr now when nursing or when people pet them. Scar face loves to climb onto peoples feet and sit there. All of them are getting to more exploring although still having a hard time moving anywhere quickly. they do play with each other but dont have the coordination to pounce each other yet or chase. Their momma is still super purry with them but spends a lot of time upstairs too. Soon they should start eating a little solid food too.
All of them are fluffy like their momma now. Ferret is probably the least fluffy and he still has quite a bit of poof.
more to come...
Second time this has happened to me.
I'm becoming an expert at helping with cat births and raising kittens. I call the stray mimi-chan. She had 6 kittens but the last one was stillborn. Poor thing it was so hard to handle that. The others had pretty rough births. It was a good thing i was there. I had to help break the sacks for three of them and cut the umbilical cord and clean all of them. She is just so young i dont think she knew what to do. In spite of that she didn't cry the entire birth. She just sat their purring as loud as possible. Even now anytime she's with the kittens or nursing the kittens she purrs loudly. It's so sweet.
*The first one was all black except for white underbelly and a tiny star of white on its forhead like a unicorn mark, I call him baby boy. He is adventurous and first one to crawl out of the den even before his eyes opened. Now that they are he's always exploring.
*The second one born was also mostly black but had some white on its snout, and a thin white line going by its inner eye and across his nose. It looks like a scar. He also has little white booties and underbelly. I call him scar face.
*The third one was half black and half white. She has the markings on her face just like a panda bear, and big expressive eyes. I call her pandi the panda. She was the first one to have both her ears unfurl and her eyes open. She's very pudgy and fluffy.
*The fourth one was the smallest and definitely the runt. She is mostly white with just little spots of black on her bum and a few on her face. My sister commented that it made her look marked like a cow. So we call her moo-moo. She's tiny but very feisty and is the first one to try trotting as well as chewing on the others ears and playing with them. She's very lovey and never whines much in spite of being the underdog.
*last but not least was another half black and half white one. It had a pointy face and is always whining and trying to steal the other kittens nipples even after having his own. We call him ferret face cause of his pointy nose. He's always trying to be near his momma but loves scritchins from people too.
Now the babies are at three weeks old. They now toddle around. Its very awkward and cute. Baby boy, moo and pandi will all purr now when nursing or when people pet them. Scar face loves to climb onto peoples feet and sit there. All of them are getting to more exploring although still having a hard time moving anywhere quickly. they do play with each other but dont have the coordination to pounce each other yet or chase. Their momma is still super purry with them but spends a lot of time upstairs too. Soon they should start eating a little solid food too.
All of them are fluffy like their momma now. Ferret is probably the least fluffy and he still has quite a bit of poof.
more to come...