Thank you.

I will try & upload a few of the rest of the crew later.
My sister has just turned up to "Help Out"., so I will try & do it
after she leaves later..
She is currently cooing over them &checking them all over for us.
Catz C

We will.
The last 2weeks have been very draining & but also rewarding.

I now understand why Sheelagh does her community bowls & works @ the
rescue centre too.Frankly, we thought she was a bit of a crack pot
before this all happened.
It takes an experience like this to understand why people get so much
out of it...

We worride terribly about the size difference to start with, but now
that we have got through the first two weeks, I rather hope that this
will become easier with time.

Obviously, because of work commitments, I don't spend as much time
with the kittens as my wife does, but she knows that she needs to put
the smaller kittens on first, then allow the other four to feed their
fill afterwards.That way, it is not such a concern if the smaller
one's do get pushed away occasionally.We continue to watch/observe
them feed to keep an eye on who gets enough, & who doesn't.

We put the smaller ones on first, then allow them to feed to their
hearts content, then we put the rest of the litter in with them once
the smaller two have had their fill.
Minky Izzy gave us a rather odd looks, but didn't complain or even
attempt to look for the others.As long as this continues for the
following couple of weeks, then I think we may have cracked it.

By that time, we are informed that the smaller kittens should be
attempting to lap milk?
If this is the case, then we will allow them to lap some freshly made
formula, *after* they have either eaten solids, or seemed to have had
their fill on mummy?
(should they be eating solids by then?)

My wife Mary will make sure that the smaller kittens get the first
shot at mummy before the other larger ones.
She may also need to come on line occasionally to ask for help from
you all, if that is ok too?

It feels strange becoming the proud parents of six so suddenly, even
daunting at times.....

To answer Wendy's question, "Pinky" is rather fluffy, but far more
robust compared to the size he was at birth.His eye's were the last
ones to open after "Perky", the other small runt.In the photo, Pinky
is the one next to the slightly larger one.
Hard as we try, it is very hard not to give them Pet- name's, even if
it is only to know which kitten we are reffering to.

We have given up the bottle & sygringe feeding now, & are
concentrating on mummy's nourishment instead.
It seem's the most sensible thing to do when there is the worry of
aspiration to consider.
We can always review the situation should the need arise.

We will of course keep you up to date with how they are all doing, &
would like to thank you for the information & the support that you
have all offered too.
We are immensley grateful for the advice you all gave.
Much as we would like to keep all of the kittens, we cant!
I think that we have decided to sell the kittens when the time comes,
and give the proceeds to the Cat Protection League.
Before they leave us however,we have decided to have all 3girls spayed
& also the 3 boys neutered too.

I can understand how tempted someone would be to allow the females to
have kittens from them.
But, look at what happened to us!
I wouldn't wish that on anyone....
Again, many thanks,

Catz~C