5 kittens in 5 days!

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dayelkirk@yahoo.com - 18 Jul 2005 10:21 GMT

My one year old cat delivered a stillborn last Thursday (it had big,
wide open eyes!), 3 kittens on Saturday (two died), I just found her
washing a new kitten now (early Monday) and she seems to be in labour.

That is five kittens with two survivors. I am freaking out!

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Jim - 18 Jul 2005 11:41 GMT

That's a shame :( Do cats often have still born kitties? Hope some more
survive, cute wee devils.

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Alison - 18 Jul 2005 14:15 GMT

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> My one year old cat delivered a stillborn last Thursday (it had big,
> wide open eyes!), 3 kittens on Saturday (two died), I just found her
> washing a new kitten now (early Monday) and she seems to be in labour.
>
> That is five kittens with two survivors. I am freaking out!>>

This article gives info about birthing,
http://www.persiancats4u.co.za/catbirthaid.htm

What does your vet say ?
Alison

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Wendy - 18 Jul 2005 14:27 GMT

>> My one year old cat delivered a stillborn last Thursday (it had big,
>> wide open eyes!), 3 kittens on Saturday (two died), I just found her
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> What does your vet say ?
> Alison

If it were my cat, I'd have a call into the vet. I'd be concerned because of
the number of days this birth is taking and that so many kittens didn't make
it. I'd be wondering why. I'd also talk to the vet about how soon this cat
could be spayed and then I'd make an appointment right then so I wouldn't
'forget' to make it later.

What were you feeding the cat during her pregnancy? Have you confined her to
the house lately or is she still free roaming outside? Has she been tested
for FIV/FeLV? Up to date on shots before she got pregnant? Is she taking
good care of the kittens that survived? Is she caring for herself?

W

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dayelkirk@yahoo.com - 18 Jul 2005 16:44 GMT

> What were you feeding the cat during her pregnancy? Have you confined her to
> the house lately or is she still free roaming outside? Has she been tested
> for FIV/FeLV? Up to date on shots before she got pregnant? Is she taking
> good care of the kittens that survived? Is she caring for herself?

She has never been outside but I also have her brother who was neutured
a month ago...barn door and all that.

She didn't care for the first two, just dropped them and walked away.
Now she is an experienced mama and knows just what to do. She seems
fine...is eating well etc. The kittens are nursing well.

I was freaking first of all because it was three in the morning and
second because these almost seem separate litters because of the size
differences especially that first big one with the open eyes.

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Wendy - 18 Jul 2005 21:39 GMT

>> What were you feeding the cat during her pregnancy? Have you confined her
>> to
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> second because these almost seem separate litters because of the size
> differences especially that first big one with the open eyes.

There may have been something genetically wrong with the ones she didn't
care for. Not really surprising because of the close relationship between
mom and dad. Glad to hear she's caring for the surviving kittens.

Feed mom kitten food until she weans the kittens. She needs all the
nutrients she can get to produce milk for her babies.

Are you sure she's done now?

W

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Kalyahna - 19 Jul 2005 15:43 GMT

> She has never been outside but I also have her brother who was neutured
> a month ago...barn door and all that.

Please have her spayed. There are tons of health issues in unspayed females,
not to mention there are already enough kittens out there in the world.

> She didn't care for the first two, just dropped them and walked away.
> Now she is an experienced mama and knows just what to do. She seems
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> second because these almost seem separate litters because of the size
> differences especially that first big one with the open eyes.

There can be more than one father to a litter. I don't know the timeframe,
but since there can be more than one dad, there must be at least some time
lapse between conception of the first kitten and conception of the last.
Maybe the big kitten was the first conceived and had a head start on growth?
Phil P undoubtedly knows all the technical stuff on that sort of thing. :)

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