Possum had her babies.

First litter of the year at the rescue.. sadly won't be the last.

I noticed on Saturday that she was showing signs of early labor. So we set up a 4x4 cage and set it up for her. Last night she had 3 of them.






Possum is a feral cat, so I can't check to see if they are male or female yet.. not until they start wandering away from her, or she gets more comfortable with me being in the cage with them.

Awwww, are they all tuxedo? I'm surprised this is the first litter, hopefully it will be a light year (we can hope).

I hope everything is going well for mama and babies!

Actually, I just clicked on this because I was surprised at the title! One of my kitties is named "Possum" and I couldn't imagine more than one being named that, lol!

Tricia

2 black and white tuxedo and a tabby tuxedo. lol.

This is actually the 4th pregnant cat... but the other three miscarried their litters. Stress does alot to them.

I'm so glad she came through the delivery ok and the kitties seem to be doing well. Do keep us posted and lots of pics!

Was gonna say one is a brown tabby/white like mom (tho mom's a brown patched tabby) and the other 2 are black/white.

The shelter here had their first litter of kittens two days ago. There is one more pregnant mom & there is one female at the shelter that is likely pregnant.

How does the shelter there deal with a pregnant cat in facility? Is there a seperate room or is the larger cage just set up in a cat room?

What beautiful little ones. And how lucky for Possum and the kittens that they were born in a healthy and safe environment! Good job, Possum!

We did have a maternity room for the pregnant and nursing cats.. but soemone brought a litter that was sick with feline panleukopenia (we didn't know it at the time) and the whole litter plus some died from it. We aren't putting any cats in there for awhile. Even though it's been cleaned out in there extensively.. we just don't want to take that chance. Distemper spreads like wildfire.

We prefer our pregnant cats go into foster homes, and we are usually pretty successfull in placing them all.. but not all the time.

For the ones we cannot place, we are currently using the 4x4 cages with a piece of plywood on top to keep the momma's inside.
When the kittens are old enough to eat solid foods, the cage door will be opened and close eye kept on wieghts to make sure everyone keeps eating outside of the cage.

Other than using the cages for this, and quarentine, we never cage any of our animals. Even the dogs have a large room with a tv, couch, and dvd player.

Once we raise enough money to do renovations on the building, we will be creating a room with mini rooms (hopefully) so each mom can stay in there until she has her babies, and then raises them.

She looks so sweet it is hard to beleive she is feral till ya get near them. I hope they are do ok.

What a cute name! Glad Mum and kittens are doing well!

Awww, the kittns are so cute! I hope you have good luck with them and mama, and your set up there sounds awesome!

Originally Posted by Leto86

Other than using the cages for this, and quarentine, we never cage any of our animals. Even the dogs have a large room with a tv, couch, and dvd player..

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What are the dogs' favorite movies?



Tricia

The dogs don't watch the movies, I don't think. The dvd player is mainly for people to sit in there with the dogs and watch a movie.
But the tv is hooked up to basic cable. We alternate inbetween the radio and the tv for them.

I'm glad she delivered healthy babies and that Possum is doing fine! The kits are adorable!!

Originally Posted by Green Bunny

I hope everything is going well for mama and babies!

Actually, I just clicked on this because I was surprised at the title! One of my kitties is named "Possum" and I couldn't imagine more than one being named that, lol!

Tricia

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You're not the only one with a "Possum". My Possum boy passed away over a year ago. But, it's neat seeing the name used for a girl kitty.

My Runtz loves TV animal planet lol

My dogs love to sit there and watch other dogs on the TV and bark at them . Gets pretty annoying. My dogs think that they are really in our living room, so they always try to bite the screen.

Aww! What sweeties. I love the way your set up sounds there at the shelter. Too bad all shelters werent like that.

aww bless them all she does look a bit wary of you, I hope she settles to you being around

hope things turn out well for them all - great work you are doing

Oh they truly are darling.....I hope and pray they all find a wonderful furever home!