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Kitten countdown - Mau babies

post #1 of 70
3/20/10 at 10:48am
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Skylark has been moved up to the nursery room and has chosen a corner to sleep in.. I am giving her a few safe spots to choose from because last time she tricked me and had the kittens in a crawl space. She also moved the kittens once, but usually she is a very friendly mom; purring her head off as I took each kitten out to be weighed. Just like she was proud of them, and herself.

The ultrasound vet saw three on one screen, then another two on a different pass - he thinks 3 to 6, but can't be positive. Her first litter was 6 but two didn't make it. Her daughter, now a CFA grand champion, just had 6 kittens the other day! I find that funny since Safiya, the kitten I kept is still in kitten mode and hasn't started cycling at all.

The countdown is 12 days to her 'expected' due date.. April 2nd.
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post #2 of 70
3/20/10 at 7:35pm
Hope she has a smooth delivery and healthy bubs, congrats to the other girl you bred.
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post #3 of 70
3/21/10 at 5:23am
Sending good vibes. We will be in Fargo showing Jack on that weekend
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post #4 of 70
3/21/10 at 7:39pm
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Great news today! My soon to be new cat, GC Emau's Dirty Dancing of Azshara granded over the weekend with her breeder showing her. I pick her up April 24th, and there is a chance she will come bred to a really, really nice stud who is headed overseas after April. If her cycles don't match up, she'll be bred to my stud after she settles in here and cycles. Either way, I will be having 2 batches of kittens in the near future...
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post #5 of 70
3/21/10 at 10:10pm
How exciting
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post #6 of 70
3/22/10 at 4:44pm
I feel your joy, as I have one litter at age 1 week and another due in less than 4 weeks. I love this whole process.

Good luck with your breeding family. I know that showing and gaining titles is so gratifying. It goes to show that we are breeding quality felines and we care so much for the breed.

I have two champions, but we can't go to the next show in April because we're due for more babies the same weekend.
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post #7 of 70
3/23/10 at 4:22pm
I can't wait to see the babies when they arrive! I really like the look of the Mau and hope you'll share them growing up with us

Good luck to Skylark!
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post #8 of 70
3/29/10 at 10:54pm
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Kintracks says Sky's due date is tomorrow. She is in her nursery room and has three nests to choose from. She has pawed the bedding out of two spots so I have cut down some boxes to ensure the bedding stays in place. I think she'll choose the closet, so the whole place is bedded.

Poor cat is hugely round and she doesn't look comfortable, but she purrs up a storm when I visit with her.
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post #9 of 70
3/29/10 at 11:09pm
Ohh how exciting Hope the birth goes well.
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post #10 of 70
3/30/10 at 9:18pm
Any updates?
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post #11 of 70
3/30/10 at 9:43pm
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Still no kittens.
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post #12 of 70
3/31/10 at 10:19am
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/skylark-kittens

I have posted a webcam to keep an eye on her while I am at work. She is moving around a lot and trying to stretch herself out on the floor. I think she is fairly uncomfortable. I can see that she is breathing a bit heavily... I'm wondering if the kittens are compressing her ribs.
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post #13 of 70
3/31/10 at 10:38am
She could also be breathing heavily if she's in labor.
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post #14 of 70
3/31/10 at 10:50am
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March 30 was day 60 after her first day of mating. I mated her for three days.

So she is on day 61, and typically birth occurs between 60 to 67 days after mating. She could technically hold out another week, but I hope she goes soon. She doesn't seem very comfortable.
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post #15 of 70
3/31/10 at 11:33am
I thought Mau's tended to go a bit longer than the usual 60-67?

Oci's are normally 65, counted 24hrs after mating.

Good luck

I will check out your webcam later, I set up an account there too after another Mau breeder gave me her link.
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post #16 of 70
3/31/10 at 12:01pm
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yes, I found the site after searching for webcam sites and it is really easy and simple to use. I really like it. My friends and family have gone on to check on Sky and they are able to find my link easily. I wish my webcam wasn't so grainy, but it needs more light to increase the resolution.
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post #17 of 70
3/31/10 at 1:01pm
I see a kitty tail

Alas, no kittens in sight.
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post #18 of 70
3/31/10 at 1:05pm
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A mentor of mine says probably not until the weekend, but she is VERY large so she may birth a bit earlier as she can only stretch so far
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post #19 of 70
3/31/10 at 10:23pm
It's hard watching them not being able to get comfortable. I have a beached whale here with still about 17 days to go, I don't know how she can get any bigger.
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post #20 of 70
4/1/10 at 10:18am
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I left her 11 month old daughter Safiya in with her today for company, and my sister posted to the video stream, "No wonder she was so huge, look at the size of the kitten she had!"
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post #21 of 70
4/1/10 at 3:35pm
That's hilarious
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post #22 of 70
4/2/10 at 8:39am
She is huge. She seems to be very uncomfortable. She doesn't seem to sleep much. It does make you feel bad for her. It makes you want to do something to make her feel better. But there's not anything you can do. I'm not a breeder but I have a cat that is pregnant. She's only about 5 weeks (guessing, I don't know when she mated) so she's not very big yet.
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post #23 of 70
4/2/10 at 3:42pm
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She is walking around me purring, but her back end is leaking watery, red fluid. I saw what I thought was the mucus plug earlier and I sponged the area as she has diarrhea at the same time and I am trying to keep it clean. She is meowing and purring, and it's really difficult to keep her still to get a good look at what is happening.

Now I believe she is having a contraction. She is laying flat on her side with one leg held up.
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post #24 of 70
4/2/10 at 4:23pm
She is in active labor - try to confine her to the kittening box as much as you can. I always had my queens caged in a large cage where they stayed to give birth. And I would sit right there petting them and keeping them company with my paper and pencil to mark color, sex and placentas!
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post #25 of 70
4/2/10 at 4:50pm
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post #26 of 70
4/2/10 at 6:01pm
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She's in the closet and hasn't come out for an hour. She purrs and kneads her claws when I sit beside her and pet her but isn't straining yet. I'm checking her every 20 minutes, but mostly letting her be quiet. The whole closet floor is covered in bedding that I can replace.
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post #27 of 70
4/2/10 at 6:12pm
Good Luck on the kittens.
It sounds like she will have soon.
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post #28 of 70
4/2/10 at 6:36pm
It is a reasonable hour over there? Or will you be up all night
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post #29 of 70
4/2/10 at 8:00pm
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It's 8pm now. I do think it will be tonight, but she has not shown any more signs for a few hours. Still laying in the closet, not in any distress.
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post #30 of 70
4/3/10 at 12:24am
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Hours later - she is back out and walking around. In the litter box right now - had some kibbles and water. Guess it's gonna be a while. No sign of upset, purring and rubbing against me.
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