Hello! Thank you for all the useful information provided on this site! It's been very helpful since a stray adopted me and (of course) she was pregnant! Oreo had her litter about 5am this morning. I was not present but found her with four kittens and had to leave for work. At that time my boyfriend was present for the birth of the fifth (probably the runt) and he said she did expel the placenta and eat it.
She tended to her kittens all day while the boyfriend was home. When I came home and checked on her, she nearly jumped out of her nest to greet me. I stopped her of course as her kittens were nursing at that time. I stayed with her a while as she seemed to want me around and then went about my business. Maybe an hour later i checked on her again and the kittens were asleep. She left them and began seeking me out and wanted me with her again. She was meowing and wanted to be petted. She left her kittens in the nest in favor of my attention. I read that queens rarely leave the nest on the first day and am concerned that she may be ignoring her kittens. She did tend to them after she heard a kitten cry but was in and out of the nest and didn't settle down until I sat next to the nest and pet her.
Is it normal for queens to leave their litter so early?
She also attempted a nest move a couple times and always seems to take only the runt to the new nest, then change her mind and returns to the old nest. Is this normal?
Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.
She tended to her kittens all day while the boyfriend was home. When I came home and checked on her, she nearly jumped out of her nest to greet me. I stopped her of course as her kittens were nursing at that time. I stayed with her a while as she seemed to want me around and then went about my business. Maybe an hour later i checked on her again and the kittens were asleep. She left them and began seeking me out and wanted me with her again. She was meowing and wanted to be petted. She left her kittens in the nest in favor of my attention. I read that queens rarely leave the nest on the first day and am concerned that she may be ignoring her kittens. She did tend to them after she heard a kitten cry but was in and out of the nest and didn't settle down until I sat next to the nest and pet her.
Is it normal for queens to leave their litter so early?
She also attempted a nest move a couple times and always seems to take only the runt to the new nest, then change her mind and returns to the old nest. Is this normal?
Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.
she's currently nursing the kittens next to me and she is alert and looking at me. She left no sign of giving birth, so I assume she ate all placentas. My boyfriend fed her once and I left some food for her which she ate a little bit. I'm concerned that she won't nurse her kittens when I have to work tomorrow.
