kittens and I dont know what to do!

My cat is having her kittens she came and laid right in front of me to have the first but she didnt lick it immediately, and instead licked herself. It cried once but I havent heard anything since and she pulled it, still hanging out of her under my bed. Is this normal? Should I be able to hear them crying?

Hope724 said:

My cat is having her kittens she came and laid right in front of me to have the first but she didnt lick it immediately, and instead licked herself. It cried once but I havent heard anything since and she pulled it, still hanging out of her under my bed. Is this normal? Should I be able to hear them crying?

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Nay, they dont need to cry,  if they cry they are usually hungry or needing their mom.

So if she seems to be busy with it, and the baby not craying, its probably all right.

If she is neglecting it, you must to try and do something.   Begin with warming it up and massaging....  Keep it warm, warming it up if so is.

Describe more what is happening.

Im going out now, back in 5 hours, but someone else will prob step in.

Good luck!

She is currently hiding under the bed and my other female cat who just had kittens keeps going to her. I would like to check on her but I worry that if I move the bed or her she will panic and move. She is making the same sounds she did when she had the first one and occasionally I am hearing mews that are not hers so I think things are okay for now.

I decided to move the other cat out of the room, I was worried she was causing more harm than good. I peeked under the bed and it looks like there are about 3 kittens and they are nursing. She is covered in blood and just laying and letting the babies nurse.

If the two cats best friends, having the other cat there might comfort her

Are all of them nursing

One of our experts is online so maybe she will see your thread

Okay I let the other cat in and she seems to just want to groom the mother who is currently giving birth. They are sisters so they are close. All three kittens are nursing except for one small one who nurses moves and cries, and then nurses again. She just had a fourth as I was typing this.

The other cat actually is helpimg the mom clean off her tail and the new kitten? I didnt know they would do that but the mom seems to be happier with her sister there with her.

Ok it possible the nipple he sucking on dont have milk yet

You might see your two cats share the work, helping each other out with their kittens

For now I'm going to let them work in peace, but I will keep checking on them and post updates. Thank you so much for the help so far.

Do you have a scale that can weigh in grams?

The other female took two of the newborns to her nest away from their mom.. I dont know if they should stay together anymore, but the new mom has a total of five now and still feels plump.

I don't know if they should either

If the new mama don't have a problem with it then it probably fine, how many kittens does the other cat have now?

Don't let her eat any more placentas if you can get it before she eat them

The other female has five of her own already, she probably couldnt feed the new moms children if she wanted too.

Yeah just as long they get enough milk

Im starting to worry about the mother. She is laying still and nursing her kittens, but she is shaking and her entire bottom half is soaked. It also feels like she still has some left to be born.

Just gotta wait ir out

Does she seem distress?? What the temp in the room?

I was holding the other cat, but I'm thinking maybe it is best if she takes over and helps mom. She seems distressed to me, but I've raised this cat and her sister since the day they were born practically, so I may be getting worried for no reason. I'm going to let the sister do what she likes (As long as she doesn't hurt the kittens) and hopefully that will help mom. It feels like she still has more babies in there, so I'm getting more concerned because its been almost an hour since the last kitten was born.

It's seems warm in there to me, but I am going to put a heater in the room.

What the temp set at?