My Bella is not a large cat... in fact she was the smallest of her litter. Her mother was also small-ish. This is why I was surprised when my beautiful Bella gave birth to 7 babies!
They were born the morning of the 19th all across the living room floor, then she moved them into her bed in the dining room. At 4:30 am that first night she woke me up as she moved a kitten into my room under one of my dresser... pretty much sleep walking and confused I brought the little angel back to the others and went to bed. I had a weird feeling, and went looking. As I suspected Bella moved the same one back underneath the dresser. I put a blanket flat underneath the dresser and brought the other 6 kittens in to join their mum. I also brought in her water and food.
Day 2 and Bella has been a wonderful mommy and taking good care of herself. She spends most of her time nursing and purring, and when the babies are sleeping soundly she eats herself, goes out to use her litter box, and comes to me for snuggles for a short time. After reading up on newborn kittens, I decided tonight to weigh them so as to keep track of their growth. We have weights of 4.6, 4.4, 4.0, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, and 2.8 ounces. I don't bother Bella as she seems to be doing well, but I do check on them to make sure the littlest one is getting a nipple. At one point I heard squeaky mews and checked in on them... the littlest one was behind Bella almost underneath her while the others were suckling away! I brought her(him?) to the rest of the frisky bunch and she instantly started rooting and battling for a nip.
Do these weights seem okay? Any advice is welcomed! I have never been on a forum for any reason before... so please excuse any naivety.
Thank you in advance!!
They were born the morning of the 19th all across the living room floor, then she moved them into her bed in the dining room. At 4:30 am that first night she woke me up as she moved a kitten into my room under one of my dresser... pretty much sleep walking and confused I brought the little angel back to the others and went to bed. I had a weird feeling, and went looking. As I suspected Bella moved the same one back underneath the dresser. I put a blanket flat underneath the dresser and brought the other 6 kittens in to join their mum. I also brought in her water and food.
Day 2 and Bella has been a wonderful mommy and taking good care of herself. She spends most of her time nursing and purring, and when the babies are sleeping soundly she eats herself, goes out to use her litter box, and comes to me for snuggles for a short time. After reading up on newborn kittens, I decided tonight to weigh them so as to keep track of their growth. We have weights of 4.6, 4.4, 4.0, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, and 2.8 ounces. I don't bother Bella as she seems to be doing well, but I do check on them to make sure the littlest one is getting a nipple. At one point I heard squeaky mews and checked in on them... the littlest one was behind Bella almost underneath her while the others were suckling away! I brought her(him?) to the rest of the frisky bunch and she instantly started rooting and battling for a nip.
Do these weights seem okay? Any advice is welcomed! I have never been on a forum for any reason before... so please excuse any naivety.
Thank you in advance!!
