Kittens on the way - colors and preparation?

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Sometimes it's obvious, but other times it's confusing when they are tiny, as sometimes male testicles need to drop. I had a male kitten that I thought was female for about 6 weeks! [emoji]128522[/emoji]
 
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Baby number 2 is here! Much easier for momma than baby number 1
 
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#3 is here! She won't let me weight them yet, but they're all strong and mewling
 
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This is what we've got so far (uploading the picture from my phone, so one not sure how well it'll work). Is there any way to tell if there will be any more?
 

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Not really. Just time. Often a cat is still having after pains or feels lumpy when there are no more.
 
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Alright, well guess now we're playing the waiting game part 2 [emoji]128514[/emoji]
 
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Momma's resting up and the babies are nursing very well!  How long should I wait to be sure that there's only three?  Momma seems very relaxed, but she was just as relaxed in the hour between kitten 1 and kitten 2..
 

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Eh, you should know by later today.

Has she had any refreshments yet?

I served mine a dish of KMR in her nest as she refused to get up for almost 12 hours. She slurped it right down!
 
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She hasn't! I'll go fix that right away. She lapped at some kmr between kittens 1 and 2, but I'm sure she'd love to have some now. Thank-you for the reminder!
 
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She sucked up that KMR like a vacuum cleaner! 
 hopefully with some rest and refreshment she'll find the energy to let me know if there will be more! I'm so proud of my baby girl right now 
 
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Momma is asleep and all three babies are nursing or napping.  I have some concerns about their weights though.  I took their weight in grams and they each only weighed 6 g.  I took them in ounces and they came out to be .4 oz, which is roughly 11 g (according to the internet, I have long since forgotten how to do conversion mathematics.)  Could this be a problem with the scale I'm using?  Or do I have a reason to be concerned for their safety?
 
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Your scale is wrong. Healthy kittens weigh 90+ grams.

Can you zero out your scale? Change batteries? Use a flat surface too.
 
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I'll change the batteries real quick and check again
 
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