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Cat had kittens but is this normal?

post #1 of 9
3/26/05 at 4:28pm
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My cat gave birth to 4 kittens about 3 weeks ago monday

So they are about 3 weeks old, she seems to be a good mother but sometimes I notice that she bites them and it seems to be because they are trying to wonder off whe she is trying to wash them.

I cant really tell if shes biting them hard though. She does it many times but they seem to be fine. Is this normal behavour?

Many thanks

Mark
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post #2 of 9
3/26/05 at 4:33pm
Yes, it is pretty normal for Mom to grab 'em up and put 'em back where she wants 'em to be. *grin* Especially if she is a good little Momma and feels that she needs to be doing her job washing them.

Now, check carefully to make sure Momma isn't breaking their skin with her bites though ... bite wounds can get infected pretty quickly.

How's Momma? Is she getting thin looking? Babies growing and gaining weight?

~gf~
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post #3 of 9
3/26/05 at 5:05pm
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Yeah she thin, but eating lots and the cats are growing and already starting to kind of walk.

This was morning after birth:


One of the ginger ones:


All together:


With mum:


Hope images are not to big.

Also many thanks for the help and quick response. Will check them over tomorrow when shes out side.
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post #4 of 9
3/26/05 at 5:08pm
Oh, Momma and babies are beautiful
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post #5 of 9
3/26/05 at 5:12pm
aww what sweet babies! If the kitties have fleas mom will often bite them going after the nasty buggers-
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post #6 of 9
3/26/05 at 5:29pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hissy
aww what sweet babies! If the kitties have fleas mom will often bite them going after the nasty buggers-
That could be a problem, she tends to get fleas but during her pregnancy we havent used any of the treatment because of poisioning the little things
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post #7 of 9
3/26/05 at 8:02pm
This is normal. It's how she picks them up to move them to where she wants them.

Make sure to have Mama and all of her kittens spayed and neutered when the kittens are 8-12 weeks old.
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post #8 of 9
3/27/05 at 10:12am
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Well she bites them everywhere aswell as not just by the scruffs of thier necks. It does look violent to me, but hey this is my first cat we adopted her as a family who used to live by us just dumed her when they moved out.

Cats have no bite wounds, so hopefully all is well, also the kittens look out of proportion. Like thier ears seem to be lower down on thier heads.

I take it this is normal. the human body is out of proportion when first born
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post #9 of 9
3/29/05 at 8:15am
They look totally normal and totally adorable to me!
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