Hi,
My cat gave birth to a litter of 6 kittens on St. Patrick's day. 4 days ago, we found one dead off to the side of her nesting box...all the others seemed fine. The next morning a second one was dead in the same place. I continued to check on the remaining 4 which appeared fine. They were opening their eyes and moving around quite a bit. The next morning I checked on the again and they appeared fined all huddled together in the corner of the box. Later that afternoon my son came home from school and asked where they were. It was apparent the box had been moved a little but there was no sign of the 4 kittens. We looked all over the basement where they were. The mother was just walking around and continually scratching at the sides of her litter box. At one point she disappeared into the ceiling where she hides sometimes so we wondered if she would have moved the kittens there. The part that is concerning is we don't here them crying and now the mother is asking to go outside. Would she have moved the kittens had they died or is it possible she hid them and they are still okay?
My cat gave birth to a litter of 6 kittens on St. Patrick's day. 4 days ago, we found one dead off to the side of her nesting box...all the others seemed fine. The next morning a second one was dead in the same place. I continued to check on the remaining 4 which appeared fine. They were opening their eyes and moving around quite a bit. The next morning I checked on the again and they appeared fined all huddled together in the corner of the box. Later that afternoon my son came home from school and asked where they were. It was apparent the box had been moved a little but there was no sign of the 4 kittens. We looked all over the basement where they were. The mother was just walking around and continually scratching at the sides of her litter box. At one point she disappeared into the ceiling where she hides sometimes so we wondered if she would have moved the kittens there. The part that is concerning is we don't here them crying and now the mother is asking to go outside. Would she have moved the kittens had they died or is it possible she hid them and they are still okay?