Hi cat lovers
Just joined up today as I needed advice - thread on Pregnancy/Kittens forum.
I have 5 cats, Maisie is 6 in August, Harry & Chloe (bruv & sis) are 3, Charlie (same Mum as H&C) is 2 and Mollie is nearly 1. Maisie is a black/grey/mink tabby. Harry is a beautiful very pale ginger, more apricot! Chloe is grey tabby with flecks of ginger. Charlie is a real carrot ginger and Mollie is black and white.
Mollie has just had kittens on Sunday (planned); she had 4 of them and has been a brilliant Mum so far. Wasn't sure as lots of internet sites say young cats may not be mature enough, but she's been great. My husband and I had been away on holiday and my parents were house and cat sitting - I think we were all relieved that she waited until we got home. However, despite all my reading up of how to help if we needed to, when I checked her at 7.00am on Sunday she had done the job all on her own. She just looked up at me as if to say "look what I did Mum!"
She has let us touch and hold the babies, for very short periods (30 seconds!) and as soon as one of them squeaks she comes running. However, I'm paranoid that if we interfere too much she'll desert them and let us get on with it and I don't fancy bottle feeding 4 kittens every few hours, so we're taking it very easy, letting her call the shots and generally just letting her know we're here for her.
Well, I could go on for hours about the babies but better not! I've bored enough people at work with pictures - I don't know how to post them on here though.
So that's me, as a cat owner anyway!
Susannah x
Just joined up today as I needed advice - thread on Pregnancy/Kittens forum.
I have 5 cats, Maisie is 6 in August, Harry & Chloe (bruv & sis) are 3, Charlie (same Mum as H&C) is 2 and Mollie is nearly 1. Maisie is a black/grey/mink tabby. Harry is a beautiful very pale ginger, more apricot! Chloe is grey tabby with flecks of ginger. Charlie is a real carrot ginger and Mollie is black and white.
Mollie has just had kittens on Sunday (planned); she had 4 of them and has been a brilliant Mum so far. Wasn't sure as lots of internet sites say young cats may not be mature enough, but she's been great. My husband and I had been away on holiday and my parents were house and cat sitting - I think we were all relieved that she waited until we got home. However, despite all my reading up of how to help if we needed to, when I checked her at 7.00am on Sunday she had done the job all on her own. She just looked up at me as if to say "look what I did Mum!"
She has let us touch and hold the babies, for very short periods (30 seconds!) and as soon as one of them squeaks she comes running. However, I'm paranoid that if we interfere too much she'll desert them and let us get on with it and I don't fancy bottle feeding 4 kittens every few hours, so we're taking it very easy, letting her call the shots and generally just letting her know we're here for her.
Well, I could go on for hours about the babies but better not! I've bored enough people at work with pictures - I don't know how to post them on here though.
So that's me, as a cat owner anyway!
Susannah x
