I am a new Granny, at the age of 18!

jessix · May 26, 2006

My gorgeous little Tabby, Twitch, just had her first litter! Only two surviving kittens

, and one stillborn

It seems like that is all we are going to get.
She is only 8 months old herself, and her pregnancy came as quite a shock. We came home to find a strange cat in our house. It seems he had broken in our window screen!!!

I knew my cat was pretty, but...jumping through a window?

I have some pictures, but they are dim, as I didn't want to use flash around the little furbabies. I will post some later!

pushylady · May 26, 2006

I'd love to see some photos.

Enjoy the little kittens.

tnr1 · May 26, 2006

Originally Posted by Jessix

My gorgeous little Tabby, Twitch, just had her first litter! Only two surviving kittens

, and one stillborn

It seems like that is all we are going to get.
She is only 8 months old herself, and her pregnancy came as quite a shock. We came home to find a strange cat in our house. It seems he had broken in our window screen!!!

I knew my cat was pretty, but...jumping through a window?

I have some pictures, but they are dim, as I didn't want to use flash around the little furbabies. I will post some later!

Jessix...welcome to TCS...I hope you have fixed the window so that no other males can come in. Also, I do hope you plan to have Twitch fixed after this litter is weaned. Make sure you keep her indoors only and away from intact males and cats can become pregnant again as early as a week after giving birth.

Katie

jessix · May 26, 2006

Here is Twitch, about a month ago... not a great one though.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...8/58dff4df.jpg

This is Twitch last night, before we even knew babies would be coming today!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...8/100_0176.jpg

This one is of Twitch and her first born, even though you can't really see the little one...a teeny black catlet

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...8/100_0182.jpg

This is the second and last surviving baby, a tabby with a cute black stripe! I had to wait for the baby to turn, so the focus light wouldn't shine on them.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...8/100_0184.jpg

jessix · May 26, 2006

Oh, I definetly fixed the window.
I have no intention of ever letting her outside, and the babies will be safe here, too. We now only keep the window open a tiny bit, so no chance of cats breaking and entering.

Things are going well, and we planned on spaying her, only to take her to the vet and discovering she was pregnant! So, when the little ones are weaned, we will continue with our plans!

tnr1 · May 26, 2006

Originally Posted by Jessix

Oh, I definetly fixed the window.
I have no intention of ever letting her outside, and the babies will be safe here, too. We now only keep the window open a tiny bit, so no chance of cats breaking and entering.

Things are going well, and we planned on spaying her, only to take her to the vet and discovering she was pregnant! So, when the little ones are weaned, we will continue with our plans!

It's great to hear that...and if you enjoy the process of taking care of Twitch's litter..then perhaps after she is spayed, you can foster a cat from your local shelter.

BTW..very nice pictures.

Katie

jessix · May 26, 2006

Thank you, Katie. I have looked into fostering before, because in the past my family fostered german shepard dogs.
My mother has already said she claims one of the babies, she has yet to come visit. That will happen in the next few days.
I look forward to helping Twitch with these babies, and I will ensure she doesn't have any more! My tiny little cat doesn't need MORE tiny kittens to care for!

etcrame · May 26, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I LOVE the colors of the 2nd one!

jessix · May 26, 2006

I do, too! Gorgeous little babies, they are.
Is there anyway to tell if there is anymore? She had her stillborn last, and I tried to feel for more, but its hard, as she just had the third about an hour ago...

stormysmom · May 26, 2006

It is possible that she could have more. When our girl Angie had hers she started in the evening and gave birth to four all about an hour apart. I swore she was done and I sat with her about three an a half hours after the last before leaving for the day. Then when I got home the next evening she had given birth to a fifth kitty. I thought for sure she was done.

Same thing happened with Blaze who showed up on our porch recently. Sometimes they just love to surprise ya.

wookie130 · May 26, 2006

Stormysmom, so TRUE!

They are darling babies. I too love the tabby...what a sweetheart. It's always so fun after the birth to see what sex they are, what colors they are...it's like waiting for little presents, and not really knowing for sure what you're going to get!

jessix · May 26, 2006

Well, at this point it looks like I have two little girls!!!!

I am keeping the little tabby! I love her little stripe, so cute.

momof3rugratz · May 26, 2006

WOW Twitch hide her pregnancy very welll... Congrads new mom and grandma

catloverin_ks · May 26, 2006

What beauties!!

jessix · May 27, 2006

Thanks for all the responses!

I had a sad night, though.
She gave birth to two more stillborns in the night.
They were HUGE, about the size of both her surviving babies put together. They were also a different colour, a chocolate brown with white patches on their noses and tails.

Can anyone tell me why this could have happened? Two healthy (but teeny) babies, and three stillborn huge babies?
It was really heartbreaking, because we removed them from Twitch's little box, and now she is looking for them, and meowing at us.

PS...about her hiding her pregnancy well: Not at all! That was just a good angle. She looked like she ate a football!!!!

tnr1 · May 27, 2006

Originally Posted by Jessix

Thanks for all the responses!

I had a sad night, though.
She gave birth to two more stillborns in the night.
They were HUGE, about the size of both her surviving babies put together. They were also a different colour, a chocolate brown with white patches on their noses and tails.

Can anyone tell me why this could have happened? Two healthy (but teeny) babies, and three stillborn huge babies?
It was really heartbreaking, because we removed them from Twitch's little box, and now she is looking for them, and meowing at us.

PS...about her hiding her pregnancy well: Not at all! That was just a good angle. She looked like she ate a football!!!!

Cats can mate several times with different fathers...so it could be entirely possible that the stillborns had a different dad then the smaller ones that survived.

Katie

jessix · May 27, 2006

That could be possible, but there was only one male cat, and he was a deep reddish black colour....

psjauntie · May 27, 2006

So sorry about the stillborns, but at least you have two little bundles of joy. Congrats. It was nice to take such a flattering picture of Twitch. I know alot of women who would appreciate your photography.

junior67 · May 28, 2006

Congrats! sorry about the 3 stillborns but WOOHOO for the 2 surviving ones! And wow you can't even tell she is preg. in the first one about a mo. before she had them (thanks for posting that since I am wondering if my kitty is preg. or what, and she is about 4-5 weeks from being due, if she is, and isn't really showing yet either just a teeny pouch).

do you remember how long before she had the babies you took her to the vet and found out she was preg? Could the vet tell by feeling her abdomen? sorry for so many que. LOL

momof3rugratz · May 28, 2006

Skittles had 13 kittens 5 stillborn 1 was gone with cleft palate. I have to say it was just nature

we have no control, But to except the ones that are alive... Be there for m,om also

GL

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