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hheath541 · Mar 31, 2010, 03:51 AM

Edith gave birth to six kittens, tonight. Labor started a little after 1am, with the kittens being born between 2:40 and 4:30 am.

I was worried about one, because it took him a long to to figure out suckling. He seems to be one of the strongest, now.

I'm still a little worried about the runt. I'll be keeping extra-special eye on him to make sure he gets all the food he needs. Edith's such a little cat and there are so many babies, she might have trouble feeding them all.

So far, she's a very good mommy. She's made sure all of them are clean. After more than 4 hours of labor, she's more than happy to just lay there and let them eat and sleep.

After the first one was born, which took more than an hour, she settled right into the process and didn't seem at all phased. She cleaned them all and cleaned up after each one.

She DID, however, decide to give birth on my carpet. 3 boxes scattered around the house, and she decides to give birth on the floor BEHIND one of them. She started in one of the other boxes, and apparently decided the floor on the other side of the room was MUCH more appropriate, which left me to scrub the carpet after moving the babies to the box she gave birth behind. It's better, but I don't think the stain's ever going to come completely out.

She has, 2 all black kittens, 3 black and white ones, and one black and orange. A couple of the black and black and white ones seem to show faint orange markings, but it's hard to be sure.

albear · Mar 31, 2010, 04:27 AM

Awwww, congrats Edith :D

Cat1864 · Mar 31, 2010, 04:52 AM

Congratulations, Edith and Heath. :)

They are a lovely family.:)

Kitkat22 · Mar 31, 2010, 04:57 AM

They are so sweet Heath!

J_9 · Mar 31, 2010, 05:37 AM

Congrats Edith! Congrats Heath! They are beautiful babies!

Aurora_Bell · Mar 31, 2010, 05:39 AM

Dang! I can't see the picture on this computer!

But congrats! And Congrats Edith! Lots of hug n snuggles!

Synnen · Mar 31, 2010, 07:39 AM

Where are you again? I LOVE that little tortie!

Congrats!

hheath541 · Mar 31, 2010, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Synnen

Where are you again? I LOVE that little tortie!!

Congrats!

I'm in Ohio. Not THAT far from you, when you consider that we have people in australia ^_~

I ended up taking a little nap. Now I HAVE to go to work. All the babies are doing just fine, as is mommy. She wolfed down an entire can of wet food in under 2 minutes.

only one baby is completely black. All the rest have white and/or orange markings. At least now I KNOW I was right about the ginormous orange tom I saw hanging around ^_^

I don't Want to go to work. I want to stay HERE and look at the babies *pouts*

shazamataz · Mar 31, 2010, 09:45 AM

Awww they are so cute :D
Congrats!

Kitkat22 · Mar 31, 2010, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by shazamataz

Awww they are so cute :D
Congrats!

Hey are so sweet!

Clough · Mar 31, 2010, 11:45 AM

Congratulations Edith and hheath541!

I remember when one of my cats (she's now passed on) gave birth to her litter on one of the stairs to the second floor of our home.

She gave birth to five.

hheath541 · Mar 31, 2010, 11:49 AM

Some cats pick strange places to give birth.

My sister had a cat that gave birth next to her head while she was sleeping. I have no idea HOW she slept through it, but she woke up to newborn kittens just a few inches from her face.

Kitkat22 · Mar 31, 2010, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by hheath541

some cats pick strange places to give birth.

my sister had a cat that gave birth next to her head while she was sleeping. i have no idea HOW she slept through it, but she woke up to newborn kittens just a few inches from her face.

I hope you can find homes for them!:)

hheath541 · Mar 31, 2010, 12:14 PM

I hope so, too.

Clough · Mar 31, 2010, 03:59 PM

I gave most of my cats kittens away to private students of mine. If you ask neighbors, relatives and friends to help to find homes, I'll bet you'll get good results in short order!

hheath541 · Mar 31, 2010, 04:18 PM

All my relatives are about 200 miles away. Most of my friends are at least that far away, and most of them I've never met in person.

I'll be asking my neighbors and my boss if they know anyone willing and able to give a kitten a good home.

Tomorrow, I need to find a bigger box. I wasn't expecting so many babies, and poor edith has to climb out of the box to stretch out. Give it a week and she won't fit in the box with them at all. There's a couple stores close by I can ask around at. I'm sure I'll find a box with no problem.

Clough · Mar 31, 2010, 04:21 PM

You're excellent with starting up conversations and communicating! I'm sure that things will happen fast!

hheath541 · Mar 31, 2010, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Clough

You're excellent with starting up conversations and communicating! I'm sure that things will happen fast!

Hehe. In person I tend to be very quiet and keep to myself. If it wasn't for work, I could easily go days without actually talking to another human being.

Aurora_Bell · Mar 31, 2010, 04:40 PM

Those Kitties are some cute Hheath!

Clough · Mar 31, 2010, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Clough
You're excellent with starting up conversations and communicating! I'm sure that things will happen fast!

Originally Posted by hheath541

hehe. In person I tend to be very quiet and keep to myself. If it wasn't for work, I could easily go days without actually talking to another human being.

I can identify with that! I also tend to be quiet. I also enjoy my privacy. Get me leading a group though, and I explode into activity!

I used to go for days not speaking with anyone when I lived on a small, family owned farm by myself. But, that wasn't healthy doing that and I also was tending to destroy myself with self-abuse... I lived there for 11 long years...

But, that was a few decades ago. Things are much different now...