Anyone Had Kittens?

[chriswill]

Not personally obviously.

we adopted Gizmo from the local shelter about 6 weeks ago. It has been apparent for sometime that we got more than we bargained for and she is due to drop any day now.

We have placed a couple of boxes in the quite parts of the house filled with loose paper.

After that I'm stumped, is there anything else I should keep an eye out for?

Any advise is gratefully received

 

[Looby]

No advice at all but we demand pics.

Good luck, hope someone comes along with something constructive to say.

 

[sojourner]

Not personally obviously.

we adopted Gizmo from the local shelter about 6 weeks ago. It has been apparent for sometime that we got more than we bargained for and she is due to drop any day now.

We have placed a couple of boxes in the quite parts of the house filled with loose paper.

After that I'm stumped, is there anything else I should keep an eye out for?

Any advise is gratefully received

Mum cats are the best - they just get on with all the looking after and you barely notice a thing apart from the cute mewing

you won't need to do much at all. In fact you've done what I did when my first cat dropped...except a warm blanket might be better than paper

 

[MightyAphrodite]

she will hide them after she has em....

 

[chriswill]

I have put a fleece in one, she is pacing around the house mewing for no particular reason.

I think it may be happening sooner rather than later

 

[sojourner]

she will hide them after she has em....

Yep

Our Twinkle kept em in the same box for about 3 days, then carried them off to various hidden-away parts of the house. The extra beds didn't really work - she chose spots behind wardrobes and stuff

 

[Pip]

she will hide them after she has em....

And hide herself while she's having them, most likely. Make sure she's got somewhere quiet and cosy to go.

ETA: d'oh, already done that. Erm, just leave her to it I suppose.

 

[sojourner]

I have put a fleece in one, she is pacing around the house mewing for no particular reason.

I think it may be happening sooner rather than later

awwwww....she'll be fine. there's nowt like animals giving birth in your house

 

[chriswill]

Its the wife's turn next.

 

[sojourner]

Its the wife's turn next.

that's not nice, implying your wife is an animal

 

[Orang Utan]

Make sure they're not in any bright light.
Don't try to handle them too much at first, but do make sure they're all getting looked after and the mother is producing milk properly

 

[chriswill]

Not what I meant

 

[Orang Utan]

that's not nice, implying your wife is an animal

She is!

 

[Cribynkle]

It's important to take many photos and post them here so any problems can be spotted early and we can let you know

 

[sojourner]

Not what I meant

be careful how you phrase things

 

[sojourner]

She is!

well, i did HEAR something along those lines

 

[sojourner]

make sure they're all getting looked after and the mother is producing milk properly

how on earth are you going to know that, unless they starve??

 

[Orang Utan]

how on earth are you going to know that, unless they starve??

All the kittens get fed and none get left in the corner

 

[trabuquera]

Never mind the boxes full of paper, just make sure you've got a working cameraphone-to-PC connection and some decent photo-editing and sizing software in order to give us daily updates plz.

 

[sojourner]

All the kittens get fed and none get left in the corner

yeh but you don't see the kittens for quite a while, unless you go around hunting behind furniture, under beds, and other unreachable places, and even if you do spot em, she'll move them asap

 

[Orang Utan]

yeh but you don't see the kittens for quite a while, unless you go around hunting behind furniture, under beds, and other unreachable places

Not in my experience - they've always been in the same place

 

[sojourner]

Not in my experience - they've always been in the same place

in my experience, they're in the same place for a few days at best

me and you. outside? now?

 

[Orang Utan]

in my experience, they're in the same place for a few days at best

me and you. outside? now?

We always kept them locked in the same room for a few days, out of harm's way - this is two litters that I have experience, but I'm sure the next door neighbours did the same with their cats.

 

[skunkboy69]

We made a lovely nest for ours who then proceeded to drop them behind the settee on the floor.

 

[sojourner]

We always kept them locked in the same room for a few days, out of harm's way - this is two litters that I have experience, but I'm sure the next door neighbours did the same with their cats.

ah, you kept them locked in the same room

usually the mum will take them off somewhere else

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, but where we lived, other cats could have come in and carried them off - it was a high cat density neighbourhood, with a massive field behind all the houses and we were always shooing toms out of the house

 

[sojourner]

Yeah, but where we lived, other cats could have come in and carried them off - it was a high cat density neighbourhood, with a massive field behind all the houses and we were always shooing toms out of the house

our cat didn't really go out for the first few weeks.

closed doors and windows would make it impossible for toms to get in

 

[Orang Utan]

our cat didn't really go out for the first few weeks.

closed doors and windows would make it impossible for toms to get in

We had a cat flap and an open house

 

[sojourner]

We had a cat flap and an open house

right

 

[coccinelle]

She'll miaow and miaow and follow you around. Just keep popping her back in a box and petting her. She might get the idea and that'll save you bloodstains on your best quilt.