Jamelia'sMum
18-06-2008, 05:14 PM
Hi, I own 5 cats, they all live indoors. I have owned cats for many years but this has never happened before to me - we have an accidental litter on our hands. Its my vets fault (and my fault for having faith in a new vet :roll: ), my only female of the group was born late last September and as she was so small when the others went into be neutered he said to leave her a while, I then took on a cat from a friend, he camped out in the bathroom for quaranteen and whilst he was neutered, then after he went for his post-op check a week after the vet said he was fine to be let out with the others. Then when we took Miss Jamelia in for a check-up about a month ago to see if she was able to be spayed yet he confirmed what we thought, that it was too late and she was carrying a litter.
She had them last Monday, and they seem to be doing very well at the moment, all growing in size, putting on plenty of weight and 2 have started to open their eyes! :)
Im having trouble sexing them though, every person I speak to seems to describe it in a different way which makes me think I might have it wrong! lol I knows theres 3 of 1 and 2 of another, and at first I thought it was 3 boys and 2 girls but after speaking to someone last night who has bred a few litters before I now think it might be the other way around. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Also, mum has been regularly wormed, is it 2 weeks I first worm the kittens? I have some wormer from the vets to do them. Mum is being fed plenty of kitten food and she seems to enjoy being a mum, she purrs non-stop whilst they are feeding!
My other cats are cousins, Elvis and Jackson, Elvis is black and Jacko Black & White, Ringo is a tabby and white (he's the dad to the kittens) and Lionel is a long haired black & white, brother to Jamelia (who is black, mum to kittens) so is now an Uncle!!:lol:
Oh and 1 more thing, anyone got any ideas on how I can persuade my OH that all kittens need to stay! ;)
Hollie
She had them last Monday, and they seem to be doing very well at the moment, all growing in size, putting on plenty of weight and 2 have started to open their eyes! :)
Im having trouble sexing them though, every person I speak to seems to describe it in a different way which makes me think I might have it wrong! lol I knows theres 3 of 1 and 2 of another, and at first I thought it was 3 boys and 2 girls but after speaking to someone last night who has bred a few litters before I now think it might be the other way around. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Also, mum has been regularly wormed, is it 2 weeks I first worm the kittens? I have some wormer from the vets to do them. Mum is being fed plenty of kitten food and she seems to enjoy being a mum, she purrs non-stop whilst they are feeding!
My other cats are cousins, Elvis and Jackson, Elvis is black and Jacko Black & White, Ringo is a tabby and white (he's the dad to the kittens) and Lionel is a long haired black & white, brother to Jamelia (who is black, mum to kittens) so is now an Uncle!!:lol:
Oh and 1 more thing, anyone got any ideas on how I can persuade my OH that all kittens need to stay! ;)
Hollie