Kitten Update!

Good Morning Everyone! 

I hope you have all had a fantastic weekend, and welcome back to my blog!!!

As I previously told you, I have numerous bits and pieces to update you all with, so I thought I'd start by  giving those of you that are interested, an update on the kittens!

The picture below, is the one and only one I have of all seven kittens together, all other attempts seem to have missed one or two, or were blur from them moving around so much!  They were five (5) weeks old here.

 This next picture is one of my favorites  and is a happy/sad picture, the reason being that this was the runt of the litter and he was very sweet natured and very, very small compared to his siblings and cousins.  It earnt him the nickname Tiny.  

Tiny was seven (7) weeks old here, and sadly we lost him to a respiratory infection a couple of days after this picture was taken. You can see him in the above picture Second kitten from the right at the bottom.  If he had survived, I would have kept him, purely because he was one of the kittens I had spent a lot of time with in the beginning, making sure he learnt to suckle after his traumatic start in life, but I guess some things are just not meant to be. But, at least I have this picture of him, and he has a special place of rest in our garden.

In this next picture, you can see the two black and white kittens.  Bean wanted the one on the bottom, a boy, which she has named Treacle. A friend was going to have the one on the top, but changed her mind (she has only just recently lost her own cat.)  Anyway, I discovered this kitten (a female) has a hernia on her belly, and when other friends came to look at the kittens, no-one wanted her because of it, so M has adopted her and called her Whiskers! We have to keep an eye on her hernia, but have been told it's nothing to worry about, and when she is spayed, they will sort it out at the same time.

Whiskers is a very laid back kitten and is quite happy sitting curled up on my lap, sleeping!

In the final picture above, you can see Treacle (black and white kitten) then the next kitten you see (the one he has his paw on) is called Candy (female kitten).  She is Peanut's kitten.  The male kitten (in the corner - Candy has her head on him) is called Crackers.  His owner is a friend of Bean, and she absolutely adores him to bits.  

The final two black kittens have yet to be named, although they have gone to a friend of a friend, so the nice thing is, we get photo updates and news about all of them, which I am extremely happy about!

No doubt, I will post bits and pieces going forward about how Treacle, Candy and Whiskers are growing up.

Sorry if I have rabbited on, but I do hope you enjoyed the update :-).

Until next time!

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Happy Days!!!!

Hello Everyone!


How are you all doing?


Firstly, I want to extend a warm welcome to my New Followers!  Hello and thanks for following me, I hope you enjoy your stay.


The weather this past week has been absolutely gorgeous up here in the Northern hemisphere! It has been as hot as 34 degrees!  We are absolutely loving it!!

We've managed to tidy the garden......

I've been able to take pictures of blossoming flowers and plants as well as new growth.......

but the poor sheep have been seeking shelter under the little bit of shade they could find, which lucky for us, is by our fence!

The new additions are growing up quick, and now moving around quite a bit, making it rather difficult to get a decent picture!

Above are Fluffy's three all snuggled up in the corner.....

 

and here are Shadow's four.... you can make them all out if you look closely...... one head on the left hand side of the picture, two at the top and the fourth is sleeping, you can see her body under the two at the top..

Something else very interesting in this picture...... Fluffy is feeding Shadow's babies!!! I knew this sometimes happened, but I have never seen it, so I thought I would take a photo to share it!

Can you believe they are 3 weeks old already!!!  I have checked to see what sex they are, and we have 5 girls and 2 boys!!  (Shadow has 2 of each and Fluffy has all girls).  Still..... they are all so cute and adorable....... Bean and Peanut are already begging to keep one each!  

Mmmmmmmmm..... we'll see!

Well, I'm going to be popping in when I can over the next 6 weeks, as Bean and Peanut are on school holidays, so I will blog when I get a chance, but I can tell you this....... we have a special holiday planned...... 

All will be revealed soon!!!!!

Until next time....

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Kitty Galore!!!

Hello Everyone!


I'm sorry for not blogging sooner, but things have been a little bit hectic lately...... what, with the arrival of Seven (7) new babies!!!


Well, as promised, I said I would update you all on what happened....

(I managed to get this picture of the two of them at the beginning - looks like they are hugging - So sweet!)

Shadow (the cat with the collar on) went into labour on Wednesday, and I knew she was in labour as she didn't want to move away from me and she was purring a lot - Also Fluffy (cat without the collar and looking half asleep) would not leave her side! So......... I kept an eye on her......

The two of them took themselves off to their shed and I kept checking on them every hour to make sure they were ok, as I know cats are quite private creatures.  Anyway I checked at 7.30pm, nothing.......8.30pm, nothing...... I checked at 9.30pm........ eeek two (2) babies! (Look in the circled area in the picture below, you can just see them.)

So, I continued to check up until 11.30pm, but nothing else happened.  I went to bed and was up at 5.30am and went down, expecting to see more babies...... but..... nothing!!

Shadow and Fluffy were lying in a similar picture to the one above, with both babies in between them, and they were not moving for anyone!!!!

Now, I knew she would have more, as she was far too big for just two kittens..... so after showing Bean and Peanut who were totally besides themselves with excitement, we let them be.

I went in at 7.30am to find Shadow and Fluffy had moved the babies into a card board box that I had set up as a kittening box, and Shadow was pleased to see me and even had something to eat and drink, so I managed to get a sneaky picture of the two kittens....

I kept checking every hour, until 10.30am, when I went in, as Shadow was panting and crying and trying to push, but nothing was happening, I monitored her for a bit, and decided to call the Vet, who suggested that I bring her in quick!!!  So I bundled both cats and both kittens into the carrier and shot off to the vet (I had to take both cats as Fluffy would not let me go without her and kept climbing into the box!)

I had to leave Shadow at the vets, as she required an emergency C-Section!  It was a painstaking wait, as I was warned that we may lose her and the kittens.... :-(

At 3pm, I finally received a call to tell me the surgery had gone well, there had been Two kittens inside, one was now thriving and the one that had been stuck was very weak, I was allowed to collect them all, but the weak one could possibly die :-(    It was a happy sad moment, as I was happy Shadow was okay, but sad that we would possibly lose one of the kittens.

So I took this picture of Shadow post op, with all her kittens - the weak one is lying near her back leg and tail, one is tucked under her front leg and the other two can be seen clearly.

I also decided that after all she had been through, I was going to do my best to help all her kittens survive, so I slept by her and kept latching the weak kitten on, to make sure it had the best chance of survival.

I am very pleased to say it worked!!!!

Here are all four babies at feed time at lunchtime on Friday!!!

Fluffy went into labour on Thursday evening, and did very well all by herself...... (with me nervously checking her every so often!) She had 3 kittens on Friday, with the last being delivered at 4.30pm.

She deserved a long rest after that (above), and I managed to get a picture of her three babies (below), and change all the blankets, whilst she had a well deserved snack and drink!

I also managed to get a picture of Shadow's four babies all snuggled up together (below) when she went for a drink and snack on Friday evening.

I must add I was totally exhausted!!!! From all the worry and the sleepless night on Thursday, ensuring the survival of the weakest!  Would I do it again????  You bet! 

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