KITTENS!

[conuly]

I went down to check on the cat. Didn't see her. Went down again, still didn't see her, so I shook a box of cat food. No reply.

Shook it again. No reply.

Shook it again and walked around. Finally I heard some very very LOUD purring, but I just couldn't see her! Took me a while to find her under some furniture I would've sworn she couldn't get under (because it's totally blocked up in the front, but apparently not in the back).

There's definitely 3 kittens, two orange and one calico. There may be a third orange kitten, bringing the total to four. I couldn't tell and for sure I wasn't poking around when this kitty isn't used to being manhandled by me. Not with her infant kittens. I couldn't get any sort of picture in the location she's in, sorry, not without moving kittens around. When they get a bit bigger.

Edit: Add another calico to the count, that makes 5 all told.

Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the birthing seems to have gone okay. I look forward to utterly adorable pictures whenever it is reasonable for you to get them.

[conuly]

I'm glad too. I don't know, but I *suspect* she's only about a year old herself, making this her first or second litter if I'm right.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor young thing. Nature is not kind to female cats. I feel sorry for them when I think about it. Their whole cycle and mating and so forth seems particularly unpleasant. It's part of why I don't feel at all bad about female cats being altered.

[conuly]

Indeed. And it isn't just painful, it takes a real toll on their health as well if they have kittens every time they go into heat.

I'm more concerned with her ability to take care of kittens (especially 5), as many new mama cats have trouble with it, more so when they're also young.

[leora.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah, I have seen some sad things cat-wise. And wow, I just got distracted from my train of thought by real life... But I hope all goes well with these kittens.

[conuly]

It seems to be. She hasn't left them for more than a few minutes (and then only because I opened up a can of cat food for her and put it down a few feet away), I haven't heard frantic mewing from the kittens, and she won't let any of us get close without carefully readjusting her position to limit how much we can see. These are all very good signs.