Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?

[Mark]

I think Sharon found him the space at Rhodes Minnis sanctuary - it was on another thread. They had an open day on Sunday and did well on Rehoming so were able to help. It is a great sanctuary. As well as having a large feral enclosure, they are in the process of building an FIV unit which we saw. Judging by the size f it, it will be a great help with FIV kitties.

[Desley (booktigger)]

Glad he found a space, and nice that he let you know.

[Millys Mum]

These pussy cats went into rescue yesterday , the bloke rang me up to say thanks which was nice, and a rare event i must say..

There are people who appreciate your efforts 

[Canterbury_cats (Sharon)]

These pussy cats went into rescue yesterday , the bloke rang me up to say thanks which was nice, and a rare event i must say..

[Dawn F]

I was at a tonk show a month or so ago, they are lovely!

[puddypaws]

They are Tonkinese and they are absolutely beautiful.  They live in complete luxury - made me quite envious 

[Dawn F]

what breed are they?

[puddypaws]

Yes she does BC.  She has 7 queens and they have a litter alternate years.

[blackcat]

hope she leaves a good space between litters then Puddy, that is a lot of kittens to be having on a regular basis...

[puddypaws]

The lady we are getting our new kitten from said some of her queens have 7 or 8 in a litter and one of them did produce nine. 

[Mark]

I remember Flora - just checked and she did have 9 

http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,826.0.html

[Desley (booktigger)]

it does happen, you just have to make sure they weigh them all daily as they only have 8 nipples, so they sometimes need rotating and maybe topping up. I think Ela has posted about mums with more kittens than that.

[Mark]

I found this interesting article http://www.messybeast.com/prolificacy.htm

This bit is upsetting though

"In the early days of pedigree cat breeding, most pedigree females were allowed to raise only 2 kittens at a time; additional kittens were fostered by a non-pedigree queen whose own litter would be destroyed."   

[Teresa Pawcats]

I`ve heard of a few over the years. Last year Denise did a brilliant job with her foster that had 9 babies,think the cat may have been called Flora,it will be in the archives somewhere.

[Susanne (urbantigers)]

Probably not that common, but remember Flora? 

http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,393.0.html

[Canterbury_cats (Sharon)]

I have just had a call from a person who has taken in a young female puss which had nine kittens? Is that unusual? They have supplemented feeding them but all are doing okay.. Amazing number