The Mummy cat was enjoying nursing her kittens when she came in on the 16th of Feb., and we thought we had homes for all of the kittens as soon as. But one person was not quite suitable, and the other lovely lady (homechecked) had a holiday booked in a couple of weeks time after they came in, so as Angie said "no real rush". We quarantined Mum and kittens, de flead and de wormed them, and when they had had their first vaccinations, moved them into the cat room. I even asked the vet if she was pregnant or just fat, and he blamed good living!
The slightly enlarged nipples being blamed for her extended nursing of her kittens. Little did we know until a week last Friday when I felt wrigglings in my hands, literally hours after the last two of her kittens had gone to a good home! I spent the next few days until Saturday, absolutely scared that we had vaccine damaged the kittens. I am so relieved to see that the kittens appear to be normal after two lots of vaccines were given to their Mum. The previous kind lady who took Mum in, not knowing she was pregnant then, must have been letting her out.
Everything gets neutered here before any accidents happen!
It seems as if by trying to let Mum enjoy a well deserved break with us she was hiding a secret or five, that may well have ended up as clinical waste and a slightly more complicated operation if we had made the decision to spay her more quickly, difficult call. But as Angie says they are cute, and I am so relieved that they look okay so far.
This will be her final litter, and she is being cared for really well and we will be fussy about where we home her new babies and of course her too.
