It was September 28, 2010 when Mama Cat was laying in her special place waiting to birth her kittens. Then out came a loud meow and a kitten. Then 2 minutes later another meow and kitten. After that Mama Cat ran under a low cabinet and birthed the rest under there. I didn’t know cats let out a loud screech in childbirth. I guess they are expressing pain.
The first two kittens she left behind when she went into hiding. The kittens followed one another into a narrow space away from the Mama and stayed there. Then I left home and got 15 minutes down the road and realized those kittens will never find their way back to Mama and will get cold and hungry. I turned myself around and got home and had to cut off what I believe is the long umbilical cord of each. But in hindsight I wish I hadn’t done this. I think Mama Cat would’ve done it. It was kind of bloody but no trouble. I put the 2 newborns over by the Mama. They went right to town finding a tit
A couple days passed and I found one had died and Mama Cat set it over to the side. Then a couple days later, another one. I wondered if she was feeding them enough hours in the day because she was out a lot in the kitchen. She wants to eat constantly so I keep feeding her, sometimes hard food, other times canned soft food mixed with hard food, and plenty of clean water. Maybe those are the 2 that were originally left behind by Mama that I rescued.
They’re 9 days old today, and I still don’t know how many there are because they’re off in such a dark spot. I think there are 3 left. I have a home for 2 of them out on a ranch in La Grange. I kind of hate to think about that though because hungry cayotes live out there. I hear little tiny meows coming from the kittens now and then but they don’t walk around much yet except to get into the kitty pile where they all huddle to stay warm.
My main concern is that no more die and they hurry up and grow and come out and play. Oh, I love kitties!
