Fizz’s babies have arrived
Fizz was fidgety on Wednesday and wouldn’t leave my side so I knew something was about to happen. We took her up to bed with us and the loud purring started. She has a very quiet purr normally so this was her ‘ouch’ purr. I turned the light off and prayed nothing would happen until the morning.
No such luck! At around 1am I woke up to shuffling in the birth box and a little squeak. The first born was already nice and dry and suckling and getting lots of attention from mum before I noticed another in the corner still in its sac. My first thought was it was a still born as Fizz wasn’t paying it any attention. I grabbed an old flannel and rubbed gently and she gave a sigh. After quickly wiping the sac from her mouth and tearing the cord, I dried her as best I could and gave her back to mum who was now happy to wash her. She was a bit slow to suckle and felt a little cold, so I held her in my hands to warm her up a little and after a little while she livened up enough to root for a teat. Two more births followed in the next hour or so and by 4am, with Fiz
z happily nursing them, I crawled back to bed. The alarm goes off at 6am and we found another kitten had been born bringing the total to five.
We have 3 tawnies, a blue and a chocolate. They’re all very content and getting lovely round bellies.