Lexi gave birth to six gorgeous kittens last week. The labour started in the afternoon with Lexi chirruping to Uno and wanting him with her. She was also trying to round up Fizz’s kitten as if she wanted her kitten family with her. Unfortunately Fizz and Kolo weren’t invited to this particular party :-) Around 9pm the purring deepened and got louder and the first kitten, a chocolate, made his entry to the world at 9.30pm.
He didn’t seem too interested in latching on though was lively enough. He tried a couple of times but was content to snuggle in and get washed. It was the best part of two hours before he got the hang of it and whilst there was movement still to be seen in Lexi’s tum, none of the others were in a hurry to make an appearance. I started to worry about the possibility of a still born holding things up, and maybe a caesarian being needed. There weren’t any contractions and Lexi was purring quietly, happily washing her kitten. 
Then around 1.45am the purring got louder followed by the usual ‘ouch, something’s on it’s way’ noises and out popped the second kitten. Phew! It was breathing and no sooner than it had a cursory lick it was headed for the milk bar. The other four followed in quick succession and it was all over in an hour. Six nice evenly sized hungry little bundles!
Now, a week on, they’re all putting on weight and growing rapidly. Lexi is a wonderful mum yet again and is positively glowing.
Last weekend saw Fizz’s last kitten go off to her new home. It was really hard to part with this one that we so nearly kept, especially as she was over 6 months old now and we knew Fizz would miss her too. Hopefully we’ll see her at the next Ocicat Club Show in October.