Pregnant stray cat giving birth right now

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KatW4 would you be interested in a loving home for one of those kittens when they're old enough? We're looking for a companion for our current lone cat and I'd love if she had an origin story like that.

We're in Munster but will travel!

OldNotWIse

Estrella Silly Menthol wrote: »

KatW4 would you be interested in a loving home for one of those kittens when they're old enough? We're looking for a companion for our current lone cat and I'd love if she had an origin story like that.

We're in Munster but will travel!

:D:o

PlainP

Estrella Silly Menthol wrote: »

KatW4 would you be interested in a loving home for one of those kittens when they're old enough? We're looking for a companion for our current lone cat and I'd love if she had an origin story like that.

We're in Munster but will travel!

Love this, I was showing my son the pics and he also asked could we get one. Unfortunately my two (cats) are a bit too long in the tooth for a kitten but I'd love to get another.....

KatW4

Estrella Silly Menthol wrote:

KatW4 would you be interested in a loving home for one of those kittens when they're old enough? We're looking for a companion for our current lone cat and I'd love if she had an origin story like that.

I'm sure that would be absolutely fine I'll PM you in a few weeks! And I better double check with my boyfriend but there shouldn't be a problem. It would be great to know that the little thing would be going to a loving owner.

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KatW4 wrote:

I'm sure that would be absolutely fine I'll PM you in a few weeks! And I better double check with my boyfriend but there shouldn't be a problem. It would be great to know that the little thing would be going to a loving owner.

Oh my goodness, that's the best news ever if your boyfriend agrees! Let me know the county you're in whenever you get a chance so we can plan a trip there to coincide with the adoption! They're so adorable!

KatW4

Estrella Silly Menthol wrote:

Oh my goodness, that's the best news ever if your boyfriend agrees! Let me know the county you're in whenever you get a chance so we can plan a trip there to coincide with the adoption! They're so adorable!

It's not problem at all we live in Offaly so we are pretty far away. It'll be about a few weeks before we can give them away according to the vet! They're really cute and they're growing every day!

Speedwell

PlainP wrote: »

Love this, I was showing my son the pics and he also asked could we get one. Unfortunately my two (cats) are a bit too long in the tooth for a kitten but I'd love to get another.....

I introduced an eight-week-old kitten to my two 14-year-olds last year. They clearly thought I had lost my mind, but everyone is a little happier now that the kitten has stopped biting and jumping on everything that moves. And the old boy and girl are obviously happier and more active than they were Before Kitten.

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KatW4 wrote:

It's not problem at all we live in Offaly so we are pretty far away. It'll be about a few weeks before we can give them away according to the vet! They're really cute and they're growing every day!

I've always wanted an excuse to visit Offaly! I heard 8 weeks is the safest bet for weaning and then it's best to leave them with their peers until 3 months for socialisation. So we might come collect the weekend of Aug 13? Looking forward to that's going to make the summer very exciting!

KatW4

Estrella Silly Menthol wrote:

I've always wanted an excuse to visit Offaly! I heard 8 weeks is the safest bet for weaning and then it's best to leave them with their peers until 3 months for socialisation. So we might come collect the weekend of Aug 13? Looking forward to that's going to make the summer very exciting!

Sounds perfect to me I'm away until the 12th so it'll be the perfect timing. You'll be counting down the days I bet

They've started to open their eyes today! It's mad that they're a week old already!!! :O

jenn1984

Hi Guys

We're looking after a stray mammy cat and her three kittens. Only one cat has her eyes open, the second had her eyes open and they've shut up again (guessing from eye infection) and the third hasn't opened his eyes at all yet. We're at the sixteen day stage now. Looked online and saw that you could use cotton balls/warm water, has anyone had experience with this?

Thanks
Jennifer

New Home

Could you please post a photo of the kittens' eyes?

intheclouds

Could you bring them to a vet?

jenn1984

At work right now but will post a pic this evening. Mammy cat came with an eye infection (gunky eyes) so chances are it was passed onto them... Will definitely take them to a vet if their eyesight is at risk.

New Home

Then yes, if mammy's eyes are bad I'd say a trip to the vet is your best bet. Poor little things, they must be very uncomfortable...

intheclouds

jenn1984 wrote: »

At work right now but will post a pic this evening. Mammy cat came with an eye infection (gunky eyes) so chances are it was passed onto them... Will definitely take them to a vet if their eyesight is at risk.

Its not just their eyesight, kittens are fragile and their immune systems wont be fully formed yet, simple infection could actually kill them or stunt their development.

jenn1984

We got talking to the vet and asked if they thought we should take mammy/kittens in. He said that it sounded like cat flu (common with strays/outdoor cats) and gave us gel/ointment for their eyes and said it would either work or it wouldn't!! He said there was no point in taking them in as this would be the same treatment they would receive. Will do the ointment/cotton ball treatment for the next few days/however long it takes! Fingers crossed...

OldNotWIse

jenn1984 wrote: »

We got talking to the vet and asked if they thought we should take mammy/kittens in. He said that it sounded like cat flu (common with strays/outdoor cats) and gave us gel/ointment for their eyes and said it would either work or it wouldn't!! He said there was no point in taking them in as this would be the same treatment they would receive. Will do the ointment/cotton ball treatment for the next few days/however long it takes! Fingers crossed...

Did he not prescribe antibiotics for the flu?

Speedwell

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Did he not prescribe antibiotics for the flu?

Cat flu is a herpesvirus. Antibiotics are not appropriate for use against viruses. They are and should only be prescribed in the case of a secondary bacterial infection. If they weren't, I can only assume that no bacterial infection was diagnosed, or that all of the cats would need to be treated to prevent reinfection (and that might not have been feasible due to the type of virus present or the age of the kittens).

OldNotWIse

Speedwell wrote: »

Cat flu is a herpesvirus. Antibiotics are not appropriate for use against viruses. They are and should only be prescribed in the case of a secondary bacterial infection. If they weren't, I can only assume that no bacterial infection was diagnosed, or that all of the cats would need to be treated to prevent reinfection (and that might not have been feasible due to the type of virus present or the age of the kittens).

Oh, thanks for the info. I've always been prescribed antibiotics when I brought in cats with flu, so presumably they had secondary infections. When I brought my girl (who is now a ten year old lump of lard), she was only a few weeks and vet gave her a shot of antiB, but she was in a very bad way with ulcers in the mouth etc.

Speedwell

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Oh, thanks for the info. I've always been prescribed antibiotics when I brought in cats with flu, so presumably they had secondary infections. When I brought my girl (who is now a ten year old lump of lard), she was only a few weeks and vet gave her a shot of antiB, but she was in a very bad way with ulcers in the mouth etc.

Yeah, I have always been presented with antibiotics "as a precaution", but the last time, my cats weren't given any. The vets explained what signs I should watch out for. Fortunately the cats only had normal upper respiratory infections and though they didn't like having their noses cleared with a bulb aspirator (like you would do for babies) and their food syringed into them (since they didn't feel like eating what they couldn't smell), they didn't have bacterial involvement.

A few other viruses are also called, broadly, "cat flu", so it is never 100 percent certain which is meant, and some may tend to have more bacterial complications than others, too.

jenn1984

Luckily they have no problem eating (drinking) as they are attached to mammy cat half the time and getting bigger everyday, squealing like normal, etc. Hopefully this gel combined with the cottonballs soaked in warm water will do the trick. Have been having a hard time sourcing kitten food locally (for mammy cat) so might have to get it online...

intheclouds

jenn1984 wrote: »

Luckily they have no problem eating (drinking) as they are attached to mammy cat half the time and getting bigger everyday, squealing like normal, etc. Hopefully this gel combined with the cottonballs soaked in warm water will do the trick. Have been having a hard time sourcing kitten food locally (for mammy cat) so might have to get it online...

LIDL do a big cheap bag of kitten food - I used it when I was feeding a new mammy cat and her kittens were eating it too.

Its probably not the most amazing quality but considering she was using the bin as a food source it was certainly better than that!

jenn1984

intheclouds wrote: »

LIDL do a big cheap bag of kitten food - I used it when I was feeding a new mammy cat and her kittens were eating it too.

Its probably not the most amazing quality but considering she was using the bin as a food source it was certainly better than that!

Thanks! LIDL was the one place I didn't think to look! You're a lifesaver!

jenn1984

Two of the kitten's (Oreo and Twinkie) eyes are now open! Truffles was the worst and one of her eyes is opening a bit so progress has been made! Can't figure out how to post pictures on here...

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If you click on 'Go Advanced' instead of 'Quick reply', it'll open up a screen with way more icons/shortcuts. Click on the paperclip, this will open a pop-up window. Select your file, scroll to the right and click on 'Upload'. The uploaded file will appear just above the 'Attachment key' heading. Close the pop-up window, and save your thread. The picture will appear as an attachment, as long as it's within the allowed size limits.

There are other ways/other steps if you want your picture to appear as an image on thread instead of seeing just the link for it.

See what you think, pm me if you have any problems.

I'm dying to see the kitties...

jenn1984

Twinkie

jenn1984

Oreo (keeps wriggling/giving out) - bad picture. Will get one of Truffles later...

New Home

N'aaaaawwwh... They are adorable...

intheclouds

OMG!!!!

So cuuuute!!!

jenn1984

Oreo is much cuter than that picture but he's been awkward/super wriggly/loud since the day he was born so getting a good picture is a bit of a pain!

KatW4

They are adorable!!! Ours have started to open their eyes too

jenn1984

Mammy cat has left one of the kittens under a table in the sitting room and gone back to the other kittens in the kitchen... should I be worried? There is a stray outside on the kitchen window that has a view of the cat bed so I'm wondering if she feels threatened?

intheclouds

jenn1984 wrote: »

Mammy cat has left one of the kittens under a table in the sitting room and gone back to the other kittens in the kitchen... should I be worried? There is a stray outside on the kitchen window that has a view of the cat bed so I'm wondering if she feels threatened?

Yeah she might do. Does she mind you handling the kittens?

jenn1984

intheclouds wrote: »

Yeah she might do. Does she mind you handling the kittens?

We can hold them away from her for about a minute for she starts giving out. We can hold them in front of her for a good while.

intheclouds

jenn1984 wrote: »

We can hold them away from her for about a minute for she starts giving out. We can hold them in front of her for a good while.

Thats nice. Can you pet mammy cat?

jenn1984

Oh yeah - mammy cat laps it up. We knew her before she had the kittens, we've been feeding her for ages.

morgana

Heh there's something about kitten pictures lol. The entire Internet can't be wrong :P - they are CUTE!

intheclouds

jenn1984 wrote: »

Oh yeah - mammy cat laps it up. We knew her before she had the kittens, we've been feeding her for ages.

Time for her to get neutered and turn into a chubby house cat I think

jenn1984

intheclouds wrote: »

Time for her to get neutered and turn into a chubby house cat I think

Oh yeah... we're planning on getting her neutered but the kittens are only 17 days old so she has at least 6 weeks of mammy duty left!

jenn1984

You know the way Batman has a bat signal? I am now convinced that we have a cat signal over the house. Mammy cat's daughter (2 years old approx) that hangs out with her was being let into the house for a while each day as she missed her Mum. We started to get the sneaking suspicion that she too was pregnant. Guess What? Our suspicions were proved correct yesterday evening when Mammy cat number 2 had 3 kittens in our living room! We now have Shadow (our live in Number 1 cat) Mammy cat no 1 (Squeak) and her 3 kittens (Twinkie, Oreo and Truffles) and Mammy cat no 2 and her 3 unnamed kittens! Oh the humanity...

intheclouds

jenn1984 wrote: »

You know the way Batman has a bat signal? I am now convinced that we have a cat signal over the house. Mammy cat's daughter (2 years old approx) that hangs out with her was being let into the house for a while each day as she missed her Mum. We started to get the sneaking suspicion that she too was pregnant. Guess What? Our suspicions were proved correct yesterday evening when Mammy cat number 2 had 3 kittens in our living room! We now have Shadow (our live in Number 1 cat) Mammy cat no 1 (Squeak) and her 3 kittens (Twinkie, Oreo and Truffles) and Mammy cat no 2 and her 3 unnamed kittens! Oh the humanity...

OMG!

You guys are a Caternity Hospital

Speedwell

jenn1984 wrote: »

We now have Shadow (our live in Number 1 cat) Mammy cat no 1 (Squeak) and her 3 kittens (Twinkie, Oreo and Truffles) and Mammy cat no 2 and her 3 unnamed kittens! Oh the humanity...

Nine out of ten vets I asked to neuter my ten-week-old rescue kitten flatly refused, and the tenth only agreed because I was referred by an existing client who was a breeder. They wanted to wait until he was five months old. From the looks of this boy, he would have been an early-to-mature problem child.

Pediatric spay and neuter prevents "home for unwed mothers" scenarios at homes and shelters, folks.

jenn1984

intheclouds wrote: »

OMG!

You guys are a Caternity Hospital

It's going to be an absolute madhouse!! The 19 day old kittens are doing their best to walk - in about a week they'll be running around the place and will probably try to play with the newborns! This is why we only have a neutered male, so kittens wouldn't be an issue! We are going though at least a box of cat food a day, we'll have to mix some dry food in!

KatW4

jenn1984 wrote:

You know the way Batman has a bat signal? I am now convinced that we have a cat signal over the house. Mammy cat's daughter (2 years old approx) that hangs out with her was being let into the house for a while each day as she missed her Mum. We started to get the sneaking suspicion that she too was pregnant. Guess What? Our suspicions were proved correct yesterday evening when Mammy cat number 2 had 3 kittens in our living room! We now have Shadow (our live in Number 1 cat) Mammy cat no 1 (Squeak) and her 3 kittens (Twinkie, Oreo and Truffles) and Mammy cat no 2 and her 3 unnamed kittens! Oh the humanity...

Oh my God that's brilliant!!!

jenn1984

KatW4 wrote: »

Oh my God that's brilliant!!!

Ya think?

New Home

Yes, I do!

Cordell

Well...same think happen in my garden last night, stray cat gave birth to 5 kittens. I cannot have them in my garden as I have a dog that will not get along with them as they drive him mad, so for the moment the dog is not going into the garden anymore, but this cannot go on. What can I do? I live in Limerick, is there any animal welfare that can take them?

intheclouds

Cordell wrote: »

Well...same think happen in my garden last night, stray cat gave birth to 5 kittens. I cannot have them in my garden as I have a dog that will not get along with them as they drive him mad, so for the moment the dog is not going into the garden anymore, but this cannot go on. What can I do? I live in Limerick, is there any animal welfare that can take them?

Yes, google your local rescues and ask them for assistance.

If you bring the dog out on a lead the cat will likely move the kittens along herself as she wont want them at risk.

KatW4

jenn1984 wrote:

Ya think?

Yep kittens are adorable! They will get expensive which is the worst part

jenn1984

KatW4 wrote: »

Yep kittens are adorable! They will get expensive which is the worst part

Realistically we are going through 10 boxes of cat food a week as mammy cats get SUPER hungry plus our own cat also loves his food! As soon as we realized mammy no.2 was in labour, we had to go into town and get a cat bed for her too. Very expensive business!