William
Wise Old Thumper
My ex feral cat Nyx gave birth to 3 kittens on Friday night/early Saturday morning. I’ve known she was pregnant since she was about 3 weeks pregnant (nipples turn pink and get bigger), we discussed abortion but decided in the end not to.
I’m kinda ashamed tbh, like I have no issues with breeding cats but only if there’s a purpose (e.g. improving a breed) since there’s so many homeless cats.... Harry, our 12 month old cat, is the father. He’s got reoccuring UTI so we were afraid to get him neutered yet as neutered male cats are at bigger risk of obstruction. We were supposed to get Nyx spayed when she was about 4 months old, before she went into heat, but my parents just kinda put it off and kept forgetting. But to be fair re my parents, she never showed any signs of going into heat like we’ve seen with other females and she’s quite small for her age so they kept thinking they had more time.
We were so relieved she had an easy birth, we were worried for her health. She’s done a great job though! She's such a young cat, really just a kitten herself, but she's very good with them. Sometimes when they’re asleep she likes to wander around and come up to us to rub on us or be petted but she frequently goes and checks up on them then.
The 1st little kitten
IMG_6200 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6275 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6269 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
Chowing down on a placenta :lol:
IMG_6229 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6224 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
Eating the cord
IMG_6282 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
You can see how big she was here, amazing how much smaller she is now she no longer has 3 kittens inside her lol
IMG_6194 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
It was so messy! Poor Nyx was covered in blood and gunk and we had to keep wiping the blood and stuff away. She picked a good place to give birth though I guess! At least the area was wipeable.
IMG_6300 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6295 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
The 2nd kitten being born
IMG_6235 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6256 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6257 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6258 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6285 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6264 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6263 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
20140418_230326 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
20140418_230715 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
I’m kinda ashamed tbh, like I have no issues with breeding cats but only if there’s a purpose (e.g. improving a breed) since there’s so many homeless cats.... Harry, our 12 month old cat, is the father. He’s got reoccuring UTI so we were afraid to get him neutered yet as neutered male cats are at bigger risk of obstruction. We were supposed to get Nyx spayed when she was about 4 months old, before she went into heat, but my parents just kinda put it off and kept forgetting. But to be fair re my parents, she never showed any signs of going into heat like we’ve seen with other females and she’s quite small for her age so they kept thinking they had more time.
We were so relieved she had an easy birth, we were worried for her health. She’s done a great job though! She's such a young cat, really just a kitten herself, but she's very good with them. Sometimes when they’re asleep she likes to wander around and come up to us to rub on us or be petted but she frequently goes and checks up on them then.
The 1st little kitten
IMG_6200 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6275 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6269 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
Chowing down on a placenta :lol:
IMG_6229 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6224 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
Eating the cord
IMG_6282 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
You can see how big she was here, amazing how much smaller she is now she no longer has 3 kittens inside her lol
IMG_6194 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
It was so messy! Poor Nyx was covered in blood and gunk and we had to keep wiping the blood and stuff away. She picked a good place to give birth though I guess! At least the area was wipeable.
IMG_6300 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6295 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
The 2nd kitten being born
IMG_6235 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6256 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6257 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6258 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6285 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6264 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_6263 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
20140418_230326 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
20140418_230715 by dylanduck14, on Flickr