Well, THAT was an interesting way to spend an evening.

[azdesertrose]

I helped my friend Tiff midwife her cat, Nut, this evening. Nut, a brown tabby with a few ginger tabby patches, went into labor around 10 this evening. She's young for it, not yet a year old, but she did a good job, except for not quite knowing what to do about umbilical cords and afterbirths.



Here she is, cleaning up the firstborn kitten, who looks just like her.


And here is the first kitten as Tiff and I are about to double-team it to trim the umbilical cord.


It's kind of hard to see, but the second kitten, who so far appears to be solid white, is being born.


A few minutes later, she popped out a third kitten, a ginger tabby like his dad.


Here's the aforementioned dad, Punkin, who seemed to think he needed to supervise and assist.


And here we are about to trim kitten 3's umbilical cord.


I got several shots of the three kittens nursing. It took them a while to find the milk bar.




And to be honest, we thought she was done. The kittens were clean and nursing and Nut seemed pretty relaxed.


So we got up and went to the computer to get the pics off my camera. We looked back into the bedroom, and Punkin was in the box again, aggravating Nut, so Tiff asked me to get his furry arse out of there.

I went and nudged him out, and then pushed a bit of towel aside to find...

A fourth kitten, another ginger tabby.


Punkin's helping clean the fourth one, as Tiff and I get ready to take care of the umbilical and afterbirth mess.


And now, she's finished.




Not what I had on the agenda for this evening, but I can't say I had anything better to do, and the new kittens are just TOO cute. I'm going to have a hard time not adopting one.

Comments

Awwww!!!!

[nixxymoon.livejournal.com]

OMG so cute!!! i would totally adopt one if Daisy (the poochie) got along better with cats .. (fear she would think it was a snack!) *shutter*

i want one!!! LOL so sweet!!!!!

[kileaiya.livejournal.com]

Aww, so adorable! Now I want a kitten again!

[pixietulip.livejournal.com]

Isn't it cool when you get to see an animal give birth?! It's interesting and educational and a bit gross and squishy. Were you scared cutting off the umbilical cords?

When I was still in the belly almost ready to get out, we had a cat that was pregnant and it gave birth on my mums lap. I think it's nice when animals trust you enough to let you in on everything and let you help them. It gives you warm fuzzies.

Re: Awwww!!!!

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

I know. They are SOOOOO cute. My boyfriend is, unfortunately, severely allergic to cats, so I can't have one, and I can't even take one and keep it at my parents' house because their cats are elderly and would probably not react too well. But I WANT one. *pout*

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

Kittens are addictive. *grin*

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

It was cool. A few years ago, I helped a different friend help her dog deliver pups, but the mama dog was a bit more experienced (she'd given birth once before) and didn't need any particular help.

I wasn't really scared trimming the umbilicals; I was just REALLY careful not to handle the kittens too roughly. They're SO little, and I didn't want to hurt them.

Nut is a sweet cat, and she didn't seem to mind Tiff and me handling the kittens; I think she understood that we were there to help.

[gothicvampyr13.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of when Akayume had her first litter. It was my first time, too, and I was terrified. She kept yowling like she was dying. 2 o'clock in the morning. It took about an hour and a half to two hours for six kittens. Thankfully, she didn't have any problems with what to do, cuz I don't think I could have cut cords and stuff. That's just gross.

[azdesertrose.livejournal.com]

It wasn't all that gross, though I did wash my hands a number of times, but that was more out of concern for sanitation.

I want a kitty

[emaryslyneth.livejournal.com]

AWWW that is SOO CUTE! I want a kitty. I had one once and it died of stomach tumors..... sad day but alas I am a nanny and can not adopt one... and back home we have 3 doggies. Jaxx (momma) Moose (Son) and Ugly who is a chinese pugh. Jaxx gave birth several years ago to 13 puppies... that also happened to be the day my brother broke his jaw in two places and punctured and ear drumb so mom and dad where at the hospital with him and I got to help Jaxx with all those puppies... it was really cool and as I was only 13 at the time it was even more cool and what was even more awesome is when my grandparents came over and my dad came home Jaxx got all mad when they came close to the pen.. she only let me in there with her. *GRINS*