Kittens (new pictures 4/18)

I have a call into my into my vet. I know there is more kittens because I can still see movement. She has not had a kitten in 5 hours. He called. If she doesn't have another by 3":30 I am to call back, and we will decide what to do for her.

He understands she is feral. I think he also understands that she is a future pet too, but if not I will be stressing that point. I really hoped she could just have her babies with out any problems. Truthfully she might be doing just that, and I am just a worry wart. Don't know, but I would rather error on the safe side, and involve the vet if we need him.

Hooray!!!   toast

I'm not sure I am trying to leave her alone, but we either have a little grey tabby or another calico.

I think five. There could be another one hiding though because it is hard to see into the kennel and I don't want to disturb her. I think we have a yellow tabby, yellow and white tabby, black and white, calico, and grey tabby. That is the best I can do for now.

I think we are still at 5 kittens. I really can't see any more. The one I thought was a grey tabby is actually a calico with some stripes in her dark fur. I have food and water right beside the kennel for her if she wants, but I don't think she has come out of there at all today. I turned off her light, but I kept the back porch light on because it shines a little bit through her window. Poor little girl, she is so tired. The kittens all seem to be nursing well. I can't check to see if she  is producing milk because I can't touch her, but I imagine she must be, the way her babies keep going after her. Her belly still looks pretty good sized, but I was thinking, my belly was still pretty big after I had my babies too. It was very disappointing to have to wear maternity pants for a couple more weeks. Maybe that is what is going on with her, after all she had 5 babies. I do hope she is all done and can rest now. Poor darling. 

I think my vet told me at one time not to give my cat milk, and that some adult cats can't tolerate cows milk. I haven't given her any milk so far, so I don't know if she can tolerate it or not. However I am sure they sell cat milk at the grocery store. A girl I worked with was feeding it to a baby kitten who had lost it's Mom. I read the container and it said it was formulated for adult cats. I pointed that out to her and suggested she get kitten milk from the vet instead. She thought the kitten looked fine, and she didn't need to change the milk. Sadly they lost the poor little guy. I think I will run to the store in a little bit and get some of the cat milk. It isn't real milk, but if it encourages her to drink more that should be good for her milk production. The kitten chow should give her more fats, so she should be able to provide rich milk for her babies to really grow on.

Yes I will be having her spayed as soon as we wean those babies. The should be weaned in 6 to 8 weeks. Tame or not she will be going to the vet.

The kittens are starting to have fat little bellies so I know her milk has come in good. At first I couldn't detect any swelling around her teats so I was worried she didn't have a good milk supply. Well I still can't see any swelling on her, but I can sure see it on those babies fat little tummies.

Heidi still looks tired, but she has been up eating, drinking, and using her litter box. Bless her heart. I think she did a good job.