Munchkin Gave Birth!! Day 2...UPDATE WITH PICS!! POST #42

[Reachoutrescue]

***PLEASE NOTE, MY CAMERA WAS DATED WRONG, IT IS SET FOR A DAY AHEAD AND I DON'T KNOW WHY...I'M SORRY GUYS!

Yesterday around 4:10 pm I noticed Munchkin having contractions. She had a bit of trouble with the first one and seemed in a lot of pain. I sat there and talked to her and comforted her. At 4:40 she delivered her first baby, a female calico. Munchkin opened the sac and cleaned the baby very nicely. She cut the cord and took care of the rest. Here are two pictures of the lil' girl just minutes after her mama cleaned her up.

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She rested about an hour then gave birth to the second baby at 5:30, the third about 5:50...they are identical. Here are pictures of the two lil' orange and white baby boys.

This first one was taken about 15 minutes after the 3rd baby was born, he is almost completely dry.
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MORE IN NEXT POST..........

[Katjaye]

AWWWWW! What little loves! What a great job Munchkin! Congrats to all of you! Can't wait to see more! They are just precious!

[sweetpatata6]

Congradulations Munchkin! They sure are cuties!! can't wait for the next post!!

PS... I've never heard of cats giving birth to identicals, but frankly, I've never thaught about it lol!

[Reachoutrescue]

When we did the x-ray, it showed 5 babies, by 7:15, she had not had any other babies. She scared me and I called the emergency vet, the told me to watch her for signs of pain or contractions and if no other kitten is born, bring her in. At 8:05 she gave birth to the 4th baby.....an all orange male.

These were taken just minutes after the sac was opened.
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The 5th and final kitten scared me even more. She did not deliver the baby until almost 10:30pm. Again, I called the vet, and they told me as long as she is caring for the other babies and does not seem distressed to wait a bit longer. She gave birth to a lil...very lil calico (I think she is calico, she is mainy black and white with some orange on her) girl. She is very tiny. Munchkin opened the sac and cut the cord, but did not clean the baby off, I gave her a little bit longer, then I took the kitten in a clean dry wash cloth and cleaned her off. Around 11:30pm the baby was all dry and Munchkin was sort of ignoring her. Since Munchkin wouldn't take care of her and the baby didn't seem to want to nurse, I prepared a bottle of KMR for the baby and fed her. She didn't want it at first, but with much persistance, she drank well. I then put her back with Munchkin. About 1 am, Munchkin began licking and cleaning the lil' runt, the baby then started to nurse. Today the baby is nursing well and all have plump lil' bellies!

Here is a picture of the last baby girl just after birth.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/AssortedPics022.jpg

Here is a pic of the litter today. They all seem to be okay.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/AssortedPics023.jpg

[critter crazy]

Awwwwwwwwww......Look at those wittle babies!!! How adorable!! Great job Munchkin!!! What a great mommie you are, and you have such adorable babies!

[Reachoutrescue]

Congradulations Munchkin! They sure are cuties!! can't wait for the next post!!

PS... I've never heard of cats giving birth to identicals, but frankly, I've never thaught about it lol!
Munckin says "Thank you....meow" to you and Katjaye.

I have heard of identical kittens, but have never seen it...they were like back to back! If you look at them you can see they are very much identical with maybe one or two marking differences. I was amazed to watch them be born so closely together!!

[sweetpatata6]

Munckin says "Thank you....meow" to you and Katjaye.

I have heard of identical kittens, but have never seen it...they were like back to back! If you look at them you can see they are very much identical with maybe one or two marking differences. I was amazed to watch them be born so closely together!!


That's really cool! I wonder if they have the same DNA like human identical twins... And your welcome Munckin!!! Is this her first litter? She's a great meowmie.

[Freedom]

Prayers for the littel one!

Those photos are so sweet! What a worry they gave you, though. Glad it all worked out fine.

For the first 4, does the mom cat put them to nurse, or do you place them after she has cleaned them up? Just curious. I know you had to place the 5th baby.

[Reachoutrescue]

That's really cool! I wonder if they have the same DNA like human identical twins... And your welcome Munckin!!! Is this her first litter? She's a great meowmie.
I wonder about the DNA thing too....that would be cool. Munchkin was my bro's cat and he never spayed her and let her be an outdoor/indoor cat, I am very mad at him for this. I took her from him and told him he can not have her back until she is spayed. Yes this is her first (and only) litter. She really is a good meowmie!!

Prayers for the littel one!

Those photos are so sweet! What a worry they gave you, though. Glad it all worked out fine.

For the first 4, does the mom cat put them to nurse, or do you place them after she has cleaned them up? Just curious. I know you had to place the 5th baby.
Thank you very much for your prayers for the lil' girl. I am hoping she will be okay. The babies automatically find the mama's nipples, sometimes you have to place them all. Munchkin was so tired. I am thinking that is why she did not care for the 5th baby at first.

[Freedom]

Thanks! Wow, it is just so fascinating (if you haven't been through it a dozen times, I guess that makes a difference). The new first time mom knows to open the sac, clean the baby, cut the cord, and the baby knows to go find food!

Some of them never outgrown that! :rolleyes: :D

[RedHedd]

The wonder of new life - so amazing and so beautiful. Congrats Munchkin - what a wonderful meowmie with a gorgeous litter of little ones :)

[Catty1]

Poor tired Munchkin! Now she can rest and nurse her TOTALLY ADORABLE babies!

Did the vet say if she needs any special food for nursing kitty moms?

I love how the first ones just know where to go and CLING with their tiny toesies! :D

[Scooter's Mom]

They are all beautiful! Great job Munchkin!!
Congratulations on a beautiful new kitty family in the making. My thoughts will be sent for the baby to thrive and grow!

Hugs,
Crystal

[momcat]

This is such a beautiful thing! There are no words to describe how I felt seeing these minutes old newborns. You did great, Munchkin, and your babies are so beautiful! I'm sure that you're going to be a very attentive and caring mommycat.

Thank you so much for sharing these pictures with us. Is Munchkin accepting the last baby? I hope so. Please know that my prayers are being prayed for Munchkin and her precious little newborns. May each baby enjoy a long, healthy, happy life filled with nothing but the love and care every kitty deserves!

[jenluckenbach]

BABIES !!!!


SQUEALS WITH JOY!!

[moosmom]

Great job Munchkin!!! Your babies are gorgeous!

[Reachoutrescue]

Did the vet say if she needs any special food for nursing kitty moms?
The emergency vet did not say she needed special food. Her regular vet put her on kitten food. So she is currently still on kitten formula. I will be calling her vet in the morning, as he was closed yesterday and today.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad to see and hear that Munchkin and her babies are doing well. They sure are cutie pies.:)

[Katjaye]

AWWWW! They are all ADORABLE! Congratulations!!!!

Yes, we will be praying for the littlest one! Poor Munchkin...I would be tired too!!!! Lol! Great job to you and Munchkin! Thank you so much for sharing them with us!!!

[Fuzzybuns]

How sweet! Lovely babies you have there!

Toby's an opposite twin; Every mark he has on his right, his brother Gus has on the left.
Toby
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/EmBeeTM/Photos/TobyTwin.jpg
Gus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/EmBeeTM/Photos/GusTwin.jpg

The only other difference is that Toby has two different colored eyes.

They played and slept more together than with the others and where you'd find one, you'd find the other. They still, even though they haven't seen each other in 8 years, have the same mannerisms. My sil has Gus and while she's pregnant I've been cleaning her house...I walk in and start talking to him and I always call him Toby at least once, lol.

They're the same grey, it's just different lighting.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Awweee! How adorable! Bless you for taking care of momma and babies!

[orangemm]

Looks like a very happy family and Munchkin is the perfect mommy. So glad all turned out well and you were there to make sure the 5th baby was taken care of.

Congratulations to all!

[CultureJunky]

Oh Munchkin you are such a clever brave girl, and I'm sure you'll make an excellent mother. Your babies are beatiful, we are all proud on PT! Well done, you're a wonderful precious girl. I hope your babies are all healthy and grow up to go to furrever homes :)

[smokey the elder]

You could mix some dry KMR with the kitten food; that's what I feed nursing mamas.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Awwwwwwwwww, how sweet and adorable!!!!!

[Medusa]

OMG! I want them all! They're all so adorable and Munchkin is so sweet. I would be tired, too, after giving birth 5 times. What a good little mommy she is and thank you so much for sharing the pix w/us. Good job, Munchkin! :D

[Pawla]

What ADORABLE babies! Congrats to you Miss Munchkin!

[rg_girlca]

Hi there Tracy. Good to see you back. :) I see you're still very busy with your rescuing.

AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! What sweet adorable widdle babies. I'm happy to hear that Munchkin finally took care of the little runt and I'm sure that she will be okay now that mama took over.

Thanks for all the adorable pictures. It sure made my day. :)

[Husky_mom]

O M G !!!........ what a bunch of adorable lil babies!!! and momma too!!

I love how one of the identical has this forehead mark (husky mark ;))

can´t wait to see more pics of their progress...... what a lvely momma you are Munchkin!!

[Reachoutrescue]

Thank you everybody for your nice comments and congrats to Munchkin, she sure appreciates it as well as I do. I promise to update with pics as much as possible.

Hi there Tracy. Good to see you back. :) I see you're still very busy with your rescuing.

AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! What sweet adorable widdle babies. I'm happy to hear that Munchkin finally took care of the little runt and I'm sure that she will be okay now that mama took over.

Thanks for all the adorable pictures. It sure made my day. :)
Thank you! It is nice to be back...I sure missed it here! I am still busy rescuing...it was definately my calling! I love it! Thanks for the nice comments, I am glad I made your day!

[lvpets2002]

;) They are all so Cute.. Yes momma your Adorable too.. Glad all went well & all is doing good & healthy..

[Jenn&Dean]

Good job Munchkin, we're all proud of you, and you have a bunch of widdle cute babies!!!

Makes me want another orangie!!!

[KitCat]

So cute! I just wanted to pet them all!

[phesina]

What a beautiful family, and what a good new mommie! Thank you for sharing their pictures and story.

[cassiesmom]

Congratulations, Munchkin and I am glad all the kittens are fine so far. And what a wonderful nurse/meowmy to stay with her and make sure everything was fine. Especially after kitten #4 took a little while to be born.

[Randi]

Aww, what adorable kittens, and what a good mom Munchkin is. :) I'm glad all went well and the fifth kitten were taken care of too. Good job! :D

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

[sandragonfly]

wow, they look SO big already just being a few minutes old than my little peanuts at about 7-10 days old. :eek: congratulations to you and your munchkin. adorable babies. :)

this event reminded me of the birth my star gave (rescued from rainy street one night) and she gave a birth to four boys and fifth one, a very very little runt girl too! she didn't clean or anything and it was very hard nursing her, she'd become purplish sometimes (a white kitty) and ended up in ICU on her two last days, 10th day. :(

hope your little one will thrive as much as she should, will keep her in my prayers and good luck with others! they sure grow fast...

[momcat]

Hi beautiful Munchkin! How are you and your precious, adorable little babies doing today? You and your gorgeous new family were the center of attention with all the animal lovers at my office today. All of my co-workers fell in love with each of you at first sight. Gentle smoochies to you and your babies! You did great, sweetheart!

[catmandu]

Hail Hail The Gangs All Here And We Are So Glad That The Little Ones Are All Right And That Muchkin Momma Has The Situation Well In Hand.
Look At Those Little Cats Of The Future And You Will See The Hand Of Our Gracious Lord God Above.

[Reachoutrescue]

Munchkin thanks everybody for all of your nice comments and warm wishes. The family is doing well. Lots of plump lil' bellies and soft meows...okay some of them are actually kind of loud! I took some pictures of the babies and wanted to post them, but photobucket is doing some website maintenance. I will have to try again later. Sorry guys, but thank you so much for your very kind words, thoughts, and prayers. Munchkin, the babies, and all of us really appreciate it.

[Dorothy39]

Awwwwwweeee~ Munchkin is certainly a Beautiful First Time Mommy, and I'm so glad that all of her little ones made it into the world. You did a good job too Reachoutrescue ;)

Thank-You for sharing,

[Reachoutrescue]

Okay...Finally, photobucket is up and running! So here are the pictures I took yesterday of Munchkin and her kits. Sorry again about the date, I remembered to change the date AFTER I took the pictures....go figure!! I hope you all enjoy these furry faces!!

The happy family.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/Munchkin-n-thekits1-22-07.jpg

Munchkin is a good mama!
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/Munchkin-n-kits1-22-07.jpg

Kitten #1 Calico Female. (sorry for the blur, my camera doesn't focus well.)
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/10-22-07KIT1.jpg

Kitten #2, one of the twins, Male.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/10-22-07KIT2twin1.jpg

Kitten #3, the other twin, Male. (only difference between the two is this one has a white marking on his face.)
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/10-22-07KIT3twin2.jpg

Kitten #4, Male. (sorry again for the blur)
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/10-22-07KIT4.jpg

And my fave!! Kitten #5, Calico female (I think she is a calico, she has orange on her but mostly black and white).
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n194/Reachoutrescue/Munchkin%20and%20Babies/10-22-07KIT5.jpg

I don't have any names picked out yet as I want to wait for them to grow a little to be sure they all make it and see what their personalities are like.

Hope you all enjoyed the pictures as much I did while I was taking them!! Have a nice day everybody.

[Medusa]

I know how you feel about calicos. I'm partial to them, too, and black cats and orangies and tuxedoes and...... :p They're all such adorable little fuzz nuggets!

[critter crazy]

How completely adorable!!!:eek:

[angelbow20]

AWW they are alll so cute. I really want kitten muber 4 or 5... I love calico's and dark orange kitties!!!!

[Pawla]

All Are SOOO CUTE, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the orange one! :D

[RedHedd]

OMG! Squeal! They are SO cute!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad that they're all doing well.:) They sure are adorable. I'd have a very hard time letting any of them go.:)