emilysgk
02-03-2007, 03:18 PM
The baby is doing pretty well. We had a small incedent (if you call it that) last night. It was my fault. He latched on yesterday, and again, I kept seeing it, I was SO happy. After the first spotting (after he only took half a feeding) I thought I would space the hand feeding out since he is nursing at least some. I figured about every 4 hours. Well I kept seeing it, so I gave a trial run with him just relying on mom. It failed. He seemed content and well, but after about 6hrs I found he was getting mildly dehydrated, so back to feedings. Im doing every 3-4hours as of now. The others are already growing noticably, especially cow girl. She is ALWAYS latched on. Big girl too. (she is the one with 6 toes) Actually the wee one has them too. Snow is still not mother of the year. lol She is doing better at cleaning them at least. But sometimes I have to remind her to go back. She will come out and hang around the house like usual, often for over an hour. Thats when I take her back in there, and usually I wake the babies and she will settle down with them. Im not sure how long she would stay away if I didnt.
Here are some pics of the baby after a feeding today. You can see his color showing up, I keep finding more and more markings. It may turn out to be a dilute calico after all? Still less than half the size of its siblings, but deffinatly improving.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/emilysgk0/kitty/lilshit2days-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/emilysgk0/kitty/lilshit2days-2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/emilysgk0/kitty/lilshit2days-3.jpg
Here are some pics of the baby after a feeding today. You can see his color showing up, I keep finding more and more markings. It may turn out to be a dilute calico after all? Still less than half the size of its siblings, but deffinatly improving.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/emilysgk0/kitty/lilshit2days-1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/emilysgk0/kitty/lilshit2days-2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/emilysgk0/kitty/lilshit2days-3.jpg