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.





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.












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]

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.

[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.






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.



Here is a pic of the litter today. They all seem to be okay.

[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!

[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!

[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!!