Sarafina had her babies. new pictures.

[jenluckenbach]

Sarafina has had 5 babies, this evening. I don't think she is done. And I am not sure how good a mom she is going to be. when I got to her room this evening, she had 2 babies in her nest andthey were getting cold. And she had 2 babies in her litter box, all covered in litter. I got them out, wiped them off and found that none of the afterbirths were cleaned off. Well, I never dealt with that before, so uncertain what to do I just cut them off leaving a couple inches of umbilical cord on the babies. then I got them onto a heating pad and tried to get them warmed up. All while I am doing this, Sarafina is having another baby!

After we got that one wiped off a bit I convinced mom to come onto the heat pad and care for her babies. She licked them only half heartedly, but stayed while I treid to get them to nurse.

The 2 blacks must have been born first. A grey next and then 2 whites. The whites seem the weakest. Here is the photo of this first 5 I quickly snapped.


And like I said, I really don't think she is done. I need to be in bed SOON! even though I'd love to stay up to see if I can be of help to her. (I am SOOOOO not a night person) I pray that they survive and she cares for them properly.

Le tme throw in 2 photos from yesterday. See how fat??





Pray for these little ones. I hope Sarafina cn be the great mom Angelica has been.

[Catty1]

Gosh, I HOPE so! Can Charlie check on them at all?

I hope she starts to nurse them.

The litter box....being so young I wonder if she responded to the contractions by going to the litter box? I've heard of the occasional young mom cat being confused.

Prayers that the MOM instinct kicks in soon.

[sasvermont]

Sounds as though she could use your help. What about putting the weaker ones with the other mother cat? Would she accept them as her own? Yikes.

[Medusa]

Oh boy, that doesn't sound good. Hopefully the babies are ok; maybe she instinctively knows something. My Pidge came to me when she was in labor and she had 3 kittens, two of them stillborn and the other she refused to have anything to do with and it died w/in hours. This may not be the same thing but you might have Charlie watch them during the night if you can't. I hope everything is ok and that Sarafina is just a confused mom.

[Catty1]

gosh, Jen - there is a PTr near you, isn't there? Sheesh, can't recall her name....darn it!

Get the bottles warmed up....

PT PRAYERS for Serafina and her babies!

[Laura's Babies]

Good luck babies, we are all rooting for you! Hope Sarafia figures out what she is suppose to do! Prayers for the babies and their Mom.

[jennielynn1970]

Why not try to have Angelica help them out, since she is there and just had kittens too. I mean, they do do that, take kittens from other litters and nurse. If she doesn't want anything to do with them, I'd definitely try Angelica, so they at least get a better shot at surviving.

[jenluckenbach]

New photos.




I still worry about the littlest white baby. He seems OK, but I just don't know if he's nursing well. So keep these babies on your thoughts.

I tried syringe feeding him. Not much luck, though. Sometimes it takes a while for them to get the hang of it. And then again, maybe he was just full.

[Moesha]

Baby kitties everywhere!!!

[Barbara]

Sending my best thoughts especially for little whitey and for all the others

[Laura's Babies]

She looks so sweet laying there with all those babies... The contrast of black and white is just so pretty!

[jenluckenbach]

Babies are good this morning, but mom is sick. I started her on meds for URI and also gave some diarrhea meds. I hope she can kick this cold soon. Poor kid....she's having a rough time of it.

[jenluckenbach]

[nancys]

Oh they are cute! Is Sarafina taking care of them? When my Mollie June had her last litter of kittens she acted confused and didn't atke care of them at first either. I put her & the babies in a carrier and put it in a quiet place and than she was fine.

[jenluckenbach]

Sarafina is doing very well. She still has diarrhea, though. I guess we'll change medications and try something else. All babies are happy.