New Babies

Good morning..I'm new here, been reading the forum on pregnant cats and newborn kittens. I bought a kitchen scale and going to be weighing my 5 new babies today. My problem is they are all black and no distinctive markings yet they are 2 days old today,she woke me up at 2 am Mothers Day and wanted me to sit right there beside her box while she have birth. I rescued the momma when she was a baby,she was in a parking lot up under a car. She don't meow.. just squeeks. We were getting ready to take her to be fixed and she got out and a neighborhood Tom got her.
My question is how do I tell them apart? Can I mark them somehow so I know who weighs what? Honey says a sharpie dot on the tail of one ,two dots for the second and so on...is this safe or is there a better way?Momma kitty is young and her first liter and I want to make sure they are doing good.Once they are weaned all will be getting fixed.

I initially put a dot of non toxic marker in their ears, but I found it rubbed off too easily.
Others have suggested painting one nail, however I prefer to used velcro collars (I leave just enough velcro for it to stick, but that it comes off easily if kitten gets stuck).

They are tiny , their necks are no bigger around than my thumb.how do I make a collar that small

I put collars on my kittens within minutes of birth. I check them out, weigh them and then put the collar on.

I take the regular velcro dog whelping collars and cut them in half width wise so they are thinner, and cut them again length wise ahead of time, then cut again to adjust them to proper length when I put them on the kitten.

Just purchased some welping collars from Amazon should be here tomorrow so far their weights are today 119gr, 125gr, 91gr, 113gr, 95gr.Momma was nervous but as I weight then I put them back in the box and she was ok then..thanks for the welping collar idea

Do you know what the 91g and 95g ones were at birth? Ideally they should be gaining a minimum of 10g a day.

Would love to see some pictures

Don't know what they were at birth today was the first one been able to weigh them..I'll get some pictures

Didn't mean to post three of the same one...

No markings on any to distinguish between them Momma has a small patch of white on her chest.

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this was another double post, it didn't look like it took the first time do I did it again and see it posted twice...sorry

Here is all them together real quick before momma gets upset because I'm messing with them

Crazykat Lady said:

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I would tie ribbons or yarn loosely around their necks if the collars don't fit. Adorable kittens and pretty mother BTW!

Ok a little concerned here...the momma still had a little bit of a bloody discharge...is this normal

Yes as long as mom is still nursing kittens, eating and moving around normally, a small amount of spotting or bloody discharge is normal after birth.

If you notice the amount of blood or frequency of bleeding increases (or bleeding has a foul odor) you will need to take her to the vet because she may an infection or retained kitten.

Weight update on the babies..all seem to be gaining.....138g. 125g. 109g. 132g 103g ...
welping collars should be here today so will be able to keep track better of who is who once I get them all color coded...but it looks like everyone is gaining