Bit of a sad confusing story.
Out beautiful long haired tortie girl gave birth to her first kitten on Friday evening of last week (1st and last ever litter, aged 5) - one ginger kitten - all appeared well - but overnight I went downstairs at 2am and baby was meowing and not latched on - I tried to help it on but it wouldn’t so went and brought food in for mum - mum gulped food then looked up and sadly and so quickly kitten had stopped breathing. Called husband down to check, he confirmed and we decided to leave it where it was for a bit while mum came to terms with it. Couldn’t help start beat myself up with what-ifs and what went wrong, then next day it had completely vanished, and as she’d only had one we took her to vets and she had X-ray and there was another inside - a good 30hrs after she’d had first. Agreed to emergency section and spay at the same time and home came a scrap of a kitten also ginger. Cat was poorly and so we hand fed for the first 3 feeds but then to our relief mum took over (we also have a newborn baby ourselves!). All seemed to be going well despite vet saying not to hold out much hope, until yesterday morning when I went to look for kitten, 5am thank goodness before daughter, and just found a head. Felt pretty traumatised all day seeing image and thinking of the poor kitten and what might have been wrong , buried it, said goodbye to both kittens with my young daughters, my eldest also went through a bit of blaming herself which was heartbreaking, but then a good 12 hrs later my husband found a live kitten upstairs in a draw! So confused because it seems much bigger than both, doesn’t have the swollen genitals kitten two has and seems a bit different but also ginger. So confused and feels like an emotional rollercoaster! Could this be kitten 2, moved and then replaced with the head of the one that had died initially but just grown a bit and swelling gone down? Or the initial one maybe not have been dead although it really did seem it and in between cat had vets operation and a full night with kitten 2? Or a 3rd kitten born before the rest - but would also have meant it surfing at the same time? So confused, but somehow feeling a little better if the head was in deed the original poor little kitten ... can anyone help? (my memories of a cat having kittens just the once when I was little were so straightforward, not like this, still feel sad and a bit traumatised but what I found but having the live kitten again feels a relief so hoping it stays ok although that’s a fear too).
Out beautiful long haired tortie girl gave birth to her first kitten on Friday evening of last week (1st and last ever litter, aged 5) - one ginger kitten - all appeared well - but overnight I went downstairs at 2am and baby was meowing and not latched on - I tried to help it on but it wouldn’t so went and brought food in for mum - mum gulped food then looked up and sadly and so quickly kitten had stopped breathing. Called husband down to check, he confirmed and we decided to leave it where it was for a bit while mum came to terms with it. Couldn’t help start beat myself up with what-ifs and what went wrong, then next day it had completely vanished, and as she’d only had one we took her to vets and she had X-ray and there was another inside - a good 30hrs after she’d had first. Agreed to emergency section and spay at the same time and home came a scrap of a kitten also ginger. Cat was poorly and so we hand fed for the first 3 feeds but then to our relief mum took over (we also have a newborn baby ourselves!). All seemed to be going well despite vet saying not to hold out much hope, until yesterday morning when I went to look for kitten, 5am thank goodness before daughter, and just found a head. Felt pretty traumatised all day seeing image and thinking of the poor kitten and what might have been wrong , buried it, said goodbye to both kittens with my young daughters, my eldest also went through a bit of blaming herself which was heartbreaking, but then a good 12 hrs later my husband found a live kitten upstairs in a draw! So confused because it seems much bigger than both, doesn’t have the swollen genitals kitten two has and seems a bit different but also ginger. So confused and feels like an emotional rollercoaster! Could this be kitten 2, moved and then replaced with the head of the one that had died initially but just grown a bit and swelling gone down? Or the initial one maybe not have been dead although it really did seem it and in between cat had vets operation and a full night with kitten 2? Or a 3rd kitten born before the rest - but would also have meant it surfing at the same time? So confused, but somehow feeling a little better if the head was in deed the original poor little kitten ... can anyone help? (my memories of a cat having kittens just the once when I was little were so straightforward, not like this, still feel sad and a bit traumatised but what I found but having the live kitten again feels a relief so hoping it stays ok although that’s a fear too).
Congratulations on your new kitten 
