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Hey guys, so I know mommas know what’s best for their babies and sometimes do things we don’t quite understand, so I know I shouldn’t worry myself too much I just like to play everything safe.
My foster kitty, Pepper, had her babies last Sunday morning (so they’re almost a week old). She had seven! No stillborns either, all are alive and look healthy to me. For the first two or three days, she kept them all together, no problem. One day she moved just one to a separate bed and was lying with it, the next day it was two in the separate bed, yesterday was a different one moved to another spot and was by herself, and today momma had one separated but was nursing him.
Now, there’s three grey and white ones, so I’m not sure if it’s always the same one or not, but I’m almost every scenario there’s a grey and white baby. And they all look pretty chunky, so they’re all growing (the smallest looks to be the calico).
I know that if momma separates a kitten and completely neglects it, it might be sick or she can’t feed them all. But she still cares about them all and will go over and feed them, but she doesn’t put them back with the rest of the group I’ll have to put him/her back. And then she’ll go and feed all 7 as a group.
Once they’re a week old I’ll start weighing them all to make sure they’re all growing fine. So tomorrow I’ll start weighing them.
Should I hold any concern or just let her do her thing for now and just monitor their weights and make sure no one is losing?
My foster kitty, Pepper, had her babies last Sunday morning (so they’re almost a week old). She had seven! No stillborns either, all are alive and look healthy to me. For the first two or three days, she kept them all together, no problem. One day she moved just one to a separate bed and was lying with it, the next day it was two in the separate bed, yesterday was a different one moved to another spot and was by herself, and today momma had one separated but was nursing him.
Now, there’s three grey and white ones, so I’m not sure if it’s always the same one or not, but I’m almost every scenario there’s a grey and white baby. And they all look pretty chunky, so they’re all growing (the smallest looks to be the calico).
I know that if momma separates a kitten and completely neglects it, it might be sick or she can’t feed them all. But she still cares about them all and will go over and feed them, but she doesn’t put them back with the rest of the group I’ll have to put him/her back. And then she’ll go and feed all 7 as a group.
Once they’re a week old I’ll start weighing them all to make sure they’re all growing fine. So tomorrow I’ll start weighing them.
Should I hold any concern or just let her do her thing for now and just monitor their weights and make sure no one is losing?