Come and meet my kittens babies 🥰
🔊⬆️ for squeals 😸💞
After a long wait sweet mama Lillian gave birth to six kittens yesterday 🥳
I feel a bit guilty as I ran out for shopping, thinking she’d wait till Sunday after she ate a big breakfast. Cats normally lose their appetite a day before giving birth so I thought I still had time.
When I got back baby 2 had just been born and she was getting ready for baby 3.
By kitten 5 I thought she had finished and changed the nest bedding a bit early 🙄
She went to sleep after baby 6 -which is why there’s no purring on the last video- and after waiting a while I left her to rest.
When I came back I found baby 7, a tiny little kitten, who appeared to have been still born. Lili wasn’t keen on me removing him but said her goodbyes 😥
To be honest I’m glad he didn’t suffer and I’m amazed at how my skinny sick young kitty managed to have 6 healthy babies.
Lilli and her babies are doing well, she’s a great mama and is spending a lot of time feeding them so everyone gets enough.
Well done sweetie and welcome to the world babies 🤗💞 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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Mum life – Carer, cleaner, climbing frame 😸💞
Despite having her paws full mama Lillian is doing an amazing job with her six kittens and everyone had a decent weight gain of over 10g each yesterday.
I did make the mistake of having a shower right before weighing everyone so I smelled different and strange to the kittens which caused a bit of panic.
Check out my story to see a two day old kitten let me know how scary he is and I shouldn’t mess with him.
He’s also managed to open his eyes much earlier than the normal 7 to 10 days and is the younger foster l’ve had to open his eyes as he first did it when he was a day old.
Go check him out 🙈
Happy tabby Tuesday 🤗💖 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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Can we cuddle mama? #mamasgirl❤️
The kittens are now four days old and we’re all settling into our new routine.
It starts with cuddles with Lillian, who likes to sit on my lap and cover me in her scent before I say hello to the babies.
We also do daily weigh ins of the kittens, to make sure everyone is putting on weight, and I help ‘rescue’ kittens when they wander off in the wrong direction by mistake and help the babies to find their place in the milk bar line.
With such a sassy group of kittens feeding time can get very rowdy as everyone squabbles to find their place. But lilli is such a patient mama and is very good at adjusting her position to try give everyone room 🥰
Happy tiny whiskers Wednesday everyone 😁💞 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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Can I interest you in some kitten wiggles and rolls?
Wait for the tortie roll 😁
It’s not easy to capture our baby kitties without mama Lillian as she rushes back everytime they squeal when they’re settling down to sleep after feeding.
But luckily I managed to get everyone together yesterday just in time to announce names and genders.
So we have:
Kalena – Calico girl
Esmee – black & white tuxie girl
Tora – Tortoiseshell girl
Raff – Ginger &white boy with most white and open eyes
Ruri – ginger & white boy
Caden – ginger boy
As the babies are still only a few days old I might have some of the genders wrong but we’ll know after our first vet check.
But for now I think Mama Lilli has a nicely evenly split family of 3 girls and 3 boys.
Hope you like their names 🥰💖 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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Wait for it 😂
You’re never too young to play right? At least that’s what mama Lillian thinks 😁
As a young kitty Lillian loves to play when she’s having some time away from the kittens but she’s not fond of giving up her toys once she’s caught them.
Luckily the kittens didn’t seem to mind a big stick being dragged into the pen.
But Lillian did give me a grumpy look when I removed it again 😸
Happy purrsday 🤗💞 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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Caturday cuddles with mama 🥰
Cute tortie kitty Tora is turning into a real favourite for me with her goofy head butting of her sleeping spot and cute tortie markings.
I was so won over that I called her after my own tortie girl Dora as little Tora has a lot in common with her older name sake.
Including knowing how to make me feel loved as despite her very young age she always comes over to say hello to me when I visit.
So we always have a little cuddle while everyone else is ignoring me.
I think she’s attracted to my smell because she was the kitty that needed most help to stay in position to feed when she was born so she probably associates me with feeding more than everyone else does.
Whatever the reason I’m obsessed with my little girl and love starting my day with kitten cuddles. Hopefully I’ll win everyone else over soon enough 🤞
Happy weekend 🤗💕 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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Hey wait for me 🙈
How cute is little Raff as he comes around the side of Lillian to join in the feeding time fun 😂
By the end of the video he’s up near Lilli’s head and is trying to get into position.
The kittens have just turned one week old and everyone has hit the 200g mark so I’m happy with their progress and love that they’ve turned into chubby rolly little kittens 🥰
Happy weekend furends 🤗💞 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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Starting the week with a cuddle of kittens. Is there a better way? 🥰
Happy new week 🤗💝 @nxxbliss.fosters said.
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