Sunday 25 July 2010

The Nemos Make an Appearance


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Kipper didn't realise she was pregnant - I spent the last two weeks of her pregnancy rescuing her from small spaces she had got stuck in, and rescuing my ornaments from certain doom as she flung herself across mantelpieces and table tops, thinking she was a skinny kitten again, when in actual fact she was like a small armoured tank.
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After the longest wait ever, the Nemo babies finally arrived on July 11th about 10 days after the vet's estimated due date. Three tiny kitties, 2 black and white and one grey and white, were waiting for me when I arrived home - I'd just missed their grand entrance by a few minutes. Nemo, Bubbles and Squishy.
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I'd given Kipper the choice of 2 boxes and a cat basket all lined with soft towels, ready and waiting. In true Kipper fashion, she chose to have the babies behind one of the boxes under a radiator on my carpet.
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Sadly, one of the kittens died after a day and half - although Nemo was the same weight as the others when born, he quickly started losing weight and despite staying up all night with him there was nothing I could do to save him. This is the upsetting side of fostering new mums unfortunately and I can't imagine it ever getting easier.
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The other two kittens are so beautiful - they have fat little tummies and at 8 days old were already purring when they were being tickled. When I am upset by sad events like Nemo dying, and wonder why I put myself through this, a purring kitten reminds me of exactly why.
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Bubbles at 5 days old.
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Squishy at 5 days old.

2 comments:

  1. Poor Nemo :( But hurray for Bubbles and Squishy!

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  2. Oh my goodness you are fab! I Have always wanted to foster some kittens, but my plans have had to be put on hold as we have just got a new puppy to go with our 3 cats. Well done you - I can imagine it is v sad at times, but rewarding :)

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