Saturday, November 07, 2009

Kittens x 5

Well, we should not be surprised as we often get lots of males in our litters, but to have yet another somewhat large litter consisting of only males was not what we expected...

During the evening the 5th of November, Älva gave birth easily to five lovely sons. Everything went perfect and she handled the situation by the book, but I was proud to keep her company. Especially proud since she got into labour curled up on my stomach as I lay in the sofa reading a book. Of course I moved us both to a more proper place...

The first-born had very low birthweight (63 grams) and he was very thin, so we hope he is strong enough to make it but try to mentally prepare to loose him. The others gain weight nicely and Älva is a great mum as always.