Kittens .... Day 2 .......

Day 2 ....

Morning updates ....

Rex

 Rex

 Boo

 Cupid

 Sulley

 Sulley

 Marnie checking out the babies

 The four stronger ones........... but at this point, I realize that Cupid is in trouble too.  His meow is so weak I have to hold him up to my ear to hear him.  He's not nursing like the others and he's not as active as he was.  So it's time to start hand feedings and keeping him warm.

 Momma is ever so watchful. I'm so thankful she doesn't mind my meddling.  :)   She - infact - doesn't like being in the box with them.  She wants them on the bed during the day ... so I hang out and make sure everything goes right and they are left alone.

 Nathan came in to see ...  he knows not to touch the kittens.

 Kittens in a basket.

 Boo, Rex in the middle, and Sulley ... with Momma making sure they are all good...

 Cupid and Rex... you can see the size difference.   Other than Junebug - who's still hanging on at this point, Cupid is definitely the smallest, and Rex is the biggest.

 Momma feeding them.  See how Cupid is there, but not nursing?   So I start to hand feed him every two hours.

 Here are the little baby socks I made rice packs out of.  I filled them with rice, sewed them up, and we warm them up in the microwave for a couple of seconds every hour.

 Cupid is hugging Junebug .....

  Cupid is hugging Junebug .....

 This is the last picture taken of Junebug before she took her last breathes....  (you can see how her back legs are limp and non-functioning) ....

 Cupid's heart ... I love his heart!   And then there were 4 ........

 And then there were four.....

 the four kittens with the warming socks.......

Kittens 2013: Birth on my Birthday!

 June 24th ..........   Autumn's behavior changes, and we know ...  *KNOW* ... she's going to give birth soon.

So we woke up on my birthday ...  and Autumn is on our bed cleaning herself.  Dennis makes a comment about how she's constantly licking a certain area and how she's going to be giving birth super soon.  So I sit up and I started to pet her.  Something was funny ...   so I feel her belly ... and it was all empty ...  so I yelled for Dennis and told him she already had the kittens.  So the hunt was on!  Course, it didn't take long, they were in our closet.

So we got them in the box, and put the box up on my bed for the day.

She had five kittens ......

From left to right:

Junebug - She was born with a severe case of spina bifida.  She had a hard hard hard time regulating her body temp. Her spine is exposed (and was bleeding a lot) ...  and there was a hole near her neck.  She has absolutely no use of her back legs. We made a vet appointment but they said there wasn't anything they could do ..  all we could do was keep her warm and hand feed her and see if she made it.  So that's what we are doing.  We're pretty sure she's not going to make it through the night.  But - as you'll see ... Autumn isn't rejecting her at all.

The black one there is Tuxie (renamed Boo on the 26th) ...  She's all black, except she has white around her eyes (like a reverse raccoon) ... a white underbelly and white feet.

The Tortoise Shell one is Tully (renamed Sulley on the 26th) ...  she's ... obviously - a Tortoise Shell.

Then there is Cupid.  He's mostly white with an orange heart on his head, and an orange tail.

The last one is the biggest guy .. his name is Rex.  (Like T-Rex, even though the T-Rex isn't the "biggest" dinosaur.)   He is an Orange and White guy :)

Here are some individual pics.....    First we'll do Rex...  (Marnie was checking him out)

Sulley

Boo

Cupid - notice the heart on his head

And then I have a lot of pictures of Junebug - we all are very attached to her ... I do have a more graphic picture of her back, but I am not going to share it.

Cal petting her

Autumn is an AWESOME Momma :)  I'm really proud of her.

 Autumn was checking out the camera.... LOLOLOL...

 Marnie is trying to figure out what's going on ....  Autumn is trying to figure out if she's going to be nice....

We put Junebug in a baby sock to help keep her warm and to keep her spine from being exposed.  She gets around like a little champ and she we're constantly having to put the sock back on.

We actually thought Junebug passed away at one point - but turned out she was just breathing super shallow.  Once we touched her she moved ... so we realized she wasn't.   Momma was always really attentive towards her.  I spent a couple minutes taking pictures, and once I was done...  (you can see supervising Momma in the back ground......) ....

Once I was done, she reacted out -like - Okay give her back now....

She put her under her head for a little bit ....  

But she cuddles her all the time...  

I will be really surprised if she makes it through the night though.

Happy Birthday to Dennis and I .......

June Birthdays!!!

Dennis turned........... OLD (ha ha ha) on the 8th ...  He had a good birthday.  He got a couple of wolf shirts and a mug and a couple other things.  And a nummy cake!

We don't get to do anything special for our birthdays this year (no money) ...  so we just got to be lazy and do what we wanted :)

My birthday wasn't as uneventful ....   I didn't get any gifts.  My mom stopped by with a card and some cupcakes the kids really enjoyed!!  I even got a couple.   Dennis got me a cake :)

My cat had KITTENS on my birthday - and I was busy most of the day dealing with all of that.  But - that'll be for another post :)