New babies--

Oh how sweet. Boy does that bring back memories. I would SO love to have one of those little babies. But alas, the asthma requires that admire them from afar. Got pics?

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Just FYI -- not sure if you have had a MomCat & baby kittens before

-- but males WILL kill the babies so make sure you keep them far away from the little ones. Also, does MomCat have a litter box near by or does she use the one outside? If she has a litter box inside, she might want it kept cleaner than normal. I have no idea why, but the last MomCat I had really wanted that litter box tended to more often than normal. What food is she on? She would benefit from the food made for pregnant or nursing Moms. That's if you haven't been feeding it to her already :-). It's nice to know that she wants you around the babies. If she'll let you, start petting & handling them as soon as possible. It makes such a difference in socializing kitties so that they like people and will let you hold them, etc. I had a pure-bred Chinchilla Persian once who was not played by the family who bred her mom. She was a beautiful kitty but really wasn't very friendly and ended up running off when we were gone on holiday :-(. That's when I started getting my babies from the R.E.S.C.U.E. group at the PetSmart Adoption Center! Much nicer babies and always friendly. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

LOL Pati, I'd love one but we have four already. I've told my husband, "No one new until a vacancy is created." And, Lord willing, that'll be awhile. Our oldest kitty is approaching ten and should have many cranky, cantankerous years left. Kittens are so much fun though. It's sweet that Mom trusts you to watch her kitties while she takes a break. I consider that a sign of high privilege among cats.

I miss that. Mother QIs are so special. I just may pop in for a while and enjoy the babies with you. I wouldn't presume to touch but I could admire. Polly

Congratulations! Kittens are so sweet. When DH and I got together he informed me he didn't have much use for cats. I had two! Due to unfortunate accidents I went down to one. HE had a big horn sheep head mounted on the wall, which I didn't have much use for, so we figured fair was fair and I could have one cat and he could have one dead animal on the wall. Well, that was great till DD moved in with 2 cats, then my kitty got pregnant and presented us with kittens, TWICE. The first time I had been planning to get her fixed, but we were into pre-wedding arrangements and I THOUGHT I had more time. (She was just a baby!) The second time I had been waiting for her to wean the kittens and the next thing I know, she was messing with the neighborhood tom again. This time when the kittens were born I phoned the vet right away to see how soon after giving birth they would do the job. Surprisingly, the vet said 2 weeks. It didn't affect nursing at all. Mommy cat came right home from the vet, and curled up with kittens. Then DD, who was still living with us insisted on keeping one of the kittens, giving her 3 and me 1, in the house where I had agreed that we would only have 1 cat. DH has been making noises about needing to go hunting again, cause Butt Head is lonely on the wall by himself.

DD is moving out next weekend. We will be down to 1 cat again. Don't dare suggest to DH that we get another kitty!

Have fun with yours!

Marilyn in BC, Canada (just for the weekend, back to Alberta on Monday)

birth control pills work on cats. one of ours took half a pill once a week. tho not for birth control, hers was a nervous condition that this worked really well for calming her down. she was already fixed for no babys. the more the merrier, Grandma Pati. :) up at sparrows fart in the south pacific, argh. jeanne

Don't wait too long to have her 'fixed'. DS cat Polly (mother of Mia and Kiwi) was booked in to the spayed at the time given by the vet, but when she went for the op he found it was too late as she was already expecting litter No. 2 (six more kittens). The second time the vet gave her a contraceptive shot before the kittens were weaned to make sure it didn't happen again. Apparently they can conceive again much quicker than we realise - Polly took about 3 weeks, and if you already have resident males ......

No pics yet. But I may try to get a couple soon. And try to figure out Webshots or something. Mama (Silver) is being a good mother, but she does go away from them for a bit at a time. She usually comes up on my tummy when I wake up, before I get out of bed, for a visit. And does the same when I go to bed for a while. This is her usual routine. And she can watch the babies at the same time.

Pati, > Oh how sweet. Boy does that bring back memories. I would SO love to have

Tia Mary wrote: As soon as we can we will be putting her on the special food. And yes we know about the males and kittens. One thing is that the 2 males are, we think, brothers and from her last litter. They are not full grown but are being kept away from the area. Silver is a pretty good little mother and is not usually going far from the kittens. We will be dealing with another litter box soon. Thanks for caring about them. And we do like to socialize the kittens, I have already petted them, with mama looking on. and we will both be handling them when appropriate.

Pati, in Phx

In fact, if Silver (Mama) likes you, you can probably touch. She is a friendly cat and does like people.

Pati, > I miss that. Mother QIs are so special. I just may pop in for a while and

Oh it sounds like a most wonderful set-up! : )

Karen, Queen of Squishies