Mischa has kittens

Mischa our first time mother had a three kitten litter in the early hours of Monday morning 22 September 2008.

The waters broke at 1130 pm and I left her to it. By 3.30 am I heard mewling when I got up to visit the porcelain and she had three large and very wet kittens crawling all over her and suckling. She had moved out of the special nesting box we set up for her and birthed all over the spare bed.....through to the mattress. She was content and stayed there til morning. By 7 am the next morning the kittens were dry and fluffed up and Mischa was no longer wet either. She had sure done a great clean up job. So now we have started taking photos. Here is the first of the set - Day one and Day two.



Mischa is so proud of herself and stretches out every chance she gets to show off her kittens suckling. They are now in the nesting box, on top of the spare bed with a clean blanket and an extra sheepskin at the door of the box. It was great today for her to loll about - it was such a really warm day. And the kittens have been crawling in and out to be near her as well. They are so content and hardly make a sound.

She is such a good mother! A day in the life of the kittens..........suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...
sleep...sleep...sleep...sleep...sleep...
sleep...sleep...sleep...sleep.....sleep...sleep...sleep....sleep...sleep...
sleep....sleep...sleep...sleep
...crawl...crawl....crawl....crawl......crawl...crawl....crawl....crawl...
mew....mew....mew...mew..suck...suck...
suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...suck...sleep...sleep...sleep...
sleep...sleep...
sleep...sleep...sleep...sleep.....sleep...sleep...sleep....sleep...sleep...
sleep....sleep...sleep...sleep
...crawl...crawl....crawl....crawl......crawl...crawl....crawl....crawl...
mew....mew....mew...mew