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Who wants to wait whilst my kittens are born!

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Kittenwatch · 13/11/2025 02:42

My girl is having her kittens! First one is here squeaking and healthy!

Second is imminent.

I think she’ll have 4 🤞🏽🤞🏽

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canuckup · 11/12/2025 02:02

Yippee! Keep 'em coming

👀

JamesWebbSpaceTelescope · 10/12/2025 17:18

I have a lot on at the moment, these photos are really helping at the moment, Thank you.

Davros · 10/12/2025 13:45

I don’t mind double photos, they’re so gorgeous

grumpygrape · 10/12/2025 10:32

You wait until they've crashed the Christmas tree 🎄 down for the nth time, you are scooping half a tonne of pee and poo twice a day, washing 20 food bowls, etc etc. but you will have one still at home won't you as well as Mum.

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 10/12/2025 07:28

I love seeing your kittens growing. They are so lovely! Thank you for the updates.

My grey kitten had stripes when she was tiny but now she’s 2 she’s fully grey and I haven’t seen a stripe since!

canuckup · 10/12/2025 01:51

Great thread, thanks for sharing 😺

Growlybear83 · 10/12/2025 00:22

They get cuter with every photo. I’m sure you will miss them when they leave. I was really upset when our two ginger boys went off to their new home. It was much easier when the tortoiseshell left because she went to live with my mum so we still saw her all the time. We kept the fourth kitty, who lived to be 22.

Placeoftides · 09/12/2025 23:50

What beautiful kittens. I have a tuxedo cat who is instantly tabby in strong sunlight. I've had a really tough few months, @Kittenwatch You've just made my day. Thank you. Your kittens are gorgeous

MistressoftheDarkSide · 09/12/2025 23:37

Kittenwatch · 09/12/2025 23:20

Look at these babies. I can’t bear the idea I have to give them to new homes 😭

Oh, it's hard x I shed a little tear every time I waved one of my four off x They'd started getting really cute and snuggly with me and it was a real wrench!!

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Kittenwatch · 09/12/2025 23:21

Accidentally posted the same pic as before! Sorry.

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Kittenwatch · 09/12/2025 23:20

Look at these babies. I can’t bear the idea I have to give them to new homes 😭

Who wants to wait whilst my kittens are born!
Who wants to wait whilst my kittens are born!
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1reason · 08/12/2025 21:40

They are all looking gorgeous! Mum looks so proud of her babies, but will, as OP said, start to distance herself from them.
Kittens are always cute and amusing.
I have an old black and white boy who is grumpy and sleeps most of the time 😏

Purplebunnie · 08/12/2025 10:56

I had a black cat who used to turn brown in the summer she looked like a brown cuddly teddy bear but as she got older she stayed black,

My current two black cats, who are brothers from the same litter, had feint stripes as kittens but those seem to have disappeared.

Agapornis · 08/12/2025 10:27

A lot of black cats are genetically tabby with excessive melanin. I know a black cat with longer hair who becomes more brown in the summer sun, and you can see some faint markings - but only in the summer.

Suspect you won't see it so much in the kittens as their coat matures. But the patterns can remain visible - look up black smoke tabby.

EmpressaurusKitty · 08/12/2025 05:38

My guess would be that it varies depending on the rescue & the cats!
I had to stop fostering when I adopted Kitty because I’ve got a one-bed flat & she’s not keen on other cats. If I’d had enough space to keep her & any fosters separate, I could have carried on.

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Kittenwatch · 07/12/2025 22:37

@Davros all three black ones are super fuzzy like stuffed toys, and the tabby markings are getting so pronounced - I’ve never seen a black tabby before.

I’ve asked my friend if the dad cat has similar markings - he looks totally black to me but I wonder if he’s got tabby undertones that are more subtle.

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Kittenwatch · 07/12/2025 22:35

EmpressaurusKitty · 07/12/2025 21:54

If you go to a rescue where the cats are fostered in people’s homes rather than kept in pens, you have a far better chance of getting a well socialised cat / kitten.

Do they let you foster if you have existing cats and children?

I would foster kittens if that was allowed. My children are both very gentle with them and my two cats are very relaxed. I would love to do this is the future.

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Davros · 07/12/2025 22:17

@Kittenwatch thanks for the new photos. That black kitten is so fluffy

EmpressaurusKitty · 07/12/2025 21:54

If you go to a rescue where the cats are fostered in people’s homes rather than kept in pens, you have a far better chance of getting a well socialised cat / kitten.

Peridoteage · 07/12/2025 21:20

I want people to stop breeding cats when rescue centres are full

The trouble is, rescue centres are not full of pets.

They are full of:

  • stray or semi feral cats
  • kittens/offspring of feral and semi feral cats, often who have not had enough human exposure in the early weeks to make good pets
  • cats with difficult traits like spraying
  • cats that will not tolerate children
  • cats that will not tolerate other cats
  • cats with expensive health conditions
  • very elderly cats

What they tend not to have:

  • healthy kittens from well domesticated queens, who've been exposed to people early on and are comfortable with them
  • healthy tame young adult cats

Rescues are also laughably picky not allowing you to have a cat if you have children, insisting you take two etc.

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Kittenwatch · 07/12/2025 21:11

Oh gosh they are so precious

Who wants to wait whilst my kittens are born!
Who wants to wait whilst my kittens are born!
Who wants to wait whilst my kittens are born!
Who wants to wait whilst my kittens are born!
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Kittenwatch · 07/12/2025 18:30

They are starting to play fight and be really scrappy. I have a big crate arriving on Wednesday as we will be starting weaning and they will need more space but to
also be contained at times.

They have brought so much happiness to us.

Mum now gets in to feed them but leaves them alone most of the time. I read this is normal development as they are encouraging independence. She currently sleeping about 2 feet from the nest pretending she’s totally chill.

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YorkshireGoldDrinker · 07/12/2025 13:43

pinkstripeycat · 07/12/2025 08:09

I want people to stop breeding cats when rescue centres are full

I want to be able to adopt a kitten without the shelters telling me there are none to adopt while also insisting they are overwhelmed with kittens.

pinkstripeycat · 07/12/2025 08:09

I want people to stop breeding cats when rescue centres are full