Just found a cat and newborn kittens in my garden on a low bench. WWYD??

I hope the funeral went all right, Wynken - is your DD ok now? The other kittens sound gorgeous. If my DP wasn't allergic I'd have a houseful myself.

Thank you all so much, feel a bit better today, we'll never forget him and know we did all we could. He's going to have a funeral this afternoon. DD is a little better having been fairly hysterical last night.

On a more positive note we have Eyes ! And I've tried sexing them and are trying to guess if long or short haired. Current guesses are black and White long haired male, female short haired for big and little grey and whites, big tabby short haired make, little tabby long haired female (just like her Mum). I will laugh at how wrong I am in a few weeks no doubt.

Have told the children we can keep one and have possible homes for them potentially which would be great if they all happen, as would be happy with all of them. Can't believe this time last week we had no idea she'd be having kittens!

Love the new pic. That is some weight gain!

Summer is right - if love could have saved Titch he would have survived. There is so much pain and suffering in the world - at least Titch experienced the best of everything in his short existence.

Oh Wynken... I'm sorry. I've experianced a kitten dying in my arms too despite my best efforts and it was one of the worst experiances of my life. I hope you're doing ok. Lots of sweet tea helps with the shock.

Console yourself that you did everything you could, if there was any chance he could have survived he would have because of your love and care, some of them just aren't strong enough or have congenital problems to start with.

Exit, have a tissue, I have a pile.

Kestryn, you were a great help, thank you. He was very quiet in the end and just slipped away. I decided the trauma of being carted around in a box for half an hour would be worse.

Although very very sad about Titch and dreading DD coming home have decided to focus on the fact we do have 5 rapidly growing little balls of kitten here so thought we could do with another photo to cheer us up. The little grey and White face is the teeny at birth one who has gone from 64g to 114g in just under 5 days

I meant to stay up with you but fell asleep during the backup. I'm sorry Wynken :( Did you stay at home?

Noooooo. Blubbing away here.

Thank you both and so sorry Pinot, this must be horrible for you reading about it all over again.

We did know he didn't have a good chance, he was so visibly struggling compared to the others, she's not a big cat and old at 5 and a half for a first (will be only) litter, 7 was a lot. We tried our best and it wasn't meant to be. A friend's DH said they often only manage to rear 5.

DD doesn't know, DH told her I was sleeping as up all night. She'll be really cross but a lot of her class are leaving today and she does really need to be there.

DS is off today so we're going out for a bit later. The other 5 do look healthy as far as we can tell which is great, so hopefully all will be well and they will all have their eyes open by the time you get back Pinot. Thanks again.

Oh Wynken how heartbreaking :(

RIP Titch

He made a huge impression for such a little bundle. His mother was fabulous with him to the last, he used to spend ages tucked under her chin or paw.

Her Mum just came for a cuddle, the Dawn chorus has just started. The rest of them are sleeping and looking at them they have all grown so much in the last few days unlike Titch who followed the classic signs of Fading Kitten Syndrome.

She's 12. The emergency vets wanted us to take our cat to them when she was midway delivering her first kitten so don't reckon we'd have a hope on that front.

Poor DD :( How old is she?
I don't suppose there's any chance of the vet coming to you?

That's kind of where we're coming from, will have to rethink in a bit if necessary, thank you for your support. DD is going to be distraught and has to go to school in the morning.

It must be horrible :(
I don't know, but I'd have thought it would be nicer for him to stay there unless he's really in pain. Warm & snug & familiar.

DH is here but has a long drive in the morning. We're trying to decide if he's better off here or being carted off for half an hour's drive in cold to be put to sleep at the moment. He's gone quiet pretty much so might be best if he slips away here. Hating kitten rearing at the moment.

They're all beautiful. I don't know much about cats but I fell in love with Meow & Ginger from the start of the thread & yours are equally gorgeous.

Have you got somebody with you?

Thanks Kestryn.

I'm so sorry, Wynken :(

Titch isn't going to survive the night

Oh brilliant, have ordered one. He's just had a decentish feed with the teat thing and made it to all of 86g. I am a woman possessed with the scales and figures. The vet gave me a slightly pitying look when I asked if he wanted to see all the numbers.

Titch has to improve the next few days as we're due to go away to two weeks at end of the month and I can't go if he's still on the edge. My neighbour is going to look after them, she was there when the first one came out and got a bit stuck, she saved the day (mother cat knows her very well and spends most of the day there usually)

But now no one wants to go and we have to really as house needs rewiring and we do need to go. But I don't want to leave my tiny little kittens as they will grow up and I will have to fight my neighbour to get them back again.

Will try again with profile tomorrow, when hopefully more with it.

O.M.G. Sign me up for the Titch fan club immediately.

Pin0t - you need to teah Wynken how to upload pics on her profile so we can get regular pictorial updates.

Thank you both. Someone said they look like rats which I guess to be fair they kind of do, and I found myself feeling really insulted.

Vet has checked Titch over and there's nothing obviously wrong with him so we just need to keep at the whole topping him up thing. Got a teat for the syringe which is helping a bit.

Interesting what you said about Meow. There's a little one I was worried about , she was only 64g when born but is doing fine now. Titch was bigger at 82g but lost a lot of weight the first day bless him. He was the last born.

Can't workout how to get pictures from phone to profile but here's a couple more:

Kitten scrumble

Titch

Pinot, I am Dorset/Hampshire border. Don't know how you did OT without the mother cat, I'm absolutely sodding knackered and have a stiff neck from spending my life on my knees, arse in air and head peering into a box!