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62 days pregnant

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CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 12:44

My poor girl looks ready to pop at any moment, she's 62 days and carrying a litter of 5. What's the guesses on D day? Hoping it's not much longer for her she's looking throughly fed up now! And to think I moaned about being heavily pregnant with one!

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Allergictoironing · 28/02/2018 13:05

She'll probably start "nesting" when she's almost ready, choosing the best place to have them (on your best bedding on your bed most likely Grin).

I'll open the book - 65 days.

CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 13:14

She's got 6 different areas set up ready for her, im sure she won't choose any of them however! I've got the labour kit ready and my very experienced mentor on standby so we are all set. She's been vet checked and ultrasound scanned throughout the pregnancy and all seems perfect. The waiting is the hardest part now. It's her first litter (maybe her last with how nervous I am!). And to think I'm a midwife, humans I can handle but my precious baby and I'm clueless!

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Allergictoironing · 28/02/2018 13:30

She really is absolutely gorgeous - I do hope her chosen husband matches up to her in looks at least.

She will be fine, it's surprising how easily most animals pop out their young compared to humans. Head size is a massive part of that, plus our pelvises were originally designed for 4-footed life so even though they have evolved a lot it's still more of a problem for us.

5 isn't a big number in cat terms, and I know you'll have the vet emergency number on speed dial Grin

CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 13:35

Her chosen husband is a very handsome champion boy. Blue tabby point, carrying chocolate so we are expecting mostly blue kittens, possibly some chocolate as my girl also carries it, some tabby some not and some mitted some not.

He's got the most beautiful deep blue eyes as well, my girls are a little pale to meet the breed standard so he compliments her nicely in that aspect.

She's fully GCCF active registered as is he and both HCM clear. We are hoping for a chocolate kitten to be our next show neuter.

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EachandEveryone · 28/02/2018 14:27

What happens next? Do you keep any of them? How many pregnancies will she have and what happens to her when shes had enough? Im curious because i see these cats on the pedegree sites on facebook and they are always retired queens and usually only 2 or 3 years. I never understandcthe process i suppose becausecinhave moggies.

She is beautiful and i wish her a safe delivery. Id be a nervous wreck as well!

CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 15:21

Well what happens next depends on how she does as a mother and what kittens she has. We are hoping for a show quality chocolate kitten from her which we will keep. If we get that in her first litter then she will be neutered and not have any more.

If we don't get that then we will try again providing she has no problems giving birth or raising her kittens, if she does then we will neuter her as her health is more important. The absolute maximum number of litters we will have from her is 3-4 and that's assuming that she is in good condition, coping well and has no problems. If she ever 'has enough' then we neuter her and that's that. If we don't get the kitten we want in those litters then we give up again as her health is the priority.

We won't be rehoming her once she's neutered she's staying with us for life as she is a pet first and foremost. Some do rehome retired queens and usually have less litters from them in that case as they try and retire and rehome them while they are still young enough to easily get a new home. If you are not rehoming that's not as much of a concern but as she is our only breeding female we don't have to worry about keeping numbers down or overcrowding like some breeders do.

We've got 4 people waiting for kittens from her, one of those people wants 2 kittens if possible so if we don't get the kitten we want to keep or someone else backs out then they still have homes to go to. The breeder of our girl has been very helpful in that aspect passing along waiting list queries to us.

Ragdoll kittens are born pure white and their colour develops later so it takes a while to know if you have the colours you want (only blue and chocolate are possible from this mating though) and if they meet the breed standard enough to show. The kittens stay for at least 13 weeks though so that's a long way off yet anyway and we have lots of kitten cuddle time before then.

She's had a textbook pregnancy and everything has gone really well, I'm still a nervous wreck at this point however as I know the birth is soon. Average is 63-65 days but 60-70 days is normal so she's due any day now. I suspect I'm worrying more as I'm in bed poorly myself and so have more time to worry and nothing to distract myself. Hopefully she gives me a day or two to recover before D day, although OH and my mentor are on standby anyway to play cat midwife.

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EachandEveryone · 28/02/2018 18:00

It confuses me because my friend with siamese have to sign a contract saying they wont breed why is that?

CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 18:08

Well we have 5 kittens! She did amazing!

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CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 18:09

Forgot the photo

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EachandEveryone · 28/02/2018 19:33

Omg!! Gorgeous

CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 19:38

It all happened so fast she didn't show any signs of nesting or labouring and was lying on her bed as normal, all of a sudden she started pushing! Carried her upstairs out the way of the very interested dog and she hid under a broken drawer and had the first kitten. Other 4 followed quickly. She did really well and now they are all settled and feeding away.

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Allergictoironing · 28/02/2018 20:31

Each it depends. If the Siamese was an ex-breeding queen, it could be to protect her from having more litters than is good for her health. If it was a kitten, there's a couple of possible reasons e.g. not quite perfect as the breed type, some genetic issue the kitten tested positive for, or just to prevent indiscriminate breeding.

My friend has top level show poodles and anything sold as a pet rather than for showing has a "no breeding" clause when she sells them. She's never bred anything with PRA C test (means they have an eye condition), but she's had a very few come through as PRA B which means they are carriers of the eye defect, so though perfectly healthy in themselves mean any breeding needs great care and ONLY go to a PRA A mate (completely clear of the genetic defect).

CatchingBabies · 28/02/2018 22:14

She's being the perfect mummy, very attentive to them! The smallest one is a bit daft and tried finding a nipple on mummy's backside much to her disgust! A bit of help repositioning him and all is well.

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follybodger · 02/03/2018 21:12

She is beautiful ❤️

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