Maybe a difference between the ones where we tied off the umbilical versus Pixel biting it off, but we didn’t think to keep records of that so we don’t know if there is a correlation. We’re trying to think of what was different about the four that passed from the four that survived, because at at birth they all seemed similarly robust. Pixel has had big litters before without a problem, and with the same dad (Max) so we’re at a loss to explain it. She supposed it could have been a bacterial or viral infection, but didn’t think it was worth sending a body to the State lab. The remaining kittens seemed perfectly fine, at least. That one had passed by the time we got into the vet. Late Thursday afternoon we found another one dead and we started all of them on meds.īy Friday morning we’d lost three in total and one was fading. We started the baby on antibiotics but to no avail. The next day, one of them seemed to be having trouble and Pixel was not attending to her – never a good sign. Pixel was very protective and seemed a little stressed, but that’s not unusual, especially with a big litter. The remaining four came out about one every 25 minutes. We were expecting eight kittens and by the time I got home four had already come out. Pixel started to give birth on Wednesday, April 28th while I (Chris) was grocery shopping.
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