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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Canterbury_cats (Sharon) on July 17, 2008, 19:00:24 PM

Title: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Canterbury_cats (Sharon) on July 17, 2008, 19:00:24 PM: I have just had a call from a person who has taken in a young female puss which had nine kittens? Is that unusual? They have supplemented feeding them but all are doing okay.. Amazing number
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on July 17, 2008, 19:13:25 PM: Probably not that common, but remember Flora? ;D

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Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Teresa Pawcats on July 17, 2008, 19:14:02 PM: I`ve heard of a few over the years. Last year Denise did a brilliant job with her foster that had 9 babies,think the cat may have been called Flora,it will be in the archives somewhere.
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Mark on July 17, 2008, 19:19:59 PM: I found this interesting article http://www.messybeast.com/prolificacy.htm

This bit is upsetting though

"In the early days of pedigree cat breeding, most pedigree females were allowed to raise only 2 kittens at a time; additional kittens were fostered by a non-pedigree queen whose own litter would be destroyed." :'(
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on July 19, 2008, 12:42:42 PM: it does happen, you just have to make sure they weigh them all daily as they only have 8 nipples, so they sometimes need rotating and maybe topping up. I think Ela has posted about mums with more kittens than that.
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Mark on July 19, 2008, 13:11:51 PM: I remember Flora - just checked and she did have 9 :Luv2:

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Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: puddypaws on July 20, 2008, 10:57:24 AM: The lady we are getting our new kitten from said some of her queens have 7 or 8 in a litter and one of them did produce nine.
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: blackcat on July 20, 2008, 11:11:02 AM: hope she leaves a good space between litters then Puddy, that is a lot of kittens to be having on a regular basis...
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: puddypaws on July 22, 2008, 11:25:28 AM: Yes she does BC. She has 7 queens and they have a litter alternate years.
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Dawn F on July 22, 2008, 11:27:20 AM: what breed are they?
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: puddypaws on July 23, 2008, 11:10:04 AM: They are Tonkinese and they are absolutely beautiful. They live in complete luxury - made me quite envious :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Dawn F on July 23, 2008, 11:20:51 AM: I was at a tonk show a month or so ago, they are lovely!
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Canterbury_cats (Sharon) on July 23, 2008, 12:55:14 PM: These pussy cats went into rescue yesterday , the bloke rang me up to say thanks which was nice, and a rare event i must say..
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Millys Mum on July 23, 2008, 18:26:10 PM: Quote from: Canterbury_cats (Sharon) on July 23, 2008, 12:55:14 PM
These pussy cats went into rescue yesterday , the bloke rang me up to say thanks which was nice, and a rare event i must say..

There are people who appreciate your efforts ;D
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on July 24, 2008, 07:56:04 AM: Glad he found a space, and nice that he let you know.
Title: Re: Is this unusual female cat has 9 kittens?
Post by: Mark on July 24, 2008, 08:21:28 AM: I think Sharon found him the space at Rhodes Minnis sanctuary - it was on another thread. They had an open day on Sunday and did well on Rehoming so were able to help. It is a great sanctuary. As well as having a large feral enclosure, they are in the process of building an FIV unit which we saw. Judging by the size f it, it will be a great help with FIV kitties.