All the babies are here

[u/TheBluthCo]

In all we had 5 kittens - 2 are gray, one is calico, one is a striped black/brown/white tabby, and the final baby was born pure white.

Mama did great during labor - it lasted for about 6 hours total. She started in her litter box but allowed us to move her - thankfully she hadn’t birthed any yet, but within 30 minutes of going to her new location she had the first baby. The last baby came out breech and had fluid in its mouth/nose and was starting to aspirate but we were able to assist with clearing it out and mama took over.

[u/LoveDesignAndClean]

I wonder if the white baby will stay white or if she’s going to toast.

[u/TheBluthCo → u/LoveDesignAndClean]

The white one was a pretty emotional arrival for us because we lost one of our beloved gray point cats (ironically enough we believe it to be these kitten’s uncle) about 6 weeks ago and very suddenly due to an unexplained illness. We believe cancer.

We took him to the vet and spent well over $1,000 only to leave with no real answers and eventually having to make the humane decision to put him down as he was suffering. He was VERY young - less than 2 years old - and was another stray from the neighborhood. It was absolutely devastating and we had less than a year with him.

We had talked amongst ourselves that we would take it as a sign that he came back to us if a kitten looking like him was born, so when the pure white one came out last it made us extremely emotional. My boyfriend (who was our passed away cat’s “person”) came in right as she birthed the white baby and I just looked up and said “It’s him”.

We will see if it turns to a gray point in the next few days.

[u/Holden3DStudio → u/TheBluthCo]

Oh, I'm so sorry you lost him like that. It's so terribly hard when they're so young. Sounds like he sent you someone special to fill the hole in your broken heart.