Devil has kittens
am - after feeding Vicky and I go into town for the chickens for the kittens.
At Purebliss we feed cooked chicken in its own juices to the weaning kittens, so my first job once I arrive home is to prepare the chickens for the rest of the day. Chop up 2 chicken breasts and place in a microwave proof dish, then add water and stir, cook for 1 minuet and stir, cook for 30 secs and stir, cook for a further 30 secs and stir, if not cooked through then repeat for another 30secs or until the chicken is lightly cooked. Add cold water and once its cooled but still warm serve to the weaning kittens and their mum - they love it.
Once the kittens are older we also feed them a little raw chicken. One of the main things to remember with regard to feeding raw diets to cats and kittens is that the food should be fresh and human grade. if you wouldn't eat it then don't feed it to your kittens or cats. If its been in your fridge over 24 hours then either cook it or discard it.
we also leave down dry food for the cats and kittens to graze on throughout the day. Once the kittens are about 6 weeks old we start to add manufactured kitten food to the cooked chicken so that the kittens can get used to the additives used in processed foods.
After feeding the kittens lunch i check on our "little Devil" She is in some discomfort so i stay with her rubbing her back and tummy. its not long before her first kitten pops out, but not so with the placenta, that takes much longer to come out - about 20 mins. but Devil lays there licking her baby with placenta attached.
5 mins after the placenta is out the next kitten is on his way out - again the placenta takes about 20 mins to follow. But Devil is quite happy looking after her babies with the placenta still attached to her second kitten.
The third kitten out, including placenta is much smaller than the rest and completely white, but unfortunately this little girl is dead. Its so sad when anything like this happens, but it does happen occasionally and we don't have time to stop and think before her next kitten is on the way out, again leaving the placenta to follow about 20 mins later.
5 mins after and the next kitten is on her way out, this time the chord broke leaving the placenta inside. Devil is very happily cleaning her kittens and takes her time before pushing out her placenta.
Devil has given birth to 3 boys and 1 girl, 4 wonderful healthy babies, all "done and dusted" in less than 2 1/2 hours. All spotted lynx Bengal babies. What a wonderful mother she is going to be. i would say she thoroughly enjoyed her delivery. she loved having her back and tummy rubbed whilst she licked her kittens clean. we've given her some warm cooked chicken in some warm juices and leave her to enjoy looking after her gorgeous Bengal babies.
Next job is to let Kelly and Sarah know as they bred our little Devil (Kelsar Ur Eyes Only).
Jacky
www.pureblissbengals.co.uk
www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk
At Purebliss we feed cooked chicken in its own juices to the weaning kittens, so my first job once I arrive home is to prepare the chickens for the rest of the day. Chop up 2 chicken breasts and place in a microwave proof dish, then add water and stir, cook for 1 minuet and stir, cook for 30 secs and stir, cook for a further 30 secs and stir, if not cooked through then repeat for another 30secs or until the chicken is lightly cooked. Add cold water and once its cooled but still warm serve to the weaning kittens and their mum - they love it.
Once the kittens are older we also feed them a little raw chicken. One of the main things to remember with regard to feeding raw diets to cats and kittens is that the food should be fresh and human grade. if you wouldn't eat it then don't feed it to your kittens or cats. If its been in your fridge over 24 hours then either cook it or discard it.
we also leave down dry food for the cats and kittens to graze on throughout the day. Once the kittens are about 6 weeks old we start to add manufactured kitten food to the cooked chicken so that the kittens can get used to the additives used in processed foods.
After feeding the kittens lunch i check on our "little Devil" She is in some discomfort so i stay with her rubbing her back and tummy. its not long before her first kitten pops out, but not so with the placenta, that takes much longer to come out - about 20 mins. but Devil lays there licking her baby with placenta attached.
5 mins after the placenta is out the next kitten is on his way out - again the placenta takes about 20 mins to follow. But Devil is quite happy looking after her babies with the placenta still attached to her second kitten.
The third kitten out, including placenta is much smaller than the rest and completely white, but unfortunately this little girl is dead. Its so sad when anything like this happens, but it does happen occasionally and we don't have time to stop and think before her next kitten is on the way out, again leaving the placenta to follow about 20 mins later.
5 mins after and the next kitten is on her way out, this time the chord broke leaving the placenta inside. Devil is very happily cleaning her kittens and takes her time before pushing out her placenta.
Devil has given birth to 3 boys and 1 girl, 4 wonderful healthy babies, all "done and dusted" in less than 2 1/2 hours. All spotted lynx Bengal babies. What a wonderful mother she is going to be. i would say she thoroughly enjoyed her delivery. she loved having her back and tummy rubbed whilst she licked her kittens clean. we've given her some warm cooked chicken in some warm juices and leave her to enjoy looking after her gorgeous Bengal babies.
Next job is to let Kelly and Sarah know as they bred our little Devil (Kelsar Ur Eyes Only).
Jacky
www.pureblissbengals.co.uk
www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk
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