A new baby

Last night a new baby girl was delivered. She is somewhere between 2 and 3 weeks old. She is very tiny, weak, and not eating much at all. Last night she refused to suck on a bottle at all, so I was dropping it into her mouth. I hate syringe feeding, its very dangerous and not something I like to do. I CAN do, I just would rather they suck instead of having to be forced, it makes life easier for everyone. Given her small size, I wasn't going to name her, but sometime between 2 and 3am she was named Hope.

So be prepared for daily updates and pics, one kitten is harder to raise then 2, 3 or 7. cats are social and they need other kittens for them to be social, play, keep warm etc etc... I can see the next few days Hope spending much time in my bra, I did it last night for a couple of hrs and she seemed to be content and happy. The last litter pretty lived in there for the first week and a half at least. Of course my bra are not THAT big so we alternated. Hope will get the whole thing to herself lol.

I will post todays weight tonight, but her admission weight was about 208G. She feels very thin, and her back end is very prominent to the touch, our next few days will be spent sleeping and eating.

****evening update

What a difference 24 hrs can make. Hope has been here about 23 hrs now. Last night she came weak and unable to suck. By her 10am bottle, she was sucking, and eating not her usual 1 mil, but between 5-10mls every 90 mins-2 hrs. She is also sucking now and is a very loud baby lol. She is quite playful. She likes to play, but isn't intersted in being held. She would rather lie in your lap on her back and swat at the air lol.

This morning I mentioned that there was something different about her face, well after looking at her face, eyes and jaw line, i think she may have some siamese in her. Her pupils are there but do not dilate yet, I am almost sure she isn't blind as she does seem to stare into my face. Like a siamese she also doesn't enjoy being held much, as I said she wants to be with you but doesn't want to snuggle to much. She has a favorite blanket and loves being snuggled in her blanket to sleep.

Last night she weighed 208G, I had little hope she would survive the night let alone the entire day. At tonights weigh she was ***ready??? Wait for it






Wait for it...





still waiting??









A massive gain of of 21G to a weight of 229G....So my hope last night was little to almost nil ...my hope has increased 10 fold....the name Hope is perfect for her!!