Is it seven or eight?

I still have no idea how many new kittens I am now responsible for as they are so small and as newborns they huddle together...in this picture it appears they are seven. Only time will tell.

Today once again Luna neglected her kittens and her daughter had to nurse them because they were crying.

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The miracle of life...

I have mentioned on many occasions that Luna is a feral and almost wild cat. I have tried several times to trap her only to fail. I basically have given up on her. Her first litter consisted of only two cats which surprised me. Those two cats, one male, and another female are equally feral.

Luna's second litter yield three kittens. They were born on October 7, 2022. She had enough of them after three weeks and refused to nurse them. Two of them died and I was only able to save a little black kitten that I named Bianca who is the spitting image of her mother. Though she eats a lot...she is tiny for being almost six months old. The good thing is that she is not feral and she lets me play with her.

Her daughter from her first litter and Luna became pregnant around the same time. The unnamed cat had a very big belly.

Her kittens were born Tuesday, March 28th. I went to peek at the cucha on top of the old washing machine and only saw three. One black, one grayish/black, and a tiny white one.

It was around 8:35 a.m. when I went to feed the other cats. After they finished I heard the cries of a kitten and went to look at the cucha but the sound was coming from another direction. I walked towards the water heater closet but what was my surprise but to see Luna giving birth sitting down while her daughter who had her kittens the day before was assisting her.

Her daughter laid down and even let her mother bite her on the neck...maybe to help her mitigate the pain?

Not being a cat mid-wife I went back inside. A couple of hours later I found that they both were sharing the "cucha" on top of the old washing machine.

In typical Luna fashion, she was NOT nursing her newborns...that chore fell on her daughter.

I do not know how many they are as I did not want to touch them and give both mothers an excuse to not feed their kittens.

It never fails most of my cats have been born during the month of March. Thank you for visiting Walter's World.