# Cute newborn kittens... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474 "2011-05-11T03:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/1 "2011-05-11T03:35:58Z")
At long last, our [pregnant foster cat](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709087132/in/photostream/lightbox/#/photos/46138173@N08/5709088026/in/photostream/lightbox/) finally gave birth to [her kittens](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709087132/in/photostream/lightbox/#/photos/46138173@N08/5709088026/in/photostream/lightbox/) this morning. There are five kittens. The mama seems new at this. She didn’t bite off the umbilical cords or clean up the big blobs of afterbirth, so we took care of it. Oddly, 3 or 4 of the kittens’ cords were attached to one placenta, and 1 or 2 cords to a second placenta (hard to tell how many went where with all the activity and wiggling. I suspect there may still be a kitten yet to come. The cat came from a houseful of animal hoarders. She’s gone from being terrified of anyone to being quite friendly and adoptable. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/2 "2011-05-11T03:46:19Z")
?? I count six itty bitty kitties in that pic. And I want to see FACES. Itty bitty blind faces. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/3 "2011-05-11T03:49:04Z")
Aww. Thanks for the pics! Come back with more please! Were multiple kittens born in the same sac? Sounds like you have a set of identical triplets (the orange marbled) and one of twins (the torties - since IIRC genetically identical tortie cats can have slightly different coat patterns and colors, one of the reasons cloning identical cats isn’t easy). Unusual and weird! Or maybe the placentas just fused together… which is also weird. Do make sure she’s not retaining any afterbirth. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/4 "2011-05-11T03:53:12Z")
Gaaaaaah! Kiiiiitttteeeehhhs! Lynn, I see 1 calico in the rear seat, 3 gingers, and 1 tortie up front, then a blurry mom leg and a crisp mom leg. Of course, I could be blinded by the cuteness. I suddenly feel like I need a half dozen more kittehs. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/5 "2011-05-11T03:53:39Z")
Awww. Post more pics. Good for you for fostering her. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/6 "2011-05-11T03:58:26Z")
Aww! Cute! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/7 "2011-05-11T04:09:44Z")
Yay! Kittens! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/8 "2011-05-11T04:21:19Z")
I’ll get better pictures tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/9 "2011-05-11T04:34:27Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > Aww. Thanks for the pics! Come back with more please! > > Were multiple kittens born in the same sac? Sounds like you have a set of identical triplets (the orange marbled) and one of twins (the torties - since IIRC genetically identical tortie cats can have slightly different coat patterns and colors, one of the reasons cloning identical cats isn’t easy). Unusual and weird! Or maybe the placentas just fused together… which is also weird. > > Do make sure she’s not retaining any afterbirth. The kittens were born before we woke up so we didn’t see the sacs. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/10 "2011-05-11T05:06:07Z")
Okay, [some](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709408086/) [more](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709406298/) [pictures](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709405318/). ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/11 "2011-05-11T05:09:54Z")
Boy, talk about truth in advertising. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/12 "2011-05-11T05:22:08Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Okay, [some](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709408086/) [more](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709406298/) [pictures](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/5709405318/). OMG CUTE!!! wantkittenwantkittenwantkittenwantkittenwantkittenwantkittenwantkittenwantkitten ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/13 "2011-05-11T06:36:48Z")
OK, I’ll take that orange one. Now. I’m gonna go to WalMart (open 24 hours) and get some KMR and a baby bottle. I don’t know how I’m going to explain it to my husband, or the cats already in residence…but between the fluff and the face and the teensy claws, I am in LOVE. All of them are adorable. All of them. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/14 "2011-05-11T06:51:21Z")
Congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/15 "2011-05-11T08:10:19Z")
Congratulations, and good on you for fostering them! They’re _all_ beautiful! Both momma _and_ her babies. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/16 "2011-05-11T08:22:59Z")
Fostering is kind of a project for my kids, at least while the kittens are still small and fully adorable. Once the kittens are big enough for spay/neutering and adopting, the kids are tired of the work and less enamored, and returning the kittens isn’t as difficult, especially when there’s always a new batch waiting if we are up for it. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/17 "2011-05-11T13:36:42Z")
ADORABLE!! Dibs on the calico, please! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/18 "2011-05-11T14:11:28Z")
Ohohohoh! I’m just around the corner, but hubby says no more kitties.☹ They are so precious! The placentas tangle up. The reason it looks like two, is cats have two horned uteri. Kind of a “Y” formation. One set of placenti per side. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/19 "2011-05-11T16:49:28Z")
WANT. Can’t have, but do want. Such sweetness in such small little furry packages. WANT! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474/20 "2011-05-11T17:46:31Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Ohohohoh! I’m just around the corner, but hubby says no more kitties.☹ They are so precious! > > The placentas tangle up. The reason it looks like two, is cats have two horned uteri. Kind of a “Y” formation. One set of placenti per side. Ah. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-newborn-kittens/581474.md?page=2)