Newborns (Day 1)

It has now been almost 24 hours since the kittens have been born, so we can tell enough about them to write a little description.

Kitten #1 is an orange tabby. Preliminary inspection indicates that it's a "he".

Kitten #2, #3, and #4 are all grey tabbies. They are so difficult to tell apart!

Kitten #5 is completly black. Sex is undermined.

The kittens now make a lot of mewing noise, and can crawl a little in the basket.

Their fur is all dry and very soft. Seven doesn't let them out of her sight for long, and will come out of the basket if she thinks that we've been holding them too long. Should we put the kittens down on the ground, Seven will pick them up and carry them back to the nest.

The kittens weigh about 160 grams today. A 15 gram increase from yesterday (about a 10% weight gain).