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Alright, Bitter Anon. Did Snailkitten have her kittens yet? Did she get sliced open today? Or do we have to wait another week to see kitteny goodness?
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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snailkitten is in serious labor now. been about 10 minutes since she started having contractions (i guess. i cant tell if its just babies wiggling or what) and started dripping some kind of liquid all over her nest. i thought she was peeing but she's laying down purring and licking herself and i'm freaking out man

no one said it was going to be messy like this! i dont know if I should rub her tummy or what

(attempted to update other thread before I saw this one)
>> Anonymous
Don't touch her unless she's having trouble cleaning all the babies at once, if they do decide to come out. She should know what to do, but if she's not cleaning the kittens, you might need to help out.
>> Anonymous
Of course it will be a bit messy. They don't say "her water broke" cause popcorn starts falling out of her vag. She'll be okay, just sit and watch. Don't distract her too much with petting either. She has a job to do now.
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
When my cat had kitten, she came and sat on my head (literally) while I was sleeping because the door to the room of her hideyhole was shut. I freaked out because I thought she was going to dump a litter of kittens on my bed D:
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>117057
she seems to WANT me to touch her though. She's been following me around for days, and every time I leave the nest, she mews and leans her head out. Right now, she's staring at me and waiting for me to come and sit down. I've been just putting my hand in there and she lays her head on it and grooms me.
>>117058
i know the water broke thing but.. I mean I didnt realize cats did that too. I thought the "water" was the sacs the babies come in. if she's squrting mung everywhere, does that mean there is an open sac baby waiting to come out?

godamnit she came out of nest and is laying on the carpet licking herself and staring at me, update moar later
>> RichardsChewToy
>>117063
My cats always wanted to be pat too, which meant I got to be very involved in all of her litters. I would sit with her and gently rub her belly, if I didnt, she would try to crawl into my lap. I let that happen ONCE! And once was enough... >.> Kitty tried to have a baby in my lap and it was SO gross.... but if she wants the attention then give it to her.

Some cats do NOT want to be touch, but some do. Seems yours wants to. give the kitty affection!
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
she is having a lot of really strong contractions, but no babies are low in her abdomen.

how long is this supposed to go on? she clenches up so much it squeezes the air from her lungs and she cries.

cripes i'm so glad i'm never having kids
>> Anonymous
Good luck, Snailkitten~
>> Anonymous
Do your best, Snailkitten!
>> RichardsChewToy
Her behavior is normal, and labor can last a long time. Be patient, they will come. If she doesnt have them in a period of 2 to 4 hours, then you might want to bring her to the vet. You had stated that one of the kittens was much larger than the others, so it might be too big.
>> Anonymous
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>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>117090
That's what I'm worried about. Now that there's not fluid in there, it's realllyy obvious where the big kitten is. Just talked to the vet (her appt was for 4, and it's 4:30), and he said that if she hasn't delivered in 7 hours, to call and meet him at the office. Suxxx

She wont let me leave the room and I have to pee :(
>> Anonymous
>>117093
You don't have an internets urinal?
>> Anonymous
when my cat delivered, there was a lot of fluid at first, but it took her four or five hours to deliver, and all the kittens were healthy. so breathe deep, and best wishes Snailkitten!!
>> RichardsChewToy
>>117093
^_^ Pee in a cup?
On a serious note... wrap her in a towel/blanket and bring her with you...
Also... Do you plan on cutting the umbilical cord/free the kitten from the sac your self, or are you going to ler her do it herself? they are perfectly capable of doing it them selves... but I always found it gross and unnessissary for an indoor cat -.-. Kitty eating sac and cutting umbilical cord with her teeth... eeeeeeew
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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he's a fiesty little thing. looks like his father i think. REALLY moving around
>> Anonymous
Zomg! =D
>> Anonymous
It's a kitten! Go snailkitten, go!
>> Anonymous
go snailkitten go!!!
>> RichardsChewToy
>>117098
SO CUTE! Keep 'em coming Snailkitten!
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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kitten2 is a VERY dark tabby boy, i think 1 is a girl. 2 is either a boy or has a tumour on her bits.
>> RichardsChewToy
>>117104
^_^ Now I miss having kittens around... Shame on you! *Steals the kittens*
>> Anonymous
>>117104
hard to tell when they are that little, some might surprise you!
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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Whee. Contractions have started, kitten3 imminent
>> Anonymous
the first one looks like snailkitten... could that one be escargot?
>> Anonymous
It'll be hard to tell their sex until they're a couple weeks old.
Keep at it, Snailkitten!
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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kitten3 looks a lot like kitten1. 2 and 3 are smaller than 1, so I think that was the "oldest". there was good bit of trouble with 3, more blood and he took awhile to start breathing. Everyone is wiggilng around, and 2 looks REALLY pretty!

this is 1 and 2 trying to get in the way while 3 was on its way out
>> Anonymous
do you think theres any more in her?
>> INVALID
<3 the gentler side of 4chan.
>> Anonymous
I think there's only three. No doubt Bitter is now spending tender moments with his snailkitten and her offspring.
>> Anonymous
>>117120
you're tempting every channer's /b/tard switch with such comments...
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>>117115
I am expecting at least 1 more from x'rays, and it feels like there is another lump in her tummy. She's settled down and I havent seen any contractions since 3 was born, so she may be taking a bit of a break.

I seperated them to check and make sure everyone is okay; no deformities that I can see. Here is 3..
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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Here is 2.. (Look! Black paws like snailkitten!) He's not as dark as I thought he was, but the contrast between his light spots and his dark ones is a lot less than on 1 or 3, and he's got a huge dark area on his back.
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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And here is 1. Biggest, LOUDEST, and oldest. Yes, I know my hands are kinda gross. They have been covered in placenta. Fuck you.

>>117109
Since it seems they all are brown/caramel tabbies, I'm thinking the last one born will be escargot. You know, since it's slow? Hurf I so clevar.

Right now, It's looking like 1 and 3 will be Figgis and Fiddis, since they are similar except in size, and 2 might be Tyranocore. Any other suggestions?
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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And here are all kittens. 3 is at the top, 1 and the right, and 2 at the left.
>> Anonymous
I suggest waiting until they wobble around some. You know, when their eyes are open and they show some personality. Then you'll know what each should be named.
>> Anonymous
someone screencap this!
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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>>117120
>>117124
<narrator voice>And they say Anon's heart grew three sizes that day..</narrator voice>

>>117129
Yea I know, I just want ideas because calling them numbers doesn't sit well with me. I suppose I could say "First", "Middle" and "Last", but that's not much better.

Jesus thats a lot of spots.
>> Anonymous
>>117127
your hands are gross because you don't clip your nails.
>> Anonymous
Go suck dem tits.
>> Anonymous
>>117134
Only three? When my cat had kittens there were six of them. Your cat < mine in matters of fertility.
>> Anonymous
>>117137

He said there might be one more. Also, name one Omikron.
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>117135
I don't cut them because usually they are painted. I was in the process of prepping them when she started freaking out and squirting whatever-the-hell all over the floor. But yes, my hands are gross. Such is life.

>>117137
Maybe so, but does your cat have internet fans? And yea, I was expecting another. She hasn't had any more contractions, so I'm not so sure now.
>> Anonymous
congratulations Snailkitten, you did good <3
>> Resurii
Yay! I'm happy she finally had her kittens! They are SO cute!! <3 If I lived near LA, then I would totally have to take one.. but I'm in Mi. Congratulations on getting 3 very cute kittens! :3
>> Anonymous
Yay, Snailkitten! Good job!

Those kittens have to be the cutest damn things I've seen in a long time; good job on getting yourself knocked up!

...Oh, and uh, good job for posting it, Bitter. :D
>> Cheez-it Conquistador
O.M.G. Congrats! I usually don't post on this board, just troll it, but when I saw that Snailcat had the kittens I had to comment. You go girl!
>> Anonymous
ya did good Snailkittn. yer babies, as well as the internet, congratualtes you. take a break, you deserve it. And bitter Anon, congrats on 3 new kittens
>> Anonymous
hehe, can't spell right now
>> Anonymous
I think camera flashes are bad for new kittens eyes...
>> Anonymous
Yay Snailkitten! My life is hell right now, but her and her babies just made it better!

I'm totally in the Snailkitten (and Snailkitten's kittens) fan club.
>> Anonymous
>>117104
Well, congratulations to both of you. Let's hope one of these darker things lives to get named Nignog, eh?
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>>117165
Once their eyes start to open the room won't need to be so dark, and I wont need to use a flash.

>>117177
Alas, I dont think any of them will be named Nignog. I was really hoping one would be born mostly black, because that is just too awesome of a name, even with the racial implications. Imagine someone yelling at night, trying to get the cat inside.."Come back here Nignog! Goddamnit! Niggyniggyniggy here boy!"

Thanks for all the moral support folks, I will continue to update /an/ with the kittens progress until they find new homes, because really, they're community kittens.
>> Anonymous
name one of them after an /an/ meme, in honor of this thread.

i have no clue what /an/ memes are out there, though.
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>117219
We pretty much just have fishingcat and giant isopods as far as memes go. I mean, I guess snailkitten could be a meme, as some people call chan/tan/camwhores memes.
>> Anonymous
Did the fourth kitten ever come? Or was it a bad xray? Or what?
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>117264
No fourth kitten. We didn't *see* four kittens on the xray; We saw two clearly, one bigger than the others, and then lots of bone. Feeling her abdomen led us to believe there was four kittens. I'm going to be checking her back end a lot incase she starts oozing pus or something, might mean there was a kitten that didn't get born. She's not as skinny as I seem to remember new mothers being. But, she's taking great care of the kittens so far, even letting me "babysit" while she ate and used the litter box.

<3 snailkitten
>> Anonymous
Hooray for Snailkittenkittens!
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
Name one after Puck from A Midsummer Nights Dream
>> Anonymous
Since the family censored the Jesus name...
And you can't do Nignog...
Leroy M. Macpherson.
The 'M' stands for 'Motherfucker'
>> Smoovman
1.Go to www.4chanarchive.org
2.Go to request interface
3.Type in 117047
4.This thread is remembered forever
5.???
6.Profit!
>> Anonymous
>>117368
While I wish it did, 4CHANARCHIVE DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. You can't archive threads from /an/.

Also, thanks for the thread Bitter Anon, it's brightened my day to see everything in working order
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Oh man I can't believe I missed this! My cat and I congratulate you and Snailkitten on your new additions! Glad to hear everything went well! Keep us up to date. God you're gonna have so much fun.. if you've never heard a kitten purr for the first time in its life, it's just... awesome! :D
>> Anonymous
>>117189
Yeah, they look a lot like their mother by the patterns on their backs. Oh well. Too bad /an/ has no memes that could be used to name small animals after, unless you count "i sat on it, now it's dead", monorail cat, or any such...

Hey, if one of them turns out to be substantially larger than the others, would you name him/her xbox?
>> Anonymous
Name one Brando. After brandocat, and Dio.
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>>117396
If one turns out to be bigger, I will definately name it Hueg Liek Xbox. I could proably convince my family it's named after some famous person.

>>117458
except for their massive heads, I dont see that they've taken after him with regard to colouring. Everyone looks like slightly-shaded versions of snailkitten.

It appears their personalities (or at least some proto-personality) is shining through. One, the biggest kitten, squeals like a hick rape victim whenever you touch her. It's not a "Oh what is that touching me?" squeal, its a "OH GOD MOM THIS IS A BAD TOUCH HALP" sound. She even does it when her siblings touch her. I thought it might be some kind of nerve issue, but if snailkitten licks her, she doesnt make that sound. Maybe she's going to be a drama queen.

3 is most definately going to be Escargot, regardless of personality. She was slow to get here, and she's tiny, and she looks a LOT like snailkitten.

Also, snailkitten laid down on one of them, and I immediately though "Op here i sat on it", before freaking out and shoving her off the kitten.

Pic: Snailkitten during labour with escargot/3
>> Anonymous
CONGRATS SNAILKITTEN!!!!!!!!!!
>> That Gomez
snailkitten-owner is the nurse-kun of /an/
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>117588
Except I'm not a paedo nurse manipulating a traumatized but adorable amputee. And I'm not on wikichan.

Except for the complete difference, sure.
>> Anonymous
Gratz to snailkitten and you!
>> Anonymous /m/
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.........
Congrats on the new kittens my man/woman/person
Absol-fucking-lutly adorable!
>> Anonymous
MAWR CATS!!

Oh and Congrats on the Delivery.
>> Anonymous
aw, congrats! Cutest thread ever <3
>> Anonymous
Can you post another picture now that they're not all slimy?
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>>117865
No. Only slimy pictures allowed!
>> Aru
Yayz!Congrats for Snailkitten!And Bitter Anon,of course,for doing a good nurse job^^They´re so cute!

We can call them Mudkip,Pimp Ed and Shoop :D
Oh well,there´s lots of meme names to choose!
>> Anonymous
>>117878
Aww, poor Snailkitten looks soooo tired! :D I'd be, too, of course, but she just looks so cute. ^_^
>> Anonymous
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Chico, Groucho and Harpo
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
Again, thanks for all the congrats folks. I'm glad that our stress has been amusing.

>>117885
She IS tired of them. She's been leaving the nest pretty frequently, and yesterday I came in here and there was a baby laying in the middle of the room (he was fine, I put him back in with the others). She's pretty good about coming back if they make noise though, and she sits in front of the box and growls if anyone walks past the door to "her" room.

>>117891
Great idea!
>> Kotone !bQXLaktCGc
Yay! Congratulations. They're all very cute :3

I'm glad she had them with no problems. :D
>> Anonymous
>>117895
Does she ever growl at you?
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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Oh jesus. I just saw the most adorable fight EVER. Rapidshitting video now, alas, youtube won't let me upload for some reason.
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>117920
Nope, never had her growl at me. At things nearby, but not at me.
>>117925
http://rapidshare.com/files/42366385/P7110183.MOV.html 1 is a total bitch.
>> Anonymous
>>117926

ZOMG, super-ultra adorable to the max! Thanks for uploading video, Bitter Anon.
>> Kotone !bQXLaktCGc
>>117926
Aww~! So cute. :] Thanks.
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
They're so fuzzy. Congrats.

I just started following this thread the day before the birth... How long was the pregnancy? Did you intend for her to get pregnant? Just wondering. ;]
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
Sweet video. I had no idea 2-day-old kittens were that lively.

Which one was 1 in that scene and who was she fighting?
>> Anonymous !4X8vLLNDE2
How old is Snailkitten?
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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Jeez, Blank, keep it in one post!

Snailkitten is roughly 10 months old. I got her when her mother abandoned her and a sibling inside a nest in a wall at the college I was going to. Apparently she'd had multiple litters (and abandoned them after a week) in that wall, and no one bothered to rescue the kittens or catch the mom. No one told me that, so instead of immediately taking both kittens, I put out a blanket and came back the next day. The sibling kitten (which was much darker, a beautiful chocolate tabby) was missing, and snailkitten was yowling so much it disturbed the class on the other side of the wall (funny how they didn't bother to do anything to save the rest of the litter before they died). So, crying kitten.

Of course, being a huge nerd, I posted pictures of her online, and it wasn't until I posted pictures of her playing an a purple rat-igloo that she was called "snailkitten".

She was escaped when a guest let her outside the day before she was to go into heat. That was April 29th.

On May 6th, she returned home with a hambeast/brandocat, who is apparently the father of these kittens.

And now you know the full story </paul harvey>

Also, 1 is the kitten that climbed up and was crawling on the other, 2 is the kitten that was pretty much defending itself.
>> Anonymous
How soon do cats wean, anyway?
>> Anonymous Alt 783 Universe 5466
Nice kittens hopefully they will stay cute...
>> Anonymous
Lucky bastard! I want kittens!!! They're so damned cute, all of them.
>> tablecat
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>>117958

Two/three weeks iirc?
>> Anonymous
zomg vid is cute! tho i would suggest explaining to kittenz that mommy has like 6 nipples, so there are enough to go around. also, i normally live on /b/, but it has been lame with combofags and spammers lately, so is there any chance i could get a repost of the pic that gave snailkitten her name?
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>>118118
3-4 weeks, I think it was. That's when I'll start weaning them myself if they haven't started to eat snailkitten's food. They'll be moving on to new homes at about 8-10 weeks.

By the way, anyone in southern LA can potentially get a kitten, send email to bitteranon@gmail.com

>>118119
It was a series. Here's one.
>> tablecat
That's right, it was 2-ish weeks for eyes opening, and then later for weaning.
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And here is another. This one is entitled "You gonna get raped"
>> Anonymous
>>118123

That's so cute. I wondered how Snailkitten got her name. Also, my rats loved the shit out of those igloos. I would have never even thought of extending the concept to kittens (although I imagine it's a more intuitive leap when your kitten is being fostered by rat does).
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>118153
My rats didn't like it actually. They perferred to sleep up in corners or in cardboard boxes.