Our farm cat mama - Violet - had a batch of kittens in September. She had six and we were glad to see that she had them someplace close where we could see and have contact with them. Her last batch was born out in the woods or an outbuilding on the farm so we never saw them until they were 12 weeks or more and quite feral.
This batch had 3 large, fat, fluffy kittens and three that were so very tiny and weak compared to the others. They had little or no body fat and could not fight for feeding off Momma. I numbered them to keep track - 1-6. 1 & 2 were gray & white, 3 is pure white, 4 was gray, 5 was white with some gray spots and 6 white with black spots. Violet would move the kittens from spot to spot and the first night we had cold weather in the 20s, #5 froze to death while #4 and #6 were frozen but not dead. We brought #4 and #6 inside, but #4 did not make it through the night. Six was wrapped in a heating pad and we hoped for the best. He could only move his eyes, but by morning he was able to raise his head and eat from a syringe of the calf manna I mixed up (I keep that to feed out/fatten my Thoroughbred gelding who doesn't keep weight) - He has slowly but surely begun to gain weight and get frisky! the last first pic was when they were 3 weeks (Six is the itty bitty head in the back), the first is two weeks ago. The second pic is now. When he is healthy enough to join the crew outside, he will head that direction. For now, my little whirlwind - Six!
This batch had 3 large, fat, fluffy kittens and three that were so very tiny and weak compared to the others. They had little or no body fat and could not fight for feeding off Momma. I numbered them to keep track - 1-6. 1 & 2 were gray & white, 3 is pure white, 4 was gray, 5 was white with some gray spots and 6 white with black spots. Violet would move the kittens from spot to spot and the first night we had cold weather in the 20s, #5 froze to death while #4 and #6 were frozen but not dead. We brought #4 and #6 inside, but #4 did not make it through the night. Six was wrapped in a heating pad and we hoped for the best. He could only move his eyes, but by morning he was able to raise his head and eat from a syringe of the calf manna I mixed up (I keep that to feed out/fatten my Thoroughbred gelding who doesn't keep weight) - He has slowly but surely begun to gain weight and get frisky! the last first pic was when they were 3 weeks (Six is the itty bitty head in the back), the first is two weeks ago. The second pic is now. When he is healthy enough to join the crew outside, he will head that direction. For now, my little whirlwind - Six!
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but sad story
still though ~ true hopes for little Six 
