| As a pet owner, your pet's health is greatly | | | | themselves warm and secure. If the mother is not |
| depending on you. The health of any kind of pets is | | | | around, you have to supply the warm from another |
| just too important to overlook, let alone the | | | | heat source. Normally a heat lamp will do the trick. |
| newborn pets. Just like babies, newborn kittens are | | | | The temperature of the kittens' surrounding should |
| more prone to harmful bacteria and thus, extra care | | | | be kept around 85-90 degrees Fahrenheit for their |
| should be given to them. It is very important to | | | | first week. It is advisable to cover the box with a |
| ensure that the environment they are living in is the | | | | piece of blanket because when the surrounding is too |
| best that you can provide so that they can grow | | | | bright, the mother cat will feel threatened. |
| healthily for the first few weeks after they are born. | | | | You do not have to be too worried if you find that |
| It is the mothers' nature that the mother cat will | | | | the newborn kittens are not moving or playing too |
| spend most if its time lying closed with its newborn | | | | much. Being new to the world, they are supposed to |
| kittens for the very first few days of their life. Since | | | | spend most of their time sleeping and drinking milk |
| the mother cats are spending most of the time with | | | | for the first two weeks or so. It is usual for kittens |
| its young, you should put its food and water near to | | | | to cry if the mother cat has been missing for some |
| where they are so that the mother cat will not have | | | | time, but excessive crying may be a sign of |
| to move too far away from its young just to eat. | | | | discomfort from sickness or hunger. When you |
| Although mother cats are staying closed with its | | | | detect any uncommon behaviour from a kitten, |
| kitten, do check on them regularly to see that both | | | | consult your vet immediately. |
| mother and kittens are alright. A mother cat which | | | | Paying extra attention and giving extra care may |
| gives birth the first time is especially prone to bouts | | | | sound easy, but you have to be consistent in |
| of anxiousness. If the mother cat isn't feeling safe | | | | checking on your cat and its kittens. As a pet owner, |
| about the place it and its kitten is in, it may move | | | | you are just like the second mother even though the |
| them to somewhere quieter and safer to hide from | | | | mother cat will do most of the job in taking good |
| others. So check out on the mother cat regularly to | | | | care of its little ones. On your part, make sure you |
| see if there is any sign of anxiousness. | | | | provide the best living environment for them to grow |
| For a week or two, you can see that the kittens | | | | up healthily and happily. |
| huddle together with the mother to actually keep | | | | |