Special Delivery

The new pregnant kitties are now named Nala and Zira. For those of you not conversant with Disney trivia, they are characters from the movie The Lion King; both mommy kitties. Nala is so round and uncomfortable, I knew she would go into labor first. She showed her first signs last night, insisting on nesting inside a cabinet in her room, where she licked her belly and purred all night. I checked on her every hour and a half throughout the night.

At 9:10 am, Nala gave birth to her first kitten. She is just a kitten herself and was a little overwhelmed, so I had to help a bit. Her first kitten was BIG and healthy looking!

I snapped a quick photo of her first baby after we weighed it:

This is not a quick process. Nala's second baby didn't make an appearance for four more hours. She delivered the second baby all on her own:

Baby number two latched on right away:


It's now been five hours since the birth of the second baby, so I will update this as things progress. At least she got lots of rest in between babies!



I was surprised she just had two babies, as big as she was, but no more came. They are little bruisers though for newborns, so she has her paws full!