Susy & Kittens

This is a case of a kitten having kittens. A nice couple adopted Susy and her brother from a box of kittens being given away outside a grocery store when they were about six weeks old. They were going to have her spayed and her brother neutered but had heard that that should be done when kittens are about six months old. This little girl was brought to the veterinary hospital where I work because the owners thought she was constipated. Actually, she was in labor with kittens she couldn't deliver because her pelvis was too small and immature. She was less than six months old and since she had never been outside the house, the father had to be her brother. We did an emergency C-section and saved three of the kittens, though it was very difficult to resuscitate the little calico female. The poor mother, just a kitten herself, woke up to find these strange little things trying to snuggle up to her. She didn't know what they were or what to do with them, and she had no milk. Things were touch-and-go for a day, then her milk came in and she figured out that these were kittens and they were hers, and she turned into an excellent doting mother. All three kittens have good homes -- the vet tech who worked so hard to get the calico to breathe adopted her. The mama was spayed at the C-section, and her brother has been neutered. -Kay in Oregon