Hi Kat, yes Dove does have a tail, though it is very short, about the size of my little finger an all bent curled up. I too had a wonderfull little female Manx several years ago, the most loving adorable female I have ever owned, named Sandy, She was a small grey Manx with a short bob of a tail. Manx are devoted little cats and most definilty one person cats. I adored that cat and love Manx but she is the only one I have ever had...As for Dove's kittens, they both have tails, though I haven't gotten close enough to check out just how much of a tail they both have. Dove has Siamese in her with those beautiful blue eyes, and her mom is a small thin Tortie. NOt sure what her father looked like.
I will take more photos as these babies grow and give updates. I do think they should have no problem finding homes, including the lovely little mom, Dove herself is only about 8 months old, just a kitten herself, It was scary when she had that first kitten with the paw sticking out and no embyonic sac. My friend called and rushed her to the vets where the vet had to pull the little one out and boy did Dove do what it says like in the Prince song, "When Doves Cry".
MOre like a scream from what I heard, Then about two hours later, baby number two arrived. From what I was told and have seen, the first baby, the two tone cream or light brown and white baby is bigger than normal and weighs in at almost twice what newborns weigh. ( forgot how many grams, but something like 4 oz) After the second one was born, we kept waiting thinking there must be one more perhaps two, but after calling the vet back, Dove was taken back to the Emergency Vets with kittens and examined and told, nope that is it, only two kittens! Both kittens are fine and looking good and getting plenty of milk from Dove.
Mom for being such a young mom is very loving and trusting to everyone that comes in there. I have to go over and feed her every three hours and her mom in the cage next to her gets fed as well, but not as many times a day.
One kitten is a boy and the other a little girl. Dove is very very lucky to have been caught and transferred into a large cage and maternity ward in the nick of time, If we had waited to get her this weekend, I would hate to think about poor Dove trying to deliver that kitten on her own, and with no food to help support her.
My friend has used her garage as a cat rescue pen before when I was the caretaker for 24 feral and semi feral cats and I watched a beautiful young cat give birth to five healthy kittens, getting all but the first one recorded on video. all of those cats were a miracle as you do not find homes for 24 feral or semi feral cats anywhere, ( I adopted two of those kittens from that colony, a boy and a girl) and my friend adopted one rasing him from the time he was only 2 1/2 weeks old. ( HIs mom deserted him.) so Dove was lucky to find some people ( my friend and myself) who cared to take two hungery cats in need off of the streets, just in time to have Dove deliver her babies. :)Kat, I am so sorry to hear about your Manx, that was terrible, I have so many nighmare stories liek this, that is why I try to help all those I can of any species. Well, off to bed, cats get up early around here, esp when ou haave nine of them!
RWM
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Topic: Dove's Kittens, Newborn Video taken 8-7-2011 (Read 3173 times)