On the 11th of March 2024 Missie started to behave a bit unsettled. She was going from room to room, sitting here, laying there. I could tell, that she was getting ready to give birth. Although I expected the delivery 3 days later. My bad. When she was with Theodor, she didn’t show any signs of a successful mating during the first 2-3 days. So, I calculated her pregnancy from the day when I actually saw her having a successful interaction. But, it seems like, Theodor was successful from day 1.
She settled in the birthing box and about an hour later the first kitten arrived. 20 minutes later the second followed. Then for 2 hours nothing. She was relaxed, nursing and cleaning the babies. Thankfully, we made an x-ray the week before, so I was aware that 2 more kittens needed yet to arrive. After 2 hours of waiting, she had contractions again and the other 2 little ones arrived safe and sound as well.
We have 3 boys and 1 girl. They are all growing very nicely. By the 8th day, they all doubled their birth weight
Regarding the colors: The girl is most likely blue tortie. The boys are most likely blue point. But 1 of them can be seal point. We will see. They have just started to develop their colors on the tips of the ears.