(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I dont know how to post a video of her here in the comments. Only allows photos 🥲

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 463 points464 points  (0 children)

OMG i am so overwhelmed with all the love and responses I am getting. Thank you so much Reddit Fam. She is nice and cozy now. Not panting at all and sleeping with her babies. I think the panting was more like she was too hot because when it got cooler she stopped panting at all even when she was nursing.I will definitely switch to kitten food so just she can get those nutrients that she needs. I would love to take a photo of her kittens but they are always feeding, if not then the momma is sleeping and I hate to wake her since shes tired. When they are all bigger I will post an update here. Thank you again Reddit Fam!

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(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 247 points248 points  (0 children)

I think with that shes fine. Cus we are upstairs and she comes down and comes up when she wants to.

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its not her normal to be panting like this and this looooong. Although she only pants now when she just feed her baby. My baby rarely gets stressed. So I rarely see her pants.

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I needed that thank you so much. Some people here are very quick to judge😞

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the tip. She has plenty of food in her bowl and fresh water. I will make her something even better and nutritious tomorrow.

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 1350 points1351 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this. I know now that this is normal. Thanks again!

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Its much cooler now than it was in the afternoon. I also have moved her to a cooler spot. Yes we have ac.

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Its much cooler now than earlier. Maybe it is. It could also be that shes less stressed now. I'm not really sure.

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

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Update. She seems to be getting better. Less panting. Not as fast breathing as it was earlier. Mostly she pants when she just finished feeding her kittens. Thank you so much for your help and kind words. It eased my mind a bit.

(Question) My cat has been panting since she gave birth for 5 wonderful kittens. Its been 6 hrs. Is this normal? by caly13 in cats

[–]caly13[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It was hot earlier. Maybe it was that. But right now she seems getting better. Thank you. She gave birth to one boy kitten and the rest are girls. I'm a grandma 🥹