Første kuld mellem David og Adrina
First litter between David and Adrina

Kuldet mellem Adrina og David havde vi set frem til med både spænding og længsel. Rent typemæssig blev vi ikke skuffet, de var meget smukke, specielt den ene tortiepige var helt exceptionel smuk, med en fin stor rød plet på den ene side af hovedet. Men det var med blandet følelse vi modtog killingerne, fordi 2 af de 4 killinger havde en meget stor ganespalte og det var ikke sikkert, at de kunne overleve:-( Derudover havde den ene også en meget tyk, kort hale med et tydeligt knæk på midten og DET har vi ikke set før på nyfødte killinger. Af de 2 sidste killinger havde den ene en mindre ganespalte, som hun formentlig godt kunne leve med, mens drengen heldigvis gik helt fri. Vi har ALDRIG haft killinger med ganespalte før og håbede selvfølgelig, at de alle ville overleve og vi så frem til deres videre udvikling. Da en af killingerne har flere defekter er der tale om multi-defekter og dermed er det formentlig udefrakommende ting der har forårsaget defekterne og ikke noget arveligt. Det gør det ikke mindre svært, men det er da en lille trøst.....

Dagen efter de var født døde tortiepigen med den hvide blis. Og natten til d. 24 døde de 2 andre tortie piger. Op ad formiddagen d. 24 døde drengen også:-( Når et helt kuld er dødfødt/dør hurtigt efter fødslen og der samtidig er flere defekter, er det temmelig sikkert, at der er tale om en udefrakommende ting der har forårsaget denne tragedie. Så vi har besluttet, at gentage parringen når Adrina går i løbetid.

Adrina tog fødslen helt som hun skulle. Hun slikkede killingerne rene, bed navlestrengene over og spiste moderkagerne efterhånden som de kom ud. Hun blev hos killingerne men tog sig også tid til, at spise, drikke, gå på toilettet og gå en lille tur inden hun lagde sig ind til killingerne i flere timer igen. Så hun er klar til at få killinger, ingen tvivl om det.

The litter between David and Adrina was something we had waited for with both excitment and anticipation. Looking at the type of the kittens we were not disappointed, especially one of the tortie girls were absolutely stunning, the one with the big red spot on the side of the chin. But it was with mixed feelings we said hallo to these kittens, because 2 of the 4 kittens were born with severe cleft palate and it wasn't sure that they were going to survive:-( In addition one of the kittens had a very short, thick tail with a noticable kink. We have never had kittens born with cleft palate or kinks before so we were rather astonished about these defects. Out of the 2 remaining kittens, one of them had a smaller cleft palate, that she could probably live with and the other kitten, the boy, looked fine and had no cleft palate. Because one of the kittens had 2 defects, which is known as multiple defects, it is more than likely that it has been something in the enviroment that has caused these defects, but that is of very little comfort to us.....

The day after they were born the tortie girl with the white stripe died. The night there after the 2 other girls died as well. On the morning thereafter the boy passed away as well. Since all of the kittens ended up dying within 48 hours, the likelyhood that something in the enviroment has poisened the mother during the pregnancy, has been increased. We have therefor desided to repeat this breeding once Adrina goes into heat again.

Adrina made it through the delivery with flying colours. She licked the kittens clean, cut the umbeliical cord and ate the placentas, one after the other. She stayed with the kittens, but also toke time of to eat, drink, go to the littertray and taking a small walk, until she would lay down by the kittens for hours again. So she's ready to have kittens again, no doubt about it.