Expert: Marcia Owen - 4/10/2008

Question
QUESTION: hello my cat boe had kittens and they were born white( well 2 of them were.) now after almost 3 weeks they are growing there color!!!!! the 2nd born is now turning black and white.his hair is white but his skin is changing!!!
the same with the other white one exept his skin is turning orange and white striped!!

they are now growing there teeth and the black and white girl( the 2 i talked about were both boys)is walking and climbing out of her box!!!!

they were born march 25 and i was wondering if all that is normal!!!

ANSWER: Hi Kasadee

Yes this is perfectly normal and now that they are climbing out of the box your fun is about to start.  Do enjoy them.

Marcia.

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QUESTION: thanks and my mom let my cat boe out all night ( the mommy of the kittens) and when we let her in she came out from my dads truck. i looked under there to see why and i found a male unneitered orange and white tabby sitting there.

does this mean that she is pregnant again!!!!

i hope not because then she could die from lack of calcium. and if she had enough calcium to make them then i would have to hand feed them huh????


please answer

Answer
HI Kasadee

It is possible for a cat to come into season again 3 weeks after having kittens so you will have to keep an eye on Boe to see if she appears to be pregnant.  However just because you have seen her with the boy it doesn't necessarily mean she is pregnant.  She would have needed to be in season for that to happen.  

Don't panic at the moment.  By the time you will know that she is pregnant the other kittens will have been weaned and as long as you feed Boe good quality food, I think she will cope very well.

Might be an idea to stress to your Mum that Boe shouldn't be going out again for quite a while.

Marcia.