15/08/2026
Dear ,
What a crazy day! Unang una, bakit ka may bangs? Wait let’s start from the beginning. Yung mga hindi matiyaga magbasa, you can check out now.
First, sobra binantayan namin mating ni Piper and Rocket since we were so excited about their first litter. Walang success! Parati natutumba or tabingi or nakahiga. Tinry ko pa tulungan sila sa positioning kasi di pa marunong. Aaanyway sabi namin dibale, next time uli. Nung lumaki tiyan ni Piper, naisip namin baka may one time nakatiyamba somehow and they can have 1 baby. Due date marked for august 17 monday.
Saturday palang- we were on our way to school for the parent orientation. My daughter back home texted that she thinks she saw a head hanging from Piper’s butt and she has gone to the litterbox. Whaaaat. We turned around on the road. Sorry talaga, gustong gusto namin makita yung brand new campus at makapagtour pero emergency naglabor na eh!
When i got home, andun sya sa loob ng litterbox. When i looked closer, may kitten sa sand! Nasa loob pa ng sac, hindi man lang nya pinansin! I rushed to take them out and transfer them to the birthing crate. I broke the sac and removed the placenta. I rescuscitated the kitten and showed it to her pero hindi nya pinansin. The next two, iniwan nya uli sa sac and i helped them as well. Whew! It seemed like it was over. There were three kittens now and she at least started grooming them already. I offered her some food and she ate a little too. Parang may naiwan pa but i wasn’t sure.
Some time later, she was panting again and delivered a fourth kitten. Feeling ko dapat marunong na sya so i waited a bit to see if she can attend to it. Pero iniwan nya sa sac uli! When i checked this one, it was already dead. I broke the sac and it was limp, deathly pale, non-moving. In my mind, i thought do something!!!! But what can i do? I was a professional in newborn care wasn’t i? Didn’t i have vast experience in this field? Wasn’t i a trained pediatrician? Didnt i take the Neonatal Resuscitation course many times? Granted that was all for humans, but in my desperation, i figured, kittens can’t be that different can they? Now, i realized i have never known real desperation until i started giving a kitten mouth to mouth. My daughter tried to retract inside her skin when she saw me put the slimy, bloody, dead kitten on my mouth. To be fair, it was probably horrifying. But i had no equipment, no ambubag or intubation tubes. I sealed its nose & mouth with my mouth, blew in and did chest compressions. I did other standard procedures too- like stimulation, and thermoregulation (just a fancy term for keeping them warm). Lo and behold, the kitten gave that 1 first gasp. I continued supporting him but i could see he was still breathing with great difficulty. Deep gasping breaths with his skin retracting deeply into his ribs. I didn’t really have high hopes but we just continued. My daughter told the kitten, “you can’t live unless you breathe”. My son told him, “it won’t be easy. you have to breathe for the rest of your life.” They nicknamed him Deadbert and it seemed like Deadbert was going to die at any moment. When his breathing quieted a little, we tried feeding him very carefully. I was relieved he was able to suck from the bottle but stopped immediately when i saw some milk coming out of his nose! Don’t die Deadbert!
In the meantime, to add to the chaos, Piper started delivering even more babies! They were so tiny! The tiniest we’ve ever had. One after another, i was afraid they would drown and die in their sacs so we were in a flurry of opening them and drying them and making sure they were breathing. Honestly, i have no idea if they will all make it. It was definitely a struggle-bus juggling multiple kittens.
Finally, it was done- the whole thing lasted from 10:17am to 1:59pm. All praises and thanks be to God! We fed them all including Momma Piper and removed the soiled beddings. Andaming babies! Piper is a first time mom and will need a lot of support. Ready for the challenge!
Love, me
PS Deadbert is still very alive
