Week 5 Update

Does my bum look big in this? Prune is having a close-up check!

As you can see, from the accompanying photos which were taken at different times of the day on 9th August, with exactly 4 weeks to go until her confinement date of September 6th,  Noodle is getting very wide around her tummy as her kittens grow. 

Now fully formed miniature Sphynx cats they will each be around 3-5cm long at this stage.

We are preparing for their arrival, and over the next couple of weeks would expect to begin to observe Noodle looking for her nesting site, though her favourite place is always her heated mat.

She is not running on her exercise wheel nearly as much as she was though sometimes will get on and run on it simply to stop Prune from chasing her around since Prune does not use the wheel in the way Noodle does. 

Prune meanwhile now 10 months old continues to behave as a boisterous kitten with her favourite game still to frequently ambush Noodle jumping onto her. SHe reminds me of a professional footballer because as she walks by, thinking the referee won't notice, she will deliberately stick the boot in eliciting a hiss and wallop response from the mum to be.

Look at her expression in the photo below. She looks utterly worn out doesn't she? Bless her, its defo time for bed. Night Night!

It's 11pm and I want to go to bed NOW!

We took a trip to see the vet yesterday. On examination, our vet Emily has confirmed that she felt  3 "Blobs".

There may be more, and of course, I am very aware that 'blobs' can fail to develop, however, we are quietly tickled pink & very excited!

I've noted things as her pregnancy develops. She sometimes wonders around the house meowing - but she doesn't seem to know what for. She has moments when she is extra purry & she is definitely extra sleepy too.

Go Noodle. My wishes for you are that you will have a super easy pregnancy followed by a normal birth at home with healthy kittens at the end.

A new pregnancy (& kittens) ahead!!!

It has felt like a very long wait but finally, Noodle's body went into full-blown heat on Sunday 1st July when she began calling loudly & incessantly for a mate.

At the earliest opportunity, on Tuesday,  we set off on our journey to take her to her stud male, Charlie, with whom she will stay for a few days giving plenty of time for them to have several successful matings.

When we arrived and went indoors she quite naturally showed her cross & grumpy self, faced as she was with excitable & interested cats & dogs who are strangers to her. She hissed and cussed a bit, but her still in her carrier, we went to a quiet room where she soon settled down.

After about an hour Charlie was brought in. At first, she hissed at him too, but Charlie is a "cool customer", he simply sat within eyesight of her ever the patient gentleman, just looking on.


After a while, it was time for me to set off coming back home to Prune who, bless her, had been left at home alone for the very first time. I wondered just how she would feel being without Noodle & at having me all to herself, even if it's only for a short time!

Gentle Charlie mating with Noodle

Noodle was soon settled into a room with her heat mat from home plugged in. It seems crazy, especially considering how hot it has been in recent weeks, that she spends so much time on it but she loves it & it is always THE favourite place to be for both of my girls.

Last year when Noodle went to stud with Charlie once she had accepted him, she was very happy to share space on her mat. My hope was that they would rekindle their previous acquaintance & do the same. Indeed, it didn't take long at all before they had done just that!

By Wednesday the first matings had occurred &, so over the coming days, there will be several more until such time as Charlie has lost interest & wishes to go back to his resident harem signalling I should return & collect her.

Once she is home we will begin our agonising 2-3 week wait watching her closely for those first signs of a pregnancy when there will be a change in her nipple colour from her normal light flesh tone to a brighter blushing pink.

Watch this space!