GOBEK'S DELIVERY

Gobek gave birth to 4 cute litters starting 8.40pm 11th Jul 2009. She started meowing loudly around maghrib time and daughter Izzah was worried what happened to her. I told her maybe Gobek's delivery time is very near.

Around 8.20pm she again meaw very loudly and seemed in pain with stomach heaving. I asked my wife to prepare a box and place it in the kitchen. Izzah put Gobek inside it. However Gobek soon climbed out. A few minutes latter Ummi shrieked that the first litter is coming out on the kitchen floor. Soon after licking it, Gobek quickly climb back into the box with the first litter still dangling.

 

Soon the first cat's litter came out and Gobek lick and lick at her while purring continuosly. Not long after, the first born started suckling. It was amazing watching the process of Gobek giving birth. However my wife cautioned me against watching it closely because cats are very shy creature at delivering and dont like prying eyes. So I just popped in once a while. I dont know the interval of the litters coming out. However I know that the first one is orange in colour, followed by the black one, next the white one and last another orange.

 

 

After delivering all four Gobek seemed so depleted of energy and was oblivious of the flash of my camera. At first she was rather protective and keep trying to shield away the litters from my flashing snaps.

Looking back, Gobek's delivering process was very smooth. The labour pain was not long. It was different from our previous cat; Tompokn10 years ago. While Gobek immediately took care of the litters, Tompok did not.

 

 

Gobek and litters after one night rest...

The last two was taken 7 hours latter. Gobek seemed healthy enough...