And You Thought Six Kittens was a Lot…
May 27th 2008 21:00
I was shocked when I read the following true facts in a book. According to Andrea McHugh, author of How to Have a Happy Cat, the oldest cat to give birth to kittens was 30 year old Litty. This was back in May 1987. On 7 August 1970, a Burmese cat called Tarawood Antigone gave birth to a whopping 19 kittens by Caesarian. Four of them were stillborn. I feel sorry for the poor things. Cats over 30 years old are rare so it’s like having your grandma or great grandma give birth! And how exhausted poor Tarawood would have felt after such a long labour. I wonder if both events made the Guinness Book of Records. I also wonder if Tarawood’s kittens survived as they must have literally been fighting for nipples to suckle on. Perhaps Tarawood rotated her kittens so each had a turn. Or maybe her owners also hand fed some of them.
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