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About a month ago we brought home two abandoned cats that were extremely malnourished, a girl and a boy. The girl ate a ton when we brought her home and started feeding her, and within a week began showing signs of pregnancy. Last week, her kittens were born. She had two, a black and a black and white one who she did not eat the placenta from so we had to cut it off. When they were born, she wouldn’t feed them, clean them, or even stay in the same room as them. Eventually, she came in and took them from the box we had set up for the kittens and moved them under a bed where she began to take care of them. Throughout the night, she had four more kittens. They all looked healthy, and were nursing good. Every day, they would gain weight and grow. Then suddenly one died about four days ago. There was nothing visibly wrong with it- it had been nursing, growing, and gaining weight like it should’ve. The other five were fine, and still behaving normally, getting proper care, and growing as they should. Then today, another one died. Same as the last one, it seemed healthy aside from the fact that it was crying a lot and distancing itself from the other kittens the night that it died.
Does anyone know why this could’ve happened, and how to prevent this with the remaining four? Should I be worried about the others?
Does anyone know why this could’ve happened, and how to prevent this with the remaining four? Should I be worried about the others?