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Hello everyone,
My cat Etoile -- french for (sky) star -- has given birth to 3 little ones about 15 days or so ago.
The first died on his forth day, started heavily breathing in the middle of the night until he faded out
And the other two survived, although one of them is growing up fast and healthy, while the other is still the same size he was 2 weeks ago..
He doesn't appear to be strong enough to push for getting milk and there's only one milk source both of them fight about. The other sources are working but I can't seem to make any of the kittens try another one.
What makes the matter worse is that my cat Etoile doesn't seem to care about the un-grown weak one. Some of her behaviour includes in sleeping on her stomach each time the little one gets a chance to grab some milk for himself, or simply getting up or walking away.
I tried taking the healthy one from their nest and she started meowing like crazy, tried taking the weak little one and she didn't even look at me.
So I've been giving him milk with a syringe for the past week and he doesn't accept more than one "shot" of 1ml.
I'm mainly asking for advice on what can I do to help him survive since I'm not financially able to take him to the vet and there are no pet shelters in my city and the neighbor cities..
Despite all the warning I've read online about cow milk, I just can't buy a kitten milk formula right now, I totally would if I could
I'd appreciate any piece of advice especially that even though I've raised cats and loved them all my life but this is the first time I take responsibility of kittens and I really don't want the little one to fade away.
Thank you..
My cat Etoile -- french for (sky) star -- has given birth to 3 little ones about 15 days or so ago.
The first died on his forth day, started heavily breathing in the middle of the night until he faded out
And the other two survived, although one of them is growing up fast and healthy, while the other is still the same size he was 2 weeks ago..
He doesn't appear to be strong enough to push for getting milk and there's only one milk source both of them fight about. The other sources are working but I can't seem to make any of the kittens try another one.
What makes the matter worse is that my cat Etoile doesn't seem to care about the un-grown weak one. Some of her behaviour includes in sleeping on her stomach each time the little one gets a chance to grab some milk for himself, or simply getting up or walking away.
I tried taking the healthy one from their nest and she started meowing like crazy, tried taking the weak little one and she didn't even look at me.
So I've been giving him milk with a syringe for the past week and he doesn't accept more than one "shot" of 1ml.
I'm mainly asking for advice on what can I do to help him survive since I'm not financially able to take him to the vet and there are no pet shelters in my city and the neighbor cities..
Despite all the warning I've read online about cow milk, I just can't buy a kitten milk formula right now, I totally would if I could
I'd appreciate any piece of advice especially that even though I've raised cats and loved them all my life but this is the first time I take responsibility of kittens and I really don't want the little one to fade away.
Thank you..