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Just a kitten update- they are all doing great! 2.5 weeks and weights are from 420 to 491 grams. Thanks so much for the feedback early on.

Just had to share that Zoe has regained her appetite and all of the kittens had good weight gains! Yay! Date Big Tabby White Muzzle Big Foot Light Gray White Stripe 5/3 129 123 129 135 117 5/4 158 141 144 162 127 5/5 174 158 158 178 141 5/6 197 182 192 200 172 5/7 219 207 206...

I think Zoe ate something bad and it upset her stomach. She is quickly regaining her appetite. Just had 2 cans of kitten food. Yes, she is nursing the kittens normally at night- it was just that one night with food poisoning- she didn't nurse at all I think. I am glad you think the kittens are...

So weight gain is better today. Still feel Zoe isn't 100% and the 2 smaller kittens are not doing nearly as well. Supplement yet? Date Big Tabby White Muzzle Big Foot Light Gray White Stripe 5/3 129 123 129 135 117 5/4 158 141 144 162 127 5/5 174 158 158 178 141 5/6 197 182 192...

Bad weight gains today. Not unexpected due to Zoe's illness. The one bright spot was White Stripe gaining 15 grams and she was one of the ones who needed it. Let me know if you think we should try to supplement yet. White Muzzle is nursing now. I think the weight loss is just because they went...

Update: after 6 hours straight of being in there with the kittens and not eating a thing, she got up and had some wet food. She seems peppier and is now purring so I assume it was a stomach bug. Poor Zoe.

That is good to know. Well, my son told me she threw up around midnight and I also discovered a mess in the litter box and on the wall. So I assume she had an upset stomach and this is not related to the Saturday bee sting.

Update- Zoe has been in there with them nursing and licking for 3 hours. She was comatose for the first 2 hours but now seems a little peppier and even heard her purr. All of the kittens are nursing well.

So this morning I got up and Zoe wasn't at the door as she always is, waiting for food. The other cats followed me upstairs and she is just sitting on the carpet and doesn't run to the food bowl. Just continues to lie there. She doesn't eat a thing and doesn't even want chicken scraps I bring to...

So we tried again and just moved the bigger ones off the nipples. Got the 2 little ones to nurse. Guess we will just continue to give them special attention whenever we can during the day and hope tomorrow shows better results.

If you could give some advice about how this is typically done... we also thought to move the bigger ones by her butt when it is nursing time during the day. During the night, we can let the Lord of the Flies situation resume...

So just tried bringing the 2 kitties over to her and White Stripe definitely did some nursing. White Muzzle not so much. However, Zoe became agitated pretty quickly and tried to pick them up and bring them back to the others. Maybe a better solution would be to remove 2 or 3 of the bigger ones...

No, I didn't start alone time yet... will do so now. So Zoe typically rests outside the nesting area. I will bring them over to her. Not try to do it in the nesting area as the biggest ones always seems to wake up and take over. How many times per day? I was thinking of trying to do this 3 x for...

Weight updates: well the one who lost 7 grams now gained 24 grams today so you were indeed right. However the 2 smallest ones (white stripe and white muzzle) only gained 4 grams and lost 1 gram. I think those are girls probably vs the bruiser boys. Please let me know if you think they still look...

We will keep calling him Big Foot for now. When he was born, I noticed that he and 2 other kittens were moving in a clump. I was worried I had conjoined kittens. Turned out the umbilical cord of light gray was still attached to a piece of the placenta and wrapped around 2 of the other kittens...