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Me again! The kittens will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and I’m looking for some advice on starting them on wet food! Also, do they still need to be gaining the same amount of weight or should this increase per day? I imagine my milk feedings will lessen? Thanks!

He had stopped drinking from the bottle the day before yesterday and I was still syringe feeding but he was not latching. Today I tried another bigger nipple on the bottle and he latched better on that one, so he drank about 4ml. My last 5 hours away from the kittens none of them gained any...

No his eyes do not appear to be crusty at all. They look healthy, they just are not open yet... My vet wanted them gaining between 10 & 15 grams per day. My biggest male has only gained 6g in the last 24hrs now as he’s not latching and prior to this was drinking from a bottle like a champ. He...

An update and a couple questions... Momma is doing sooo much better. She has been eating and drinking KMR every time I feed the kittens, so multiple times a day. I can tell that her milk production has increased some, as the kittens will gain a few grams here and there inconsistently from her...

I don’t believe she has enough milk for them. Very rarely will I notice that a kitten has gained 1g or 2g off mom between my feedings. They usually have all lost a couple grams or are the same weight they were when I last fed them 3 hours prior. I previously asked if it’s possible that if I...

I don’t believe she has enough milk for them. Very rarely will I notice that a kitten has gained 1g or 2g off mom between my feedings. They usually have all lost a couple grams or are the same weight they were when I last fed them 3 hours prior. I previously asked if it’s possible that if I...

I’ve been feeding the kittens every 3 or so hours and they’ve been doing great. My queen however seems to be getting tired of her babies being more excited for my milk than hers. She picks them up and moves them away from the edge of the box where they are meowing for me... Is there a “best”...

Oh I should mention that my queen is now a loving momma again and does not like to leave her babies or let me feed them either!

MOD NOTE: post merged from another thread ......................................................................... My Queen had her kittens 6 days ago. She retained a portion of a placenta that caused an infection in her uterus. At the hospital she was given a shot to expel the placenta. The...

Any advice on how to get her eating again? She does this strange tongue flicking motion whenever I bring food around, like the smell is irritating to her. She was given an anti nausea shot and I was really hoping that would clear up this problem but she’s still totally dis-interested in food.

I watched a couple videos on YouTube and tried to pill my cat. It’s like she locked her jaw. I tried multiple times and she would not budge. So I crushed the pill and added it to some milk replacement the vet gave me and I was able to syringe feed it to her. That was much easier for us so we...

She is not eating, and I would have put it in her food... I’ve never had to give her a pill but from her reaction to my force feeding her I know she’s going to hate it. When you say “pill her” what are you suggesting I do exactly? She sure doesn’t like the syringe so I’ll try anything else...

They did get her blood work back and it shows high white blood cell count (infection) and she is a bit low on calcium. So she’s waiting now for an ultra sound from a reproductive specialist to try to find or rule out any placenta left behind. If there is placenta they’ll be giving her a med to...

Thanks for your reply! I am sitting outside the pet hospital (covid sucks) waiting for them to tell me the results of her blood work. The doctor mentioned she could be low on calcium, she could have mastitis and he will give her nausea medication. She isn’t on an antibiotic yet as I have not...

My female 2.5 year old gave birth to 3 kittens 3 days ago. The first 2 came 2 hours apart and the third came 9 hours later, breached. Everything seemed fine, until that night I noticed my queen had left her kittens. I found her by herself and she had thrown up a clear watery liquid in 2...