An update. Babies are 3 weeks and 3 days (approx.. we don't know exact date of birth when they were found abandoned)
Black (Ziggy) had a bacterial infection and treated for 3 days.. hes now the biggest @ 360g)
2 tabbys (Charlie Brown and Pinkie pie) are 350g
Miss Penny (black and white) was...
4 latching babies. All gaining wonderfully and having less and less from the bottles.
Concerned about the big black one as has lost 8g.. has sulphur smelling yellow poop. We have meds there for cocci and will likely use tomorrow if he drops any further (the others are in the 160/170s.. he was...
Thanks for checking in.
What an emotionally and physically exhausting few days.
The remaining baby still wouldn't attach. I got KMR and managed to feed her well however the vet check confirmed an inoperable cleft palate and so with deep regret we decided the humane thing to do would be to have...
The tortie is the only survivor so far.. and shes just not latching and suckling. There's drops of milk(more colostrum looking)
The ginger white was the same.. checked for cleft issues and everything was "normal" at 69g he just couldn't make it.
Tortie is down to 88g from 90g at 12hrs post...
The kittens were born just after midnight.(I'm in Australia.. so 5hrs ago)
I'm devastated.
4 kittens.. 1 ginger and white, 1 full ginger, 1 calico and 1 black and ginger tortishell
Kitten 2 passed not long after birth (full ginger). 65g wet
Kitten 3 was stillborn (calico) - 63g wet. It seemed...
No sooner did I reply did she lose her plug.. panting heavy and trying to get in the material back of the couch! Umm no please.. there are 75 other spots to birth kittens!.. not in my couch
Hi hi. I've obsessed over this forum the last 2 weeks as we anxiously wait.
Cassie is an inside only girl who we've had since a kitten (shes 1.5yrs old). Unfortunately time got away from me and I hadn't gotten her desexed (will be as soooooon as she weans the kittens!!) and on her last heat she...