What was Dag's weight earlier?
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5 day old kitten care tips.
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i have 285 for 1pm and 276 for 8pm
I hope Dag can start gaining more soon and catch up with the others.
I know you're trying!
I know you're trying!
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yep I am trying,I don't think the KMR I have is going to last me til Tuesday. It tends to get just about everywhere but In the kitten's bellys. I'm working on that one. I got about 2-3 droppers maybe more as I do several and the kitten lets me know when they are full then she decided that she didn't want anymore. hopefully it's enough to get her caught up some what, She's always been the runt weight wise.
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Whoops I slept through every alarm I had set last night. So I got up and weighed everyone first thing.
6am 11pm 9/6
Two 302 299 +4
Spot 310 308 +2
Tux 311 313 -2
Dag 290 277 +13
I must admit that I only got Dag fed last night then I kinda passed out. I will catch up the others as much as I can before I go into work at 3p and continue when I get home around 7p. But everyone was nursing from mom through the night too. I'm doing this alone and I just hope that I can manage to do it enough. I won't forget about anyone this time.
6am 11pm 9/6
Two 302 299 +4
Spot 310 308 +2
Tux 311 313 -2
Dag 290 277 +13
I must admit that I only got Dag fed last night then I kinda passed out. I will catch up the others as much as I can before I go into work at 3p and continue when I get home around 7p. But everyone was nursing from mom through the night too. I'm doing this alone and I just hope that I can manage to do it enough. I won't forget about anyone this time.
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I really think you need an accurate scale, as I'm not sure if the weights can be relied upon. Is there any way you can get your hands on a different scale?
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Yep that's what I was thinking I don't have one now but i will have a new larger more accurate scale the 9th. Til then I'm stuck with the one I have. But the weights seem better for the most part. I'm watching activity levels and such too and they seem normal. the little ones are even raising up and looking for mom when she leaves the nest and to just look around.
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I also think if you can get a kitten bottle, it may make little Dag more interested in nursing.
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I've tried a bottle once it didn't really work out no one wanted it. The bottle I have is kinda hard to get to work unless I have a lot of milk in it. But I can try it again.
Weights for today taken with the scale I have already. I checked to make sure the bowl weight was the same each time before weighing the kittens and here are the results
Two 311 +15
Spot 320 +16
Tux 320 +19
Dag 298 +13
+numbers are gains since around 1pm yesterday.
They will be 3 weeks old the tenth/11th.
time to kitten proof.
Weights for today taken with the scale I have already. I checked to make sure the bowl weight was the same each time before weighing the kittens and here are the results
Two 311 +15
Spot 320 +16
Tux 320 +19
Dag 298 +13
+numbers are gains since around 1pm yesterday.
They will be 3 weeks old the tenth/11th.
time to kitten proof.
If the weights are accurate they are good. Hopefully, they will continue to gain. Yep, they will want to explore soon. Best to limit that to one room right now until they are a few weeks older.
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Yeah I think the weights are accurate. But it's hard to tell until I get the new scale. I know I will. Since I have other cats in the house limiting the kittens to one room is safest anyway.
Yes, we'll know more after you get the new scale. Is the flea problem better now?
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yes we will and yes it is kind of, I still spot a live flea or two on the kittens and try to get them off the kittens don't care for that to much though.
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Ok so i did an experiment with my scale and the kitten's weights. Weighing them often throughout the day to see how their weights changed according to the scale. here's the results I've gotten from 6am yesterday until 8am today. This isn't as consistent as I like. I was shooting for every 4 hours when I was supplementing but that didn't happen.
++numbers are gains in the last 23 hours
+/-numbers are differences in weight from the last 9hours.
9/6 6am 9am 2pm 7pm 11pm
Two 302 309 311 317 318
Spot 310 313 320 327 329
Tux 311 316 320 315 322
Dag 290 292 298 300 303
9/7 8am
Two 324 ++15 +6
Spot 322 ++09 -7
Tux 323 ++07 +1
Dag 297 ++05 -6
New Scale should arrive some time tomorrow. Supplementing seems to be making the difference here though as I notice that the ones I skip a supplement with don't gain as much as the ones I do supplement. I'm off to start my day. Just wanted to post this to see what those more experienced than me think right now.
++numbers are gains in the last 23 hours
+/-numbers are differences in weight from the last 9hours.
9/6 6am 9am 2pm 7pm 11pm
Two 302 309 311 317 318
Spot 310 313 320 327 329
Tux 311 316 320 315 322
Dag 290 292 298 300 303
9/7 8am
Two 324 ++15 +6
Spot 322 ++09 -7
Tux 323 ++07 +1
Dag 297 ++05 -6
New Scale should arrive some time tomorrow. Supplementing seems to be making the difference here though as I notice that the ones I skip a supplement with don't gain as much as the ones I do supplement. I'm off to start my day. Just wanted to post this to see what those more experienced than me think right now.
According to the weights posted this time, all 4 kittens gained weight during the last 24 hours, but then Spot & Dag both lost overnight most of what they gained, while Tux stayed the same.
What we really need to see is consistent gains and no losses. That's when we know they are feeding well.
Since they will be 3 weeks old Friday, their weights are in a healthy range. Three are around 11 ounces and one is 10 ounces. A good 3-week weight is 12 ounces. They should weigh close to a pound (16 ounces) at 4 weeks.
I would love to see bigger gains, but they seem to be doing well and are healthy. Clearly your supplementing has made the difference since it appears the mama cat does not have a lot of milk. I would continue supplementing until they wean to mush. Once they start solids their weight gain should pick up.
I look forward to seeing their weights with the new scale when it arrives.
What we really need to see is consistent gains and no losses. That's when we know they are feeding well.
Since they will be 3 weeks old Friday, their weights are in a healthy range. Three are around 11 ounces and one is 10 ounces. A good 3-week weight is 12 ounces. They should weigh close to a pound (16 ounces) at 4 weeks.
I would love to see bigger gains, but they seem to be doing well and are healthy. Clearly your supplementing has made the difference since it appears the mama cat does not have a lot of milk. I would continue supplementing until they wean to mush. Once they start solids their weight gain should pick up.
I look forward to seeing their weights with the new scale when it arrives
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yeah I'm trying tool though it's not easy to supplement everyone as a few aren't very cooperative but I manage to get some into them anyway. I will keep up what I'm doing for now as it seems to be working. Just trying to get on a constant supplementing schedule With my work schedule it's complicated. Also I just noticed Tux has teeth the little monster bit me. The new scale will be here sometime before 8pm central time tomorrow. I've got some new nipples coming too that should be easier for them to latch onto I think the nipples I have are to large for them to be able to latch onto. got a whole can of KMR powder ready to go. Just need to get a jug of water, the tap water in my area is horrible. I see what you mean by the over night changes not being good. We'll turn that around.
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Got the new Scale today. I took weights from both scales not that far apart just maybe ten minutes and they came out about a gram off. Through the day they seem to gain okay. Though over night is when they seem to lose a lot of their weight Which is odd because that's when moma is confined in the room with them. I guess I need to start having my fiance make sure I get up every four hours to supplement them over night as my alarms haven't been waking me up or my fiance is just turning them off before they can. I will figure out some thing to get me up to feed them so I can them to improve. I also lost my log book and am currently looking for it.
9/8
11pm 10:30am
Old Scale New Scale
Two 330 340
Spot 331 334
Tux 342 332
Dag 310 306
However the Kittens are acting like kittens wrestling around, chewing on each other a bit and popping up to look around over the box edge. Not a lot of crying or anything going on.
9/8
11pm 10:30am
Old Scale New Scale
Two 330 340
Spot 331 334
Tux 342 332
Dag 310 306
However the Kittens are acting like kittens wrestling around, chewing on each other a bit and popping up to look around over the box edge. Not a lot of crying or anything going on.
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If you can't find your log book you can look back through the thread. Some of the info is here.
Tux and Dag look like they lost a lot. Did they wiggle on the scale?
Tux and Dag look like they lost a lot. Did they wiggle on the scale?
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True that's what I'm doing.
They did a little bit but not to much. they where busy sniffing around the new bowl. I'm trying all kinds of stuff to supplement them. I'm also encouraging moma cat to lay with them more often so they can nurse more often. I can get my fiance to do the same thing at night. It's just figuring out something that works right now I guess. Dag is still resistant to supplementing. Tux rather try to chew on the dropper but if I give him a dropper full a few drops at a time he's fine with it and will actually mew for more sometimes. After a few dropper fulls though he's done and wants back in the nest. It's the same with all of them really. They only take a few droppers worth of formula then want back in the nest. Sometimes moma leads be back to the nest and gets in with everyone when I put whichever one I have back.
They did a little bit but not to much. they where busy sniffing around the new bowl. I'm trying all kinds of stuff to supplement them. I'm also encouraging moma cat to lay with them more often so they can nurse more often. I can get my fiance to do the same thing at night. It's just figuring out something that works right now I guess. Dag is still resistant to supplementing. Tux rather try to chew on the dropper but if I give him a dropper full a few drops at a time he's fine with it and will actually mew for more sometimes. After a few dropper fulls though he's done and wants back in the nest. It's the same with all of them really. They only take a few droppers worth of formula then want back in the nest. Sometimes moma leads be back to the nest and gets in with everyone when I put whichever one I have back.
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9/9 1:30 PM
Two 342
Spot 331
Tux 337
Dag 310
Two 342
Spot 331
Tux 337
Dag 310
