Hello, and thank you in advance for reading and sharing your thoughts and opinions on this.
My daughters cat had 6 kittens close to 24 hours ago. I work nights, and when I got home from work around 7am, all 6 had been born, but 2 were not alive. All seemed well with mama and the remaining 4, so I put food and water in the area she gave birth in, and left them alone, however, I noticed that one is about double the size of its litter mates. Later, when I checked on them, another two kittens had passed away. So, I guess my first question is, has anyone ever seen this happen? Is it possible for there to have been 5 runts, or is the biggest kitten just large? I honestly don’t feel that’s the case, as he seems normal sized for a newborn, but the other 5 unusually small. The remaining tiny one appears to be a fighter and I have seen it nursing, but I am concerned for it, given none of the other tiny’s made it. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?
Just an FYI- This is mama cats first (and only) litter
Thank you for reading, sorry it is somewhat long.
My daughters cat had 6 kittens close to 24 hours ago. I work nights, and when I got home from work around 7am, all 6 had been born, but 2 were not alive. All seemed well with mama and the remaining 4, so I put food and water in the area she gave birth in, and left them alone, however, I noticed that one is about double the size of its litter mates. Later, when I checked on them, another two kittens had passed away. So, I guess my first question is, has anyone ever seen this happen? Is it possible for there to have been 5 runts, or is the biggest kitten just large? I honestly don’t feel that’s the case, as he seems normal sized for a newborn, but the other 5 unusually small. The remaining tiny one appears to be a fighter and I have seen it nursing, but I am concerned for it, given none of the other tiny’s made it. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?
Just an FYI- This is mama cats first (and only) litter
Thank you for reading, sorry it is somewhat long.