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Hi! Any help you could give would be much appreciated. Cat had 5 kittens -- all seemed healthy. Almost 3 weeks old. Queen moved nest for 3rd time today into very crowded room into a cardboard wine box on a bed. We hadn't seen kitty for a few hours, heard a weird noise, she was very agitated. one kitten cowering under bed (box on bed with the 3 kittens along with a few other things; it's a guest bdrm) . 1 kitten missing. We took a few things out of room and queen was agitated, meowing, trying to find her kitten. i left her alone a little bit, she was rummaging around top of bed, then I saw her with kitten in mouth. I looked under bed with small flashlight -- didn't want to upset her too much -- couldn't tell whether there were 1 or 2 kittens. 3 other kittens still in box.
It seems like she probably found 5th kitten on top of bed and took it back down under the bed. Maybe she was giving it extra attention. I don't know how long it was lost. I had come up about 6 hrs earlier and I think interrupted her just after she had moved kittens to the box, because she was looking up from the box with a scared, wild-eyed look on her face so I just decided to leave her alone. It seems everytime we have tried to change something around on her nest (like the 1st nest I put a nice blankie on top of carpet and moved kittens about a week in when she was eating; the 2nd nest was under a long piece of furniture and there was something up against it so it was kind of like a cubby with only one end open, and my boyfriend moved one item so more was exposed, but the 3rd nest we didn't really touch -- i think maybe the kittens just outgrew it.
What do I do? If the kitten she had in her mouth was one that escaped from the box, could it be ok? I'm really afraid to go look and freak her out more. I have put a second set of food/water up near the room.
Isn’t a wine box too deep for the cat? I’ve literally put 3 other beds/boxes at various places around the house and she chooses a cardboard wine box which is obviously too small and too deep.
Is the kitten ok if it was lost for a few hours?
How many hours can they go without feeding?
It’s been 3 weeks since birth tomorrow. Should I put a small plate of soft food on 2nd floor landing for kittens, or are they still eating milk?
When do they need to be toilet trained with litter?
I don’t think the kitten injured itself if it got out of the box because box was on a soft bed, but can a kitten injure itself if it kind of falls out of a box?
I’ve only had the cat for four months (rescue) and never had a cat before, let alone kittens.
Thanks!
It seems like she probably found 5th kitten on top of bed and took it back down under the bed. Maybe she was giving it extra attention. I don't know how long it was lost. I had come up about 6 hrs earlier and I think interrupted her just after she had moved kittens to the box, because she was looking up from the box with a scared, wild-eyed look on her face so I just decided to leave her alone. It seems everytime we have tried to change something around on her nest (like the 1st nest I put a nice blankie on top of carpet and moved kittens about a week in when she was eating; the 2nd nest was under a long piece of furniture and there was something up against it so it was kind of like a cubby with only one end open, and my boyfriend moved one item so more was exposed, but the 3rd nest we didn't really touch -- i think maybe the kittens just outgrew it.
What do I do? If the kitten she had in her mouth was one that escaped from the box, could it be ok? I'm really afraid to go look and freak her out more. I have put a second set of food/water up near the room.
Isn’t a wine box too deep for the cat? I’ve literally put 3 other beds/boxes at various places around the house and she chooses a cardboard wine box which is obviously too small and too deep.
Is the kitten ok if it was lost for a few hours?
How many hours can they go without feeding?
It’s been 3 weeks since birth tomorrow. Should I put a small plate of soft food on 2nd floor landing for kittens, or are they still eating milk?
When do they need to be toilet trained with litter?
I don’t think the kitten injured itself if it got out of the box because box was on a soft bed, but can a kitten injure itself if it kind of falls out of a box?
I’ve only had the cat for four months (rescue) and never had a cat before, let alone kittens.
Thanks!