Luna had her kittens last week during Thu/Fri night. Everything went well and she is being a good mother. However 2 of the 4 kittens were quite small and I was pretty sure the smaller wouldn't make it, but they're all still alive.
I've been trying to bottle feed the smaller kittens and try to let them get some 'alone time' with Luna so they get her milk too without being pushed away by the larger kittens, and given some nutritional supplement meant for newborn kittens, but Luna gets upset if the two other kittens are taken away from her.
The other one has finally started to gain a bit weight on her own, but the tiniest boy's weight is pretty much 'stuck'. He's very energetic and LOUD!! But refuses the bottle milk very often, I try to give it to him every 2 hours.
This is not where the trouble stops: the tiny boy got an eye infection 2 days ago! His eyes haven't even opened yet so a vet had to actually open his left eye so it could be treated (or he could have lost it). Poor thing is so tiny and I feel so bad for having to give him the eye drops as he of course hates it.
And we still don't have a clue which caused it.
If you could spare some good health vibes for my kittens' way, I'd really appreciate it.
Here they are less than a day old
(2 on the left are the small ones, black silver spotted boy and silver shaded girl, 2 on the right are ok sized silver shaded boy and golden mackerel [or spotted] tabby boy)
(and now after posting this I realized I probably should have posted this in the 'kitten care' section..)
I've been trying to bottle feed the smaller kittens and try to let them get some 'alone time' with Luna so they get her milk too without being pushed away by the larger kittens, and given some nutritional supplement meant for newborn kittens, but Luna gets upset if the two other kittens are taken away from her.
The other one has finally started to gain a bit weight on her own, but the tiniest boy's weight is pretty much 'stuck'. He's very energetic and LOUD!! But refuses the bottle milk very often, I try to give it to him every 2 hours.
This is not where the trouble stops: the tiny boy got an eye infection 2 days ago! His eyes haven't even opened yet so a vet had to actually open his left eye so it could be treated (or he could have lost it). Poor thing is so tiny and I feel so bad for having to give him the eye drops as he of course hates it.
If you could spare some good health vibes for my kittens' way, I'd really appreciate it.
Here they are less than a day old
(2 on the left are the small ones, black silver spotted boy and silver shaded girl, 2 on the right are ok sized silver shaded boy and golden mackerel [or spotted] tabby boy)
(and now after posting this I realized I probably should have posted this in the 'kitten care' section..)