Hi there, new to the forum, hope I'm in the right place!
A bit of background:
We have a young queen (around 9 months) had one litter of four, of which three survived - we kept one and gave away the other two.
Her next litter was 5, of which four died in the last couple of days. Pretty sure it was FKS.
Mom had rejected the kittens maybe a day or two before they began dying, but we didn't pick up on it in time because she'd found somewhere very private for her nest. When they started coming out of the nest, they'd immediately find the smallest corner and huddle into it, not playing and bouncy like her last litter.
We really should have picked up on the FKS in time, but hindsight isn't going to bring them back, so I'd prefer to gloss over that...and as three out of four died in my hands, I'm not ready to pick over the details too much, if that's ok by everyone.
My worry is the remaining kitten is very quiet and doesn't seem to be interested in playing or running around. it seems to be in decent health, passing poo and wee ok, taking 10-13ml of lactol every 6-8 hours.
We have her in a box, separated from mom, and she spends 90% of the day in there, not sleeping, but just lying there staring.
Instinct says the kitten's either depressed or still in the FKS danger zone. We do play with it a little, but it doesn't seem to have much interest in playing, or energy.
I have a lot of questions, mostly around the subject of are we doing things right, can anyone point us to a good resource for first-time hand rearers, can the kitten be expected to be weak or depressed?
Any advice gladly received. It's a bit too soon for criticism, though I know we've deserve plenty, so be gentle please.
Thanks
A bit of background:
We have a young queen (around 9 months) had one litter of four, of which three survived - we kept one and gave away the other two.
Her next litter was 5, of which four died in the last couple of days. Pretty sure it was FKS.
Mom had rejected the kittens maybe a day or two before they began dying, but we didn't pick up on it in time because she'd found somewhere very private for her nest. When they started coming out of the nest, they'd immediately find the smallest corner and huddle into it, not playing and bouncy like her last litter.
We really should have picked up on the FKS in time, but hindsight isn't going to bring them back, so I'd prefer to gloss over that...and as three out of four died in my hands, I'm not ready to pick over the details too much, if that's ok by everyone.
My worry is the remaining kitten is very quiet and doesn't seem to be interested in playing or running around. it seems to be in decent health, passing poo and wee ok, taking 10-13ml of lactol every 6-8 hours.
We have her in a box, separated from mom, and she spends 90% of the day in there, not sleeping, but just lying there staring.
Instinct says the kitten's either depressed or still in the FKS danger zone. We do play with it a little, but it doesn't seem to have much interest in playing, or energy.
I have a lot of questions, mostly around the subject of are we doing things right, can anyone point us to a good resource for first-time hand rearers, can the kitten be expected to be weak or depressed?
Any advice gladly received. It's a bit too soon for criticism, though I know we've deserve plenty, so be gentle please.
Thanks