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Hello,
This is my first post on the site.
Please excuse my english.
So a stray but very domesticated Turkish Angora breed showed up 2 months ago under a car. I fed her and took her in and thought her owners will soon come asking for her but no one did.
Turns out she's pregnant, the last week of pregnancy her teets showed signs of swelling from milk, the nipples enlarged and the second most bottom row of nipples dripped milk when squeezed, but the bottom row of nipples did not, and also this row of nipples had amaller nipples but larger milk reserve but do not drip milk when squeezed
Upon delivery and nursing, the 4 kittens nursed from the upper nipples and do not nurse from the bottom two although I tried to put them there.
This morning I found out that these bottom 2 nipples still do not drip milk when squeezed and are becoming enlarged and very firm. I tried massaging with hot water and squeezing but nothing came out (the cat seemed to enjoy this and provided me easier access so I assumed there is some kind of pain relief? Photo attached)
Lastly I got a syringe, cut it in half and tried to suck the bottom nipples with the syringe and they dripped milk (although less than what I expected, maybe it's normal) I sucked some few drops from each.
I then tried to put kittens on them but they will not suckle and keep ignoring the bottom nipples. I tried again and again and squeezed milk from them to make the kittens interested but no luck. Maybe because the nipples are small?
My questions are why are these bottom nipples smaller although their glands are more full of milk?
And why don't the kitten suckle from them? And how to make them suckle from them?
Do I need to keep suctioning with a syringe to relieve pressure as I was told by a friend?
Thank you so much for the help everyone
This is my first post on the site.
Please excuse my english.
So a stray but very domesticated Turkish Angora breed showed up 2 months ago under a car. I fed her and took her in and thought her owners will soon come asking for her but no one did.
Turns out she's pregnant, the last week of pregnancy her teets showed signs of swelling from milk, the nipples enlarged and the second most bottom row of nipples dripped milk when squeezed, but the bottom row of nipples did not, and also this row of nipples had amaller nipples but larger milk reserve but do not drip milk when squeezed
Upon delivery and nursing, the 4 kittens nursed from the upper nipples and do not nurse from the bottom two although I tried to put them there.
This morning I found out that these bottom 2 nipples still do not drip milk when squeezed and are becoming enlarged and very firm. I tried massaging with hot water and squeezing but nothing came out (the cat seemed to enjoy this and provided me easier access so I assumed there is some kind of pain relief? Photo attached)
Lastly I got a syringe, cut it in half and tried to suck the bottom nipples with the syringe and they dripped milk (although less than what I expected, maybe it's normal) I sucked some few drops from each.
I then tried to put kittens on them but they will not suckle and keep ignoring the bottom nipples. I tried again and again and squeezed milk from them to make the kittens interested but no luck. Maybe because the nipples are small?
My questions are why are these bottom nipples smaller although their glands are more full of milk?
And why don't the kitten suckle from them? And how to make them suckle from them?
Do I need to keep suctioning with a syringe to relieve pressure as I was told by a friend?
Thank you so much for the help everyone
