Hello friends, we have a question about one of our kittens.
Our calico cat had a litter of 9 (NINE!!!) kittens a week ago and everyone of the kittens seems to be doing fine, except for one that seems like he/she is lagging behind in growth. We have been helping our cat nurse by feeding the smaller kittens kitten suplement bought at the pet store and that helped the smaller kittens gain size and strenght on the 4 "bulllies" of the litter.
There is one kitten though, "Tiny", that does not seem to gain weight and size like the rest of the litter, he seems fine and strong but at this time he is only about half the size of his siblings, and he has a red sore/rash under his chin and it also seems like he lost one of his claws on his right front paw.
the rash is fairly large and we do not know if we should leave it alone or try to treat it with something.
any suggestions?
Our calico cat had a litter of 9 (NINE!!!) kittens a week ago and everyone of the kittens seems to be doing fine, except for one that seems like he/she is lagging behind in growth. We have been helping our cat nurse by feeding the smaller kittens kitten suplement bought at the pet store and that helped the smaller kittens gain size and strenght on the 4 "bulllies" of the litter.
There is one kitten though, "Tiny", that does not seem to gain weight and size like the rest of the litter, he seems fine and strong but at this time he is only about half the size of his siblings, and he has a red sore/rash under his chin and it also seems like he lost one of his claws on his right front paw.
the rash is fairly large and we do not know if we should leave it alone or try to treat it with something.
any suggestions?