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Today's weights! 20 days old!
1- 370
2- 329
3- 351
4- 340
5- 328
6- 340
7- 329
8- 303
So I have a few questions/concerns as always. One: when do they start pooping on their own? This morning when I went in to get them some of them had poop on them and there was poop in the towels I have on the bottom of the cage, so I cleaned up the cage and gave a few of them baths- I know they can't regulate their body temp yet so I spend a lot of time drying them and also put them on a blanket with a heating pad underneath of them until they were completely dry. I am wondering if Mom could have possibly pooped in there (she did that before) or if it could have been some of the 8 kittens.
Now on to my biggest concern. Is it possible that mom just stop producing milk? All kittens were VERY hungry today when I started supplementing them, even the bigger ones who usually fight the syringe. When I put them with mom they suckle on her, but how do I know if they actually are getting anything? Just keep a close eye on their weights? Everyone has gained, but I was going to start weighing every two days for times sake (won't be doing that now) so I dont have yesterdays weights, number one doesn't look like he has gained very much but he still is fighting the supplementing (he is the only one today). Moms nipples look smaller to me, but I never really paid a lot of attention to them before other then feeling them to make sure they weren't fevered. I did notice that when I went to rotate the kittens that it looked like all of her nipples has been suckled on- where before it would just be the 4- so it looks like maybe the kittens keep searching for one that is producing milk? Maybe I am stretching that. I just wasn't sure how common it would be for her to just stop producing milk... I am worried about leaving them to go to work tonight!
1- 370
2- 329
3- 351
4- 340
5- 328
6- 340
7- 329
8- 303
So I have a few questions/concerns as always. One: when do they start pooping on their own? This morning when I went in to get them some of them had poop on them and there was poop in the towels I have on the bottom of the cage, so I cleaned up the cage and gave a few of them baths- I know they can't regulate their body temp yet so I spend a lot of time drying them and also put them on a blanket with a heating pad underneath of them until they were completely dry. I am wondering if Mom could have possibly pooped in there (she did that before) or if it could have been some of the 8 kittens.
Now on to my biggest concern. Is it possible that mom just stop producing milk? All kittens were VERY hungry today when I started supplementing them, even the bigger ones who usually fight the syringe. When I put them with mom they suckle on her, but how do I know if they actually are getting anything? Just keep a close eye on their weights? Everyone has gained, but I was going to start weighing every two days for times sake (won't be doing that now) so I dont have yesterdays weights, number one doesn't look like he has gained very much but he still is fighting the supplementing (he is the only one today). Moms nipples look smaller to me, but I never really paid a lot of attention to them before other then feeling them to make sure they weren't fevered. I did notice that when I went to rotate the kittens that it looked like all of her nipples has been suckled on- where before it would just be the 4- so it looks like maybe the kittens keep searching for one that is producing milk? Maybe I am stretching that. I just wasn't sure how common it would be for her to just stop producing milk... I am worried about leaving them to go to work tonight!