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Background: This is my first fostering situation. I have a young mom, a little over 1 year, and her 6 kittens who were born on July 29, they'll be 3 weeks on the 19th. Momma was sick, she was on doxycycline for 10 days after the birth because she had a very hard time. She originally had 9 babies, but 2 were stillborn and I lost one about 2 weeks ago.
At first the babies gained great, way over 10 grams daily. But now its becoming less, and one day a few even lost a couple grams. Now, since 8/14, none of them have gained more than 8 grams. The day before yesterday my runt only gained 1 gram. Their current weights are 276, 324, 324, 347, 356, 358 grams. They all seem to nurse fine, but when I squeeze momma's teats I can only get a tiny pin prick of milk, or sometimes none at all. She has kitten hard kibble out all the time which she eats, and gets wet food multiple times daily which she usually eats all of. Recently I've been giving her a little KMR which she LOVES.
I'm a huge worrier, and even more so since I lost a baby. Today I tried to bottle feed a few, but I had problems cutting the nipple and neither of the babies I tried wanted ANYTHING to do with this false nipple. The director of the rescue I'm fostering through says they go through growth spurts and not to worry, but I see everywhere on the internet that anything less than 8 grams of gains is bad. I'd love any advice anyone can give.
At first the babies gained great, way over 10 grams daily. But now its becoming less, and one day a few even lost a couple grams. Now, since 8/14, none of them have gained more than 8 grams. The day before yesterday my runt only gained 1 gram. Their current weights are 276, 324, 324, 347, 356, 358 grams. They all seem to nurse fine, but when I squeeze momma's teats I can only get a tiny pin prick of milk, or sometimes none at all. She has kitten hard kibble out all the time which she eats, and gets wet food multiple times daily which she usually eats all of. Recently I've been giving her a little KMR which she LOVES.
I'm a huge worrier, and even more so since I lost a baby. Today I tried to bottle feed a few, but I had problems cutting the nipple and neither of the babies I tried wanted ANYTHING to do with this false nipple. The director of the rescue I'm fostering through says they go through growth spurts and not to worry, but I see everywhere on the internet that anything less than 8 grams of gains is bad. I'd love any advice anyone can give.