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Nursing
Hi ya..
I have a calico who dropped a litter Sunday Morning. 5 kittens, one dead.. another died sunday afternoon. I have other kittens, born in April and May. The calico mother left her kittens for food and getting out n about. Mon was in another box this morning.. letting the other kittens feed on her and not in the birthing box. Checked on the 3 newborns.. they were quite cold. Moved them to the box where mom is.. after 2 hours they are warm again and feeding. The 'other' kittens are trying to feed so I been removing them from this box. These are all outside cats/kittens. What would you do the help the newborns along? Keep mom segregated somehow? Charles you can see my webpage for finding homes for these kittens at http://home.comcast.net/~lochlain/kittens.htm |
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I've never had a nursing mama cat and kittens, but since no one has
replied to your question, I will. It seems obvious to me that in order to ensure the welfare of the newborns, you are going to have to keep the older kittens away from her so she will tend to the new babies. This may be easier said than done, but if you don't, I suspect you will have heartbreaking results. Good luck to you and your kitties! Lazarus wrote: Hi ya.. I have a calico who dropped a litter Sunday Morning. 5 kittens, one dead.. another died sunday afternoon. I have other kittens, born in April and May. The calico mother left her kittens for food and getting out n about. Mon was in another box this morning.. letting the other kittens feed on her and not in the birthing box. Checked on the 3 newborns.. they were quite cold. Moved them to the box where mom is.. after 2 hours they are warm again and feeding. The 'other' kittens are trying to feed so I been removing them from this box. These are all outside cats/kittens. What would you do the help the newborns along? Keep mom segregated somehow? Charles you can see my webpage for finding homes for these kittens at http://home.comcast.net/~lochlain/kittens.htm |
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