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sonja - 24 Aug 2006 23:57 GMT

I rescued a stray pregnant cat, seems quite young. It is probably he
first litter. I found a foster home for her and the day after sh
arrived there she had 5 kittens. One was very small and died after
couple of days. The remaining four seem fine and are a good size. Th
mom is so so skinny. She was eating really well, several times a day u
until about a week after the kittens were born. Now she is barel
eating at all. Meanwhile she is nursing 4 hungry kits. Her coat i
lovely, she seems all right otherwise. She's drinking lots of water
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks. Sonj

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Wendy - 25 Aug 2006 01:43 GMT

See if you can get her to eat kitten food. She needs the extra calories. You
might want to pick up some NutriCal and mix it with canned food and see if
she'll eat that. You could also pick up some KMR and bottle feed the kittens
to supplement what they are getting from Mom. Might take some of the
pressure off of her. Check to make sure mom isn't running a fever. She could
have a uterine infection or some other problem. If she doesn't start eating
soon, I'd get her checked out at the vet. It's still pretty early in the
game for Mom to be this skinny.

Good luck with your kitties.

W

> I rescued a stray pregnant cat, seems quite young. It is probably her
> first litter. I found a foster home for her and the day after she
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> lovely, she seems all right otherwise. She's drinking lots of water.
> Any ideas, anyone? Thanks. Sonja

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Veterinary_tech2@yahoo.com - 25 Aug 2006 01:55 GMT

> I rescued a stray pregnant cat, seems quite young. It is probably her
> first litter. I found a foster home for her and the day after she
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> sonja

how is the mom doing now? Did you try any suggestions? All cats,dogs
etc. should be started on kitten or puppy food 3 weeks before due date
and on it the entire time they are nursing.

Good Luck :)

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sonja - 25 Aug 2006 20:24 GMT

Veterinary_tech2@yahoo.com Wrote:

> sonja wrote:-
> I rescued a stray pregnant cat, seems quite young. It is probabl
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> Good Luck :)

She has been on kitten food since I first took her in, and the best
holistic, no bi-products, available at that. The foster home that ha
her now tried a few different kinds when she stopped eating. I jus
took her a few more kinds and apparently there is one that she ha
taken to. So, since yesterday she has eaten 1 full can. It'
encouraging. When I went to visit her I got the feeling that she wa
feeling a little dejected. She's a first time mom. She's in a ver
small bathroom with her kittens. This is a cat rescue home, so ther
are a number of other cats that have to be kept away from her. She'
very affectionate and doesn't like to be alone. It's hard to say.
Especially with a stray who hasn't had a chance, because of givin
birth so quickly, to see the vet. She was painfully thin when I foun
her. Living on bugs I expect. It's curious that she isn't eatin
everthing in sight, as she was at first

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Wendy - 26 Aug 2006 11:52 GMT

> Veterinary_tech2@yahoo.com Wrote:
>> sonja wrote:-
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> her. Living on bugs I expect. It's curious that she isn't eating
> everthing in sight, as she was at first.

I just get a really bad feeling when a nursing mom isn't eating well. I've
fostered a number of moms the last few years and the only time they've not
eaten well is when there has been a problem. I realize there aren't
unlimited funds for the vet when you are doing rescue work but paying the
regular vet to check out the cat is better than paying the emergency vet to
deal with a crisis.

Have you checked to see if she's running a fever? Checked her gums to see if
she's anemic or dehydrating?

W

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