My next-door neighbor came over last night with this question, and it
is one I could not answer. Our (irresponsible) neighbors across the
street have a cat who just had kittens. Eric (my neighbor who does
cat rescue) found out and at least helped the mom cat and three
kittens get set up in a box. But momcat is not producing milk. Does
anyone know why this may be, or ways to stimulate milk flow in a new
mother cat? The only thing I could think of was to give momcat high
protein food (kitten food or similar), but I don't know if that would
help milk production. It may be late to ask this question at this
point, but it may help someone else in the future. If she was not
nursing by today, he was going to try to talk them into letting him
have the kittens so he can bottle-raise them and find them good homes
(something he has done several times before).
Any help/suggestions appreciated.
Thanks!
Ginger-lyn
Dennis Carr - 02 Sep 2003 03:43 GMT
> My next-door neighbor came over last night with this question, and it
> is one I could not answer. Our (irresponsible) neighbors across the
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> anyone know why this may be, or ways to stimulate milk flow in a new
> mother cat?
I just checked with an overnight vet clinic down the road. Your vet can
give a hormonal injection to kick-start the lactation on a mom cat if
necessary. Barring that, remember that mom won't immediately start
lactating.
In short, see a vet in short order, if mom isn't yet lactating or if it's
not too late.

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