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So early hours of this morning, had a little 'heart in mouth moment'..
something told me to go check on Mummy n kittens.. so I did.. and lil Titch was nowhere to be seen! Anywhere! Then after 5 frantic minutes, I found him UNDER the bed, BEHIND the crate, on the floor.. huddled against the woodwork and shivering! He didn't seem to be breathing properly so I wrapped him in a teatowel with a low heated rice sock and kept him close to me for the next 5hrs.. his breathing regulated and settled - I also managed over those 5hrs - to get 5.6ml into him.. checked his weight.. and he'd put exactly NO WEIGHT on at all in 18hrs..
I asked OH to take over feeds as I was exhausted and was getting a headache from the worry and long hectic night.. he agreed.. so once I'd made sure Titch was comfortable, clean and warm and asleep.. I dozed off..
woke up around 2hrs later to find the box I'd put Titch into was empty.. I darted out of bed and went through to find OH had put him back in with Mummy! I was SOOOOOOOOOOOO not impressed!
I'd spent almost 20 mins on the phone to the vet as soon as they opened this morning and got told I'd done everything right and to keep doing it.. so you can imagine how pissed (sorry) I was that OH had put Titch back in with Mummy (he'd took ANOTHER 2ml from OH and started yowing.. Mummy heard and responded so he'd took Titch back to her and she'd allowed him to suckle and fall asleep latched.. ) and all 'seemed' to be ok.. This was around 1pm...
Fast forward to 7pm tonight.. I'd been out with daughter and grand-daughter (drs appointment) and when I made it home, went to check how everything was.. Titch was laid in the middle of the crate.. away from Mummy.. full tum but didn't look like he was moving much.. I carefully watched to check he was breathing and it was 'regular'.. and it was...
My dilemma now... do I remove Titch fully and feed as I had and hope that OH respects my wishes and DOESN'T put Titch back in with Mummy no matter how much she yowls.. ORRRRR... Do I keep supplementing him but leave him in with Mummy when I know she's not attempting to keep him warm.. without adequate heat - he's not going to be able to digest properly or 'pass' as it were..
something told me to go check on Mummy n kittens.. so I did.. and lil Titch was nowhere to be seen! Anywhere! Then after 5 frantic minutes, I found him UNDER the bed, BEHIND the crate, on the floor.. huddled against the woodwork and shivering! He didn't seem to be breathing properly so I wrapped him in a teatowel with a low heated rice sock and kept him close to me for the next 5hrs.. his breathing regulated and settled - I also managed over those 5hrs - to get 5.6ml into him.. checked his weight.. and he'd put exactly NO WEIGHT on at all in 18hrs..
I asked OH to take over feeds as I was exhausted and was getting a headache from the worry and long hectic night.. he agreed.. so once I'd made sure Titch was comfortable, clean and warm and asleep.. I dozed off..
woke up around 2hrs later to find the box I'd put Titch into was empty.. I darted out of bed and went through to find OH had put him back in with Mummy! I was SOOOOOOOOOOOO not impressed!
I'd spent almost 20 mins on the phone to the vet as soon as they opened this morning and got told I'd done everything right and to keep doing it.. so you can imagine how pissed (sorry) I was that OH had put Titch back in with Mummy (he'd took ANOTHER 2ml from OH and started yowing.. Mummy heard and responded so he'd took Titch back to her and she'd allowed him to suckle and fall asleep latched.. ) and all 'seemed' to be ok.. This was around 1pm...
Fast forward to 7pm tonight.. I'd been out with daughter and grand-daughter (drs appointment) and when I made it home, went to check how everything was.. Titch was laid in the middle of the crate.. away from Mummy.. full tum but didn't look like he was moving much.. I carefully watched to check he was breathing and it was 'regular'.. and it was...
My dilemma now... do I remove Titch fully and feed as I had and hope that OH respects my wishes and DOESN'T put Titch back in with Mummy no matter how much she yowls.. ORRRRR... Do I keep supplementing him but leave him in with Mummy when I know she's not attempting to keep him warm.. without adequate heat - he's not going to be able to digest properly or 'pass' as it were..