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As of 20 minutes ago Gumball has very sadly passed away. Up into this afternoon I began to worry about the weakness in his meows and less of a want to fight. He died peacefully while Bean groomed and cuddled him.

It's rare, but happens. Either way the sex is the last thing I'm worried about. If this baby is a girl then it'll be a coffee bean minion :)

I don't try every feeding mostly because bean gave birth to him in the nest under the entertainment center (it has two doors that close and when opened its just a big empty space) that I lined with warm attire, and we aldo have a warm heater not next to the nest but in the room so the room stays...

He gets 1&1/2-2ml every two hours. Mama is seemingly producing now, and baby has learned to swallow so hopefully within this week we will see a successful latch.

And here is lil gumball. He got the best feeding of his life 2 hrs ago, so here is to an equally good or better one. Poor sleepy guy is so clueless.

Here is mama bean.

***actually after holding him and truly comparing (sorry it is all i can do atm) hes very close to what a half full can of coke weighs so 4-6 oz. He's about 24 hrs old now and staying strong. I wanna name him gumball.

Okay dh is giving him the 2ml now and we will continue with 2 ml for the next few intervals, (5,7,9) then up it to around 2&1/2. Mama bean is leaking colostrum but baby cant seem to suckle. That and his size is the only thing that seems preemie about him. By comparison I'd say he weighs close to...

Update- Still only this one kitten. He's getting about 1ml of kmr every 2 hours, his butt patted with a warm cotton ball and a warm area. I dont guess bean is gonna have anymore. He's still very loudly meowing. I dont have any sort of scale but am calling the vet after this post, as this is the...

There seems to be no known abnormalities with the kitten at all. No flat chest, no hump back, his mouth and tongue are a healthy pink and when i put him up to my ear her breathing sounds clear. I'm afraid that my beans labor was interrupted and that this kitten was a preemie, and thats why...

@abyeb it's absolutely fine! This is just a very nerve-wracking situation lol. Do you have any suggestions concerning bean and the fluff surrounding her teats? Or a warm cotton ball on them to induce milk let down?

An update on all of this- We got atleast 4-6 drops in his mouth about an hour ago. Gonna try what you suggested @

@Sarthur2 thank you, that is some great advice, I'll definitely try that. Another thing that worries me is that mama bean seems completely and totally clueless. He'll cry and she will freak out and lay on top of him which makes him cry more which seems to make her want to leave. She's also a...

Yes I've tried a few ways including that multiple times.

Hi all, my cat gave burth to one kitten about 3 hours ago. Shes cleaned it, ate the after birth, and like stays on top of it but isnt nursing or even trying to. I dont think she has milk. This kitten seems strong his meows are loud like piercing loud and he can move around all he needs but cant...