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Please would you say which foods are the best for a kitten / cat with one kidney? my Ragdoll kitten (amazed to discover here that it is not uncommon in this breed!) has been in the vets for 10 days, he nearly died but now seems to be improving. But he has terrible diarrhoea – probably due to the...

Jazz showed no interest in cat food despite all the others chomping away, but he'd manage some fresh turkey or fish. The poor family who took him on only 2 + weeks ago have decided that they can't bear to watch him die, if he can't function without help, so we're to take him back (okay by us)...

Chromium Blues, may I ask if you fed May a special diet to help her kidney?

Thank you! I'll be sure to tell them that and hope my French is up to it! Hope is good...

Hi, You were all so helpful and supportive to me back in june when my cat birthed 8 kittens. I duly fed them every 2 hours with RC milk and mum managed the rest. They all survived, gaining weight rapidly, and my vet was amazed at how beautiful and healthy they all were when it came to vaccine...

Thank you Jenny, I shall if needs be! So good to not feel alone...

Another question. if anyone can help: a couple of the kittens still have their withered umbilical cords attached, this is day 11. Should I be concerned?

Thanks, Recovery and Development? I shall try it. She has managed to feed them, she's developed a strategy whereby she feeds 4 at a time, waits till they fall asleep then goes after the others. I feed them when I can, but mostly the milk goes down the drain. Even the smallest weighs over 200...

I managed to get mother out of the way so that I could weigh them, the smallest is 130g on day 4. I've lost my weight charts for the other litters, but I think that's not bad? Most are 155g. Many are still refusing the bottle, but I insist as the more I feed the less demand on Mummy. Who, I...

Thank you StefanZ for your detailed response. I made Rosie take a break from her kittens, ensuring that she played a little and drank. She did seem to produce a little milk in her rear glands. I presented her with 4 bottoms which she duly helped, and I think I got the rest – so hard to tell...

My pedigree Ragdoll mother birthed 8 ragdoll kittens 3 days ago. Her stomach was still lumpy so I took her to the vet that afternoon for a scan to ensure there was nothing left inside, it turns out that her intestine was a bit swollen so she has medication to relieve that. She seems healthy...