Well, update again on Moon Pie and the remaining babies. I lost one more yesterday, leaving four. They seem to be healthy, strong, nursing and their eyes are starting to open. Mom is on antibiotics 3x daily and that may rescue remaining kids. Keep all fingers crossed, maybe these final four...
I lost 3 more kittens. I'm crushed. I really have done all I could. Mom gave birth in a clean room, away from all other animals. Vet won't treat week old kittens for the infection. I'm assuming mama probably had a uterine infection that passed to the babies. The remaining 5 seem healthy and...
I know it's a bit late to respond and am sure Alice has had her kits long ago. Hope all went well. But, what they say about size, age, number of pregnancies, etc. I'm not sure. I have one girl (Moon Pie, an abandoned cat in my neighborhood). I should give up the ghost on calling her "stray"...
Many years ago I was told by a vet that the majority of pure white cats with blue eyes are deaf. Although, I have had 2 white cats with blue eyes, one was deaf but the other (Jealous, now 16 years old) can hear just fine. I would recommend only one thing. Keep the babies inside, for good or if...
There was a phrase I always like to use when it comes to cats responding and that is: A dog will come when it's called, a cat will take a message and may get back to you. Like the last post, cats are not dogs. They respond when they feel like it. I wouldn't be that concerned.
My little Moon Pie (only 7 pounds) just gave birth last week to 9 kittens (YES!!! 9!!!) We lost one after only 3 days but the rest are still going strong. I noticed the other day one of the babies had "lumps" on her two front thumbs. I figured she had a slight deformity, but last night noticed...