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I also recommend Forti-flora for finicky cats, and have used it to entice sickly rescue cats to eat, but another option is Bene-Bac. It comes as a powder or a gel in a syringe. I've only used the powder, but apparently cats tend to really like the gel formulation, and it would give you a way to...

We usually take the mom in the adjacent room while we feed them, but since they weren't eating anything at all for awhile there other than nursing, I wouldn't have wanted to completely separate them from their one source of hydration and food. Even when they're weaned completely (which I do...

Kittens all got worse after I posted this, and have since had Ponazuril and are on their last day of Panacur. Mom as well. They will have a second dose of Ponazuril later this week. Fortunately, they seem to be rebounding. They ended up not eating at all. We had to force feed two of them...

We have 3 foster kittens 6 weeks old today. Over the past 5 days or so, their stools have gotten gradually softer to where now they are varying degrees of diarrhea. They are still nursing and only really started eating wet food about a week ago (introduced it at 4 weeks, but they didn't have...

I don't know how normal it is because we've only had one foster litter born here (6 weeks ago), but the mama cat had a very difficult delivery and she panted on and off for the first 24 hours. I really thought she had another kitten coming, but she didn't. In our case, the mama was pretty...

They're doing well with peeing in the boxes now, but have yet to poop in one.  I had 4 boxes in the room (which is just a small bathroom, so it's practically half litterbox at this point ;)), but added a fifth last night where one of them had pooped for the first time.  Mom must still be taking...

I'm sure by now your kittens must be settled down, but from what you say it sounds like you were seeing them still under the effects of coming out from anesthesia.  Each time one of our foster litters has come home from being fixed, they are way out of sorts--mean, growly, aggressive.  I've...

They're in a small room (a bathroom), but the kitten attract may help.  I use pine pellets for their mom, and had hoped to have them use the same, but I may need to start them with something more attractive. Is the mom likely to try to use their box is it has the kitten attract in it?  She would...

We have a foster mom with her 4 week kittens, they've been here since a month before birth.  The kittens started climbing out of the nesting box in the last week, but especially the last few days.  I put out a little box with litter for them when they started getting out, and have tried putting...

Our foster cat had her kittens just the day before yours, and our experience has been the same.  These are big kittens who are doing everything ahead of the charts.  I'm thinking she was likely pretty late term when she delivered (they were large at birth).  The mama cat we have is seeming...

Our foster cat had her babies two weeks ago, and they are doing great.  Mama cat had some issues for the first week (I posted questions about that), but has recovered well now.  She must have done something akin to pulling a muscle, but now she's all over the place again.  I've fostered kittens...

She's continuing to improve each day.  It seems to be one of her back legs that's been bothering her.  I got her some special treats and food, and that's motivating her to move around more, though she's still mostly in the box with her babies.  I would think that's pretty normal at this point...

They're gaining like crazy--20-30g a day.  They're all in the neighborhood of 220g now and are not yet a full 5 days old.  I haven't weighed mom cat yet, but was thinking of that today.  I'm not sure my scale will work for her, but I will try it.  I guess I could weigh myself holding her to get...

Well, today wasn't what I had hoped.  She has been just like the other days--staying in her box, not eating unless I hold her bowl in the box for her or lift her out of her box and put her in front of her food.  She has taken two walks out of the room--she got out herself for one, and I lifted...

Well it seems I posted my original post right before she began to show significant turn around.  She's used her box twice (both functions), appears to have eaten some food when I wasn't in the room, and when I came in to change her box she took the opportunity to get out of her nest and walk...

Just heard her use her box, so that's a step in the right direction!  I'll be checking shortly to see which thing she accomplished in it.

Our foster cat just gave birth on Monday to what we believe is her first litter.  She is a young cat herself (9-18months?).  She had a somewhat traumatic delivery in that she pushed for two hours with the first without making progress beyond a tail starting to show itself, then go back in, and...

Hope it's okay to tag onto the end of this (very old) thread.  Our resident cat eats Trader Joe's canned food along with FreshPet Select pouched food and some occasional others (Tiki Cat Puka Puka Luau is a loved treat).  Those seem great for her.  We now have a pregnant foster though, and I'm...