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Oh excellent. I certainly didn't expect anything until day 10! I'll wait another day and see if they clear up. There isn't any discharge. The two kittens are finally getting to be the kittens they should at this age. The flu meds are definitely helping! Things are looking good. :)

Thanks for all the support! Posting on this site was definitely the best decision! :) On the upside, I have wonderful news about the healthy two, Hopper and Gypsy. Gypsy has gained 17 grams in the last 24hrs and Hopper has gained 21 grams! Their sneezing has gone down too! :) I do have another...

Flick is on his way out too. The incredible thing is that, now that she only has two kittens in her care, mumma cat is acting like a mom! She is cleaning them, responding to their cries etc. I think they have a really great chance. It hurts watching Rosey fade away right now. She was the most...

Rosey cannot breathe anymore. A vet came by and we were told to let her go. She is weak, unresponsive and really struggling to breathe despite having gained her weight back and feeding pretty well. The vet said it would be cruel to keep pushing her now...

Update: Flick is really struggling. On the upside, The two bigger ones have gained weight and, best of all, Rosey had the biggest bottle feed not long ago and has now regained the 8 grams she'd lost overnight!

Hey guys, Thanks again for all the support and encouragement. With the goats milk and later KMR, Rosey gained a lot of weight (she loves the KMR! Takes the bottle easily!). Unfortunately, i feel that the flu is getting the better of her, and one of her Brothers, Flick.This morning I noticed...

Louann, I have been cleaning and toileting the kittens since they came into our care. It was clear that mumma cat wasn't doing it as the kittens were covered in pee and poo (some dry enough to have been over a day old!).  Thanks sarthur2, for all of your advice so far. I will continue to update...

Alright, I have an update. First though, sarthur2, It was originally just one foster which was NOT me. The cat and kittens are under her name, not mine, though we had agreed to work together on this. I then became the main carer as the kittens are in the room attached to mine while the others...

I've spoken with the other two foster parents again about the kittens health and goats milk idea. I'm really struggling to make it clear to them how serious this situation actually is. They tell me I'm being overdramatic "its not like they've lost weight" "they should only be drinking cats milk"...

They've all maintained their same weight overnight except for Rosey who has lost another 2 grams, despite my giving her the treat milk. Funnily, she is actually not the runt, however, the actual tiny one was gaining really well and easily forces Rosey off a teat to take it himself. He won't be...

The only way we could get antibiotics is by going back to the shelter's vet hospital with the whole cat family. However, they had told us something like "we can't give mum any meds because she is nursing"...

No, i don't have either of those things. I was completely unprepared for a situation like this, having been told it would be a "relatively easy, hands off foster"... mumma cat is now nursing though I know that the weak little kitten is probably struggling against her siblings and may not get...

I'll go out early in the morning and get some. Mum hasn't fed her kittens at all yet since 10pm (it's 3:50am). I've just put her in the dark carry cage with her kittens to see if that will awaken some motherly instincts and allow them to nurse but she completely freaked out and wanted nothing of...

Ok. I'll look for that. And goats milk is 100% safe to give them? And will sustain them?

Thanks. That's what i thought. I wish I had some milk replacer at the ready but I won't be able to get any until Wednesday or even Thursday since there is no place nearby that sells any and I need to order online. I might try the vet. If they don't have anything, what can I do in the mean time...

Hi Everyone, I'm very new on this site and have not taken the time to carefully read and look through everything since I wanted to get some advice on this situation ASAP, so if I'm missing something important, please let me know. :) My family and I have just taken in a foster cat and her 4...