8 Kittens !!!!

Hi, my name is Meghan. I am a siamese breeder in FL. I have been showing and breeding for a while but I have a dumb question. My girl had eight last night. This is by far the biggest litter I have ever gotten. Five was my record. My quesion is should I bottle feed? The kittens are about 15 hours old. All of them have lived miracoulouly. Should I supplement? I dont know if I should because they are gettitng Colostrum for the next 24-48 hours. I dont want anyone to starve but I dont want to mess up moms plans. They are crying a bit, but they are siamese . Infamous cryers
Anyone here who had had this large of a litter?

I've never been a breeder, but congrats on your litter. Hope all goes well, ask your vet, get them checked. Maybe he'll suggest supplementing 1/2 litter every other feed so they all get mum's milk. Good luck.

i am a ragdoll breeder and what i do is let them be mom will feed them all they will just have to take turns just keep an eye on them and see if all are eating if a coupple seem hungrey and arn't eating properly get a kitten bottel with some kitten formula and feed them but waite till the get the first feedings from mom for the 48 hours then they will be fine

Congrats on your litter!

Hi!! Wow, that ~is~ a large litter! Congratulations!

Since it is doubtful that a Siamese queen can produce enough milk to provide 100% of the nutrition for such a large and growing litter, I would let Momma nurse as many as can scramble to get a nipple and those who are working too hard to get to one, you bottle. Weigh them faithfully to make sure everyone is getting enough to eat.

I know a lot of people recommend using KMR or one of the other commercially-prepared kitten formulas, but honestly, I like goat's milk best. It is closest to Momma's milk and will not cause the stomach upset that commercially-prepared formulas can.

As for the first couple of days and colostrum, if you mark your kittens for identification purposes, you can allow Momma to nurse 4 or 5 at a time and then when they fall asleep, replace them with the remaining kittens.

Best of luck, Lamb.

on that large litter! Its going to get noisy with all those Siamese lol

Arrrr congrats on your new babies.

Cant wait to see pics.

Emma x x