Help me please...

My Meeko did that when Yoshi was born. I would hold her and put him on and she tried to leave. The next day we called the Vet and they said to bring her in. She felt hard on the side and we thought a kitten was still in her. They did a Xray and it was all Constipation. Coco and her kitten were in the same room as Meeko and she would try take Yoshi so he can nurse on her but Meeko would stop her. Meeko did let him nurse later on but cut him off at 8 weeks. He also nursed on Coco. Your Cat might let them soon.

Well last night was a long night. I ended up putting the kitten box on the bed with me and I had to have my hand in the box at all times. I talked to her and tried to encourage her but she still jumped out alot. She would even jump out when they were nursing and she would rip the nipple from them. Heart breaking....
She will not stay in the bedroom during the day here so I brought out the kittens and the box and put it in her favorite spot in the living room hoping she'll at least visit them.
I made sure they nursed as much as I could last night and this morning and I contacted a different vet in a different town close to here and my hubby went to pick up the bottle as she advised me that she only has the K9 formula and not the kitten formula, but at least I can use some homemade formula and the bottle cause I was really having a hard time trying to feed them with the siringe.
She is still meowing quite a bit and she is really raspy and at times her breathing is quite fast but I have no idea if that is normal.
We are trying our best to look out for the kits and also give mom some time and space to get used to it all and hopefully she'll take to them soon

I remember when i was younger our cat Toffee had kittens , and she used to just leave them meowing and cold , or try to kill them by squashing them. One person had to be in there at all times occupying her and praising her, have you tried giving her a treat to munch whilst she nurses , or anything to keep her still for more then 5 minutes so the kittens get some goodness out of her.
Sorry i do not have much advice my childhood cats gave birth so my mum and dad dealt with it all because i was like 9 or 10
Jess x

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I remember when i was younger our cat Toffee had kittens , and she used to just leave them meowing and cold , or try to kill them by squashing them. One person had to be in there at all times occupying her and praising her, have you tried giving her a treat to munch whilst she nurses , or anything to keep her still for more then 5 minutes so the kittens get some goodness out of her.
Sorry i do not have much advice my childhood cats gave birth so my mum and dad dealt with it all because i was like 9 or 10
Jess x

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Sure sounds like what I've got here. I havent witnessed her trying to kill them but she is not overly careful with them.
I have tried to give her some treats but she dont seem to interested...now she just wanders around meowing and crying

I sure hope I have what it takes to take care of these babies if she totally abandons them...

My Brothers Cat killed her Kittens but the last time she took care of them and they all lived. I got my Oreo from her and she screamed when we took Oreo and her brother away. My Coco was 10 when she had her only litter and she was a very good Mom. She almost got to foster other kittens that the Mom would not take care off. Your Cat might have something wrong. she should not breathe fast at all. That could be why she dosent want to take care of them. I would take her to the vet to see if she is ok. I do not get to she Oreos Mom very much because they live 2 hours away.

Okay guys...new problem....

While petting and talking to buttons I noticed a thick piece of goop coming out of her!! I wiped and it fell right out, it didnt seem to be attached to anything. I looked like placenta only way smaller! It had a longer part and then it got a bit fatter at one end. Very hard to describe and i'm sure you dont wanna see pictures.....Maybe this is her reason for being so difficult..there is something wrong!!

I tried the vet again - NOT the one who didnt wanna help me yesterday cause I was a burden, but the one i got the KMR from and I cant get ahold of anyone. Do you think she'll be okay until tomorrow???

How is she acting after passing that? Do you also notice any foul odor or more than a few drops of a bloody discharge? Does she seem hot to you to the touch?

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How is she acting after passing that? Do you also notice any foul odor or more than a few drops of a bloody discharge? Does she seem hot to you to the touch?

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she is still whining and meowing and now she is licking herself quite a bit. I did not notice any foul odor or more then a few drops of discharge other then the chunk I wiped off. She does not seem hot to the touch

I think that is the problem. My Brothers Cat got very sick and almost died because she got infected a few days after she had kittens. I would take her today because it can get bad fast.

I don't know anything about cats and pregnancy, but if she's whining and meowing, and continuously licking, it seems to me that there is something wrong. I really encourage you to call a Vet and take her in tonight if you can.

Oh No...I keep trying the vet emergency number ...and im not getting any answer!!!

Yeah ... I am also going to vote for taking her in just to be safe. Do you have bottles and everything ready to feed the babies if you have to?

Here is from when Shadow got very sick. She is fine now. This was over a year ago.
Here is part of the post. Shadow is fine Now.
She gave birth on March 12 to 4 kittens. And once again gave birth to another a day later. Then the problems began. After a few days Shadow began having an unusual amount of discharge. I took her to the vet on the Thursday the 15th. They ran some tests and said to bring her back the next day. She ended up having an emergency hysterectomy. Her uterus hadn't contracted after she gave birth and there was an infection. After the surgery I took her home. The vet said that they had used internal stitches and that she would still be able to nurse. Sadly the kitten that was born late died on the 19th. It gets worse.

Everything was going well. Until Tuesday night. Shadow wasn't eating. She wasn't doing much of anything. I knew something was wrong. I took her to the emergency vet at midnight. Stayed up all night waiting for them to call. It turns out she had mastitis. Her fever was 105 when I brought her in. That morning I transfered her to my regular vet where she stayed for 3 days. Finally I got to take her home that Saturday. She was doing ok. I had to give her meds twice a day. But she could no longer nurse. I had to bottle feed the kittens. Once again, everything was ok for a few days. Luckily only one of her nipples had the mastitis. But even with the meds it got worse. It ruptured and she went back to the emergency vet on Wednesday the 28th and they cleaned out all the infected and dead tissue and stitched her up. She has a catheter to drain any excess fluids. She's going to the vet in few days to have the catheter removed and in a week to have the stitches removed. She is doing very well. She's acting like her old self again.

I was able to find a surrogate mother for the kittens. They are doing good. I get updates on them every day
Here's an update on Shadow. I had the drain removed on Thursday, the stitches come out in a few days.Everything is healing well. She's gonna have a big scar, but as the fur grows back it should cover it up a bit. She's a tough kitty. She's completely back to her old self again, she's even playing again. I spoke to my friend who is fostering the kittens, they are doing fine. I'll be able to take them home in a couple of weeks. I'm sure Shadow misses them.

Yes i have bottles and have tried to feed them off of it but cant seem to get them to latch on...is there a trick?

Im still trying the vet......not having any luck!! why does it have to be sunday?!?!?

Something always goes wrong when the reg Vet is closed. Is there a Er vet beside that Vet?

I wish there was!! NO, I live in a town of about 300 and the closest vets are in small towns as well and are about 45 min away. The only emergency numbers I have are the ones on the answering machines at the vet office and there is nobody answering. I know they are home phone numbers cause i have called them already last night and this morning

I hope they answer soon.

Call the home phone numbers. It's an emergency.

Thats the numbers that i have been calling. I have called both the vet clinic's numbers and the emergency numbers that are on the clinic's answering machine...still no answer.

I wonder why they do not answer.