Hi there to you all, i am new to this forum and was wondering if any of you could advise me on what would be the next best step for me to take with one of my cats Tinkerbell, (a 2 and 3/4 year old Ragdoll). I will now explain my dilema with Tinkerbell.
Tinkerbell was pregnant and we was expecting the patter of tiny paws this last weekend gone ( 22nd/23rd Nov,08), as expected the arrivals started on Saturday with the first delivery being at 9.49pm unfortunately this kitten was stillborn even though contractions had been strong and trouble free, although i will say that on pushing out this kitten she did expell what was rather a very potent/ pugent smelly odour, not very unlike something that had gone off and rotted, she continued to contract and her second kitten was born at 10.02pm, she didn,t attempt to clean this kitten and get it going so i had to step in and do this for her and i managed to get the little mite going and eventually even to suckle, she then continued to give birth to her third and final kitten of which she cleaned straight away and the kitten attatched herself straight onto a nipple on her own, she never stuggled at all once through any of her labour from beginning to end, this was her first litter.I rang an emergency vet because i didn,t like how she was breathing and her heart beat was far too rapid for my liking ,( i have seen dogs and cats give birth before and have never experienced this sort of breathing or the pungent smell that she expelled with the first kitten) i explained all of what had happened i.e the smell, breathing, death, ect , all i got told was it sounded like a normal cat birth and that i should not worry as long as mom was alert and bonding with kittens ect everything was fine, all of this was the early hours of Sunday morning.
Since then on Monday morning i woke up to find the strongest of the two remaining kittenshad died during the night, and then Tuesday the third kitten was so weak that she couldn,t survive , and i tried all day but every time i stopped stroking or rubbing her she gave up so i had to just let her go.Now back to Tinkerbell, yesterday she was crying all around the house looking for her babies, she still eating a little and today she was looking and crying for them this morning but now seems to just have given up and just lies there , she doesn,t even follow me from room to room anymore not even when i open cupboards in the kitchen.Th main thing that concerns me and that i want your opinions on is that when she uses the litter tray her motions are still smelly like the smell that came from her on the night of kittening and sometimes when she passes you you get the same whiff from her rear end.
Any advice would be much appreciated
RAGDOLLYANNA & HER BROOD OF CATS
Tinkerbell was pregnant and we was expecting the patter of tiny paws this last weekend gone ( 22nd/23rd Nov,08), as expected the arrivals started on Saturday with the first delivery being at 9.49pm unfortunately this kitten was stillborn even though contractions had been strong and trouble free, although i will say that on pushing out this kitten she did expell what was rather a very potent/ pugent smelly odour, not very unlike something that had gone off and rotted, she continued to contract and her second kitten was born at 10.02pm, she didn,t attempt to clean this kitten and get it going so i had to step in and do this for her and i managed to get the little mite going and eventually even to suckle, she then continued to give birth to her third and final kitten of which she cleaned straight away and the kitten attatched herself straight onto a nipple on her own, she never stuggled at all once through any of her labour from beginning to end, this was her first litter.I rang an emergency vet because i didn,t like how she was breathing and her heart beat was far too rapid for my liking ,( i have seen dogs and cats give birth before and have never experienced this sort of breathing or the pungent smell that she expelled with the first kitten) i explained all of what had happened i.e the smell, breathing, death, ect , all i got told was it sounded like a normal cat birth and that i should not worry as long as mom was alert and bonding with kittens ect everything was fine, all of this was the early hours of Sunday morning.
Since then on Monday morning i woke up to find the strongest of the two remaining kittenshad died during the night, and then Tuesday the third kitten was so weak that she couldn,t survive , and i tried all day but every time i stopped stroking or rubbing her she gave up so i had to just let her go.Now back to Tinkerbell, yesterday she was crying all around the house looking for her babies, she still eating a little and today she was looking and crying for them this morning but now seems to just have given up and just lies there , she doesn,t even follow me from room to room anymore not even when i open cupboards in the kitchen.Th main thing that concerns me and that i want your opinions on is that when she uses the litter tray her motions are still smelly like the smell that came from her on the night of kittening and sometimes when she passes you you get the same whiff from her rear end.
Any advice would be much appreciated
RAGDOLLYANNA & HER BROOD OF CATS
