so my kitty gave birth..

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she is only 10 months old, and she gave birth to four little kittens!e 

but she seems to be ignoring them 

idk what to do i cant take them to a vet just yet

what do i do?!

btw how do i stop her bleeding? or will it  just stop by itself?
 

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Ah, emil, I'm sorry, but we really can't help with this. You need to take her and the kittens to a vet IMMEDIATELY. The kittens can and will die within hours if their mother doesn't attend to them.

If money is the issue, you can apply instantly for CareCredit, which is low-interest credit for vet bills that you can repay back in installments. http://www.carecredit.com/apply/landing.html?dtc=DS3V

Here's one Seattle emergency vet, http://southseattlevet.com/ , you can find many more by quick googling.

Good luck with it all. Keeping you in my thoughts. :vibes:
 

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I agtree - it sounds as though both mother and kittens may die without a vet. She may be ignoring htem because she herself has something wrong. Borrow the money if you hqave to, but you must get them seen to.
 

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She may be sick, as the previous said.  (yes, she is bleeding... Saw when I was ready. Vet ASAP!!!)  She may lack the milk...

But it may also be she being young, doesnt know how to care about kittens.  This may spark in at later.  Or not at all.

Consult a good vet (begin and phone).  IF it is the lack of milk or maternity instinkt, shehe may perhaps have something to give. Perhaps injections of hormone?   Im not sure I had heard about such a thing, but possibly... This is one reason why you could begin and phone.

But otherwise, if you want to save the kittens, you must act yourself.  If they are healthy it is entirely possible to drag them though.  It is a lot of work, and someone may die anyway, but it can be done.

It is more difficult is they are sick...  But some people do fight and sometimes win.

A good site to find advices from, for orphaned kittens or kittens where mom cant help them much, is

www.kitten-rescue.com.

But you are in a hurry to give them kittens at least something.

A good animal store should have some mother substitute milk, and suitable flasks and so on...

The vet is probably also selling such. So another good reason to contact the vet asap.

But observe, with 99% probability the vet wont himself nurse the kittens, so dont expect you can leave the kittens at his care. . At best shehe knows someone who might do the job.

Good luck!   *vibes*

OOPS - I just saw she is bleeding still - so this is priority nr 1, she must to the wet.

About the kittens - look at advice already given.
 
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If you dont afford the vet, lend the money from somewhere. Relative, friend, neighbour, acquistance...

In dire emergency it IS socially acceptable to ask for help also people you usually dont consider as your good friends. And given a good explanation - they usually do agree...

Many vets accept also some sort of payment plan.

Whatever you do - you are in a hurry, both to save the mom, and the kittens.  So you must work parallelly.

Good luck - vibes!
 

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she is only 10 months old, and she gave birth to four little kittens!e 

but she seems to be ignoring them 

idk what to do i cant take them to a vet just yet

what do i do?!

btw how do i stop her bleeding? or will it  just stop by itself?
The bleeding may stop if she is lucky, but you cant count nor hope. This is definitely a vet ASAP errand. Dont take chances, rush her in.  In the meantime, make sure she has it warm and cozy. During the transport and so.

You dont need to rush the kittens to the vet, they are healthy you can take care of them yourself.  99% of vets dont nurse kittens. At best he knows someone who does, so phone and ask, at the same time you ask for her.

Make sure they also do have warm when mother cant help them.  But not too warm - excess of warmth is almost as dangerous as cooling down.
 
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Did you saw if all four afterbirht, the mother cakes, did come out? 
 

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she is only 10 months old, and she gave birth to four little kittens!e 

but she seems to be ignoring them 

idk what to do i cant take them to a vet just yet

what do i do?!

btw how do i stop her bleeding? or will it  just stop by itself?
How much bleeding?  A tiny bit of bloody discharge is normal but obvious frank blood is a medical emergency.  Actually an EMERGENCY.
 
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it was just a little bit of bleeding i suppose it stopped i havent seen any

the kittens are so cuteeeeeeee
 

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it was just a little bit of bleeding i suppose it stopped i havent seen any

the kittens are so cuteeeeeeee

Wonderful!  So the mom alarm was exagerrated. Like OrientalSlave says, some red coloured discharge is common. It is the fresh blood we are afraid of.

Has she taken up her maternal duties?   

If  not, what are you doing?
 
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yes, i am actually surprised for a kitten herself to be taking such well care of her own kittens

i have not seen any fresh blood, it was just after she gave birth there was a little bleeding         

i heard that i cannot touch the youngings because of risk of transfering some kind of disease or something? idk

at how old will they be able to eat on their own?
 

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More wonderful news!     Bravo Mommy and kids!
 
   

i heard that i cannot touch the youngings because of risk of transfering some kind of disease or something? idk

at how old will they be able to eat on their own?
Lets not exaggerate this with transfering of diseases.  All breeders and most rescuers do weigh their small kittens every day (even semiferal moms usually do allow).  So apparently there is no big danger in this as such.

You of course wash hands thoroughly before.  And if you have any connection with cats who are sick or you think may be sick, say, distemper or cat flue, you shall be double careful with changing clothes and VERY thorough washing, preferably with something virus killing.  Alcohol perhaps.

But in normal cases it is enough with normal, soundly precautions and carefullness.

In and enjoy!   :)

They will try to eat a little on their own about 4:th week, perhaps even in middle of week 3.

They will be weaned somewhere 8-10 weeks.

And should stay with mom and siblings at least 10 weeks, good if 12, but at least 10.

They do learn quite a lot from mom and siblings.  So for example, not to play too roughly. Or if they do "love biting" or bite during play, not to bite too hard.

Good luck!   *vibes*
 
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Actually, it's very important for you to touch and handle the kittens on a daily basis.  This is how they "bond" with humans, guaranteeing them a good relationship with humans in the future.  There's not much they can give you or you can give them, when it comes to disease.  Wash your hands before and after, if you want to, although that will change your smell, which I think is not a good thing.
 

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Actually, it's very important for you to touch and handle the kittens on a daily basis.  This is how they "bond" with humans, guaranteeing them a good relationship with humans in the future.  There's not much they can give you or you can give them, when it comes to disease.  Wash your hands before and after, if you want to, although that will change your smell, which I think is not a good thing.

I agree, I have held all of the kittens that have been born in my house from the day they were born and they have all grown up to love people and be great little kitties. I can tell you in comparison I knew someone who was afraid to handle her cats kittens and they were not as socialized and trusting of people as my rescue kittens who were born around the same time. They were not fearful, but not as outgoing and people friendly as mine were.
 

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While the kittens are blind and deaf I only touch them to weigh them, and only if mum is quite happy with me.  Once their eyes open and their ears start to stand up (e.g. they can see and hear) I gradually handle a little more, stroking and cuddling them a little, gradually more and more.  But, if you stress mum by handling them then you can get problems. 
 

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Make sure to get the mother kitten spayed as soon as the kittens are weaned-- and don't let her around any male cats in the meantime (she can get pregnant again right away, and the male cats can make her feel threatened around the kittens). Also, we spay and neuter all of our kittens before sending them to new homes-- we just have to wait until they are heavy enough.
 
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