UPDATE n question on Polo the pregnant kitten

she has had 5 babies. she is so exhausted she is sleeping she has washed the afterbirth of them but they r all still bloody n so is she how long should i leave the babies bloody as know that she would normally clean it all of 

I think you can wash them off, carefully. Help mom precisely like you would do if she got stuck while delivering or such...  Cat moms do accept help from humans they understand are friendly.

I hope you know how to do it?

Good luck!

she is my first cat/kitten that ive had thats pregnant so not too sure

You can use a damp/wet bit of cloth, semi-warm water.

You can probably also drop them in semi warm water. It shall be just a little more than lukewarm for you.

Dropping in water is easiest and quickest, but taking it with cloth is also like lickeing, does stimulate them.

Cats body temp is about 38,5 grades celcius. I think it is 102 Fahrenheit.

So some grade more is fine, but not too much.   And not  much less either, cooling down takes quickly forces from them.

You must dry them off afterwards.  Use towels or alike.

Be careful.

And you know you want to weigh them every day? A kitchen or post scale, in grammes or eqivalent.

Good luck!

i havent weighed them as yet though so should i weigh them tomorrow they were born between 3-4oclock (gmt) just want to make sure mother doesnt reject them cause at mo im also nursing an abandon kitten who is approx 13-14days old he opened his eyes on friday

snowfrill said:

 just want to make sure mother doesnt reject them cause at mo im also nursing an abandon kitten who is approx 13-14days old he opened his eyes on friday

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It is essentially a myth cat moms reject kittens because humans had touched them. It may be true for wild rabbits and deers, but not cats. 

Prob not even ferale cats.

On another forum we saw an example from India, where a girl took an abandoned sick kitten from a ferale mom. Cured it back to health during several days, and as she saw the mom was still seeking her kitten now and then, put it back outside. The mom accepted the kitten.

Another example is rescuers/fosterers helping ferale moms at delivery, are often allowed to help her.  While, if they were trying to pet her, they wouldnt be allowed because she is too shy...

Here, where she IS very friendly with you, you dont need to even think about it.

IF you think she may object to you because you are fostering still another kitten, why wash your hands and change clothes between these two rooms.  Which you should do anyway if you think there are any risk of contagion.

If you dont think there are risks of contagion, you may perhaps try to let the bigger one be with this family? the mom may perhaps accept it.  Just look out the bigger doesnt take too much.

Try to spread the smell from the small kittens on the big kitten.

With a little luck it may succeed. We had a forumite not long ago who dis just so.

The most important question as now.  How is the mom?

She was exhausted you wrote, and slept.  Is she better now?  If not, contact a vet.

snowfrill said:

i havent weighed them as yet though so should i weigh them tomorrow they were born between 3-4oclock (gmt) just want to make sure mother doesnt reject them cause at mo im also nursing an abandon kitten who is approx 13-14days old he opened his eyes on friday

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I agree with Stefan. It's a myth that Mother's will reject their babies because of human handling. I just went through this yesterday helping my foster to deliver her litter of 5. I had to cut the cords on all of them and towel dry 3. With the last baby I literally had to pull him out of the birth canal. After she got a little rest and some wet food she took to all of them without hesitation. 

The one thing you don't want to do is take them out of her sight. Not because it will cause her to abandon them but because it will cause her a lot of stress. Just put the scale down on the floor where she can see it and quickly weigh them one at a time. She might get a little distressed but should calm down once they are all returned to her. 

Congrats on the new babies! Hopefully Polo has recovered and is doing well! 

polo has fully recovered she came upstairs this morning to eat with my cats she even stayed with me while i was feeding the abandon kitten n jumped on my legs rubbed herself against him and was generally making sure he was ok i tried to get her to feed him a little as she had just fed her own but unfortunately a little problem occured so she couldnt give him any the problem was (i know this is a cat sight) i also have dogs n one of my dogs thinks the abandon kitten is hers so as soon as i put him near Polo my dog ran straight over to him n she ran away will try again later somewhere where the dogs wont be or ill put them outside 

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She doesn't need to be out roaming the house, keeping her contained with the kittens will help her bond.

Hopefully she's cleaned them up by now, I wouldn't wet or dampen a new born, just rub dry with a towel. Can take some time for the instincts to come in, especially with a young cat. 

the kittens r fully clean now she finished cleaning them later on that night she is hardly roaming much just a little to stretch her legs 98% of the time she stays in a large crate where she gave birth she only comes out for a toilet as have opened the crate door so she had a bit of freedom n the litter tray is just outside that n on the very odd occasion she comes n eats with my 4 cats n checks on the newborn im hand feeding that isnt hers he is just 14days old her babies r now 49hrs old n r really happy n healthy