Elaine couldn't produce milk?

My cat had her six kittens on Monday, one was still-born, and this was her first litter. At first it seemed as if they weren't nursing, so we made sure she had some. She did release it, but Wednesday they all died (except one who I found in the corner dying) and she wasn't producing milk. I took the one still alive to the house to make some replacement milk, but he didn't make it. I made she see sniffed her kittens' bodies. Later that day she was sitting where her and her kittens were curled in a ball, howling and purring. I moved her to a different place with food but she went back. She hasn't ate since and it's been three days so I'm worried about her. She now lays wherever she did when was pregnant with them and she murmurs. I don't know what to do.

So sorry to hear this, a trip to the vets asap to check your cat is OK.  So sad.

I agree. A vet check asap is in order.

Otherwise, try to comfort her as well as you can.

IF she is healthy, and the milk has come, she may perhaps be a foster mom?  The vet knows perhpas if  someone needs a foster mom.

This too would help her mourning.

Its unusual the moms never get milk.  It may be so the kittens were premature by some reason.  Possibly something was wrong with her - ie another good cause to a vet check.

Sorry to hear this.  it must be tragic both for her and for you.

Good luck!

I would definitely agree with a vet check and a spay so that she doesn't have to go through this again.

Sadly my grandparents won't take her to the vet. It costs a lot of money.

Has she eaten at all? If she has not eaten for 4 days this is a very very serious situation. If you cannot take her to the vet, you have to force feed her with a syringe. To do this you mix some wet food (pate style) with water in a syringe and inject a bit at a time into her cheek- not down her throat or straight into her mouth.  This is an emergency situation that you are dealing with here- even not eating for 2 days can result in liver damage for a cat. While this can usually be treated, it is easier to prevent it, and honestly,  if your grandparents can't or won't even bring her in for a check-up or a spay,  they are not going to help her if her liver is damaged.

It is important that you begin force-feeding her ASAP.

 How old are you if you don't mind my asking?

Agree with Tulosai.

If you live in USA. here are some tips for finidng cheap spaying.

The same places may probably offer a cheaper vet tratment than they usual full payment fashionable vet clinic:

cheap  spaying:
If you are in the U.S. ,  the ASPCA has an online database.  http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/spayneuter

 Or here is a hotline number that will find you a low cost clinic in your area  1-800-248-7729   

www.spayusa.org

Good luck!

I'm 16 and yes I live in the United States. We were breeding her for a specific trait her mother had. We don't normally get our cats spayed since we live out in the country. She hasn't ate anything as far as I know. I have school I have to go to so I can't keep an eye on her. She has drank water though.

I FIINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT SHE'LL EAT!!!

RayvenStar101 said:

 
I FIINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT SHE'LL EAT!!!

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Good!   Make sure she eats!    Even it it isnt fully nourishing, she must begin with somehting...

I cracked some raw eggs for her. She stuck her paw in it first then started licking it. I made sure it was cracked over some cat food.

Please don't give her egg white - it is very bad for cats. You can feed her the yolks though there is always a slight salmonella risk. Can you get goat milk or natural yoghurt - most cats love these and they are very nutritious.

Even if you don't normally get your cats spayed, I strongly urge you to make an exception in this case - it is likely that the kittens died from some genetic complication, and the mother has been left very weak. Next time she may die along with the kittens. So try to persuade your grandparents.

Sadly that's the only thing she'll eat.

I understand 100% that you are in a complicated situation here, and dependant on your grandparents to some degree.  That said, @jennyranson  is 100% right.  YOu have to stop feeding her egg whites and find something else she will eat.  If she will not eat anything else, she HAS to see a vet.  Can you pursuade your grandparents that this is important as she will likely die or suffer liver damage otherwise? Can you offer to pay them back for the visit?Can you borrow money from your parents or ask them for the money for this purpose? If she is not seen, it will just get more and more expensive for you to treat her.

If this is TRULY not an option, again, you have to force feed her.  To do this you will need a syringe (they are cheap) and some pate wet food mixed 50/50 with water. You will insert the syringe into her cheek and squirt a bit in at a time.

With that said, I fear something is seriously wrong with her- possibly an unseen complication from the pregnancy- and she needs to see a vet. It is 100% not normal that a cat who before ate normally would be off all food but egg whites now.  Depression over losing the kittens can't account for it, nor can any normal after effects of labor this late on.  Please, please, do what you can to get her to a vet.

I don't have a job....

I wasn't meaning to suggest you promise to pay them back immediately... you could discuss, for example, getting a summer job and paying them back out of that money, or paying them back once you get your first job whenever that might be.

Also, whether you have or can get a job or not, you can still be a strong advocate for Elaine in explaining to them why she needs the vet care. While there is no guarantee they will listen, it does not hurt to really try.

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I wasn't meaning to suggest you promise to pay them back immediately... you could discuss, for example, getting a summer job and paying them back out of that money, or paying them back once you get your first job whenever that might be.

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You have also perhaps the option on repaying them in natura, here, you help them with something they do need help with... Or some old and fragile neigbour or friend  of theirs, whom they care about

  Such a voluntary job for your relatives is easier to get and negotiate, then get a real payed job, in our days of common unemployment...

I agree, a vet check up is required here. as soon as possible.

Re the raw eggs, and thus, raw egg white... 

This is surely fine to get her started to eat at all, to get her discover she is hungry.  She wont die immediately from it.    so your idea wasnt bad, for a start.  

so your idea to pour the raw egg on her regular cat food, so she will begin with the egg, and proceed with the cat food, was an excellent idea.  I really did hoped it worked when I read that.  Its why I didnt wrote anything.  I though THIS problem was hereby solved...

but my collegues are entirely right, in the long run, more than a few,  its harmful.

  Raw egg yolk is excellent, if you dont have problems with salomonella in eggs at your place.  If you do have problems with salomonella, try with boiled egg yolk.

Boiled egg white is good, much better than raw..  Egg shells, from boiled eggs, crushed into fine powder, are a good source of calcium both for cats and humans.

But raw egg white is not good  (destroys b-vitamines, so in a way its a poison if more than a few).

Kids can, so be now resourceful and go on, go on!    

I'll try.