Clara Bell's babies

This quite possibly the last litter we will ever have. I am just glad she's alright and that the babies are healthy.

RodentsNCats said:

This quite possibly the last litter we will ever have. I am just glad she's alright and that the babies are healthy.

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Splendid, congrats!    If it is important for you to take care of kittens, and see their development, you can surely cooperate with some shelter or rescue group, and help them with with their high pregs.   If your girl Clara Bell is a good caretaker, she may also participate, as a help foster momma.

Good luck!

Thanks,I plan to be a vet when I am older. my mom was going to get her fixed when we realized she was pregnant so my mom decided to let her have them, and since we were in the process of moving we didn't have the money right then nor we didn't realize that she would have five. Looks like four boys and one girl to me. But they are adorable and she's a wonderful mom. As soon as they are weaned we are getting her fixed and I already have a few homes lined up.

Help please. One of the kits passed yesterday and I think she maybe out of milk my mom is skeptical that she ran out

Is the kittens crying?

They were crying a lot but I don't know if she started producing again or what because they are sleeping

I suggest getting a 1ml needleless syringe and kmr by petag or goat milk (raw goat milk is best)

I paged our advisors so when they respond have your mom read what they say too so she can help if you need help

Read though these links and have your mom reqd them too
http://www.kitten-rescue.com/
http://www.kittenrescue.org/index.php/cat-care/kitten-care-handbook/
http://www.hdw-inc.com/glop.htm
http://www.thecatsite.com/a/hand-rearing-kittens

RodentsNCats said:

They were crying a lot but I don't know if she started producing again or what because they are sleeping

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RodentsNCats said:

Help please. One of the kits passed yesterday and I think she maybe out of milk my mom is skeptical that she ran out

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You have god adequate advice so far.  If in doubt, do  supplement.  Also, to know for sure, you must weigh them, every 12 hours here while in crisis.  This way you know if they get food or not.

Their need is as minimum, 8ml/oz(30g)  a day.    So a kitten week old kitten of say 150 g, 5 oz, needs 8x5  ml/CC  kmr or goat milk a day.  If you give it every other hour but every four in the night,  10 feedings á  4 ml   a time,  as a minimum.

Healthy kittens is enough if the get every 3 hours, every 4 hours at night,  but when in crisis they need at least every 2 hours.

Was the momma taking full care including washing, in the last days?  -save the feeding, of which you are uncertain?

sleeping mentione in your next post may again be two things: they got food from momma, and its well or at least, not so critical.   If so, get all the gears mentioned, kmr /goat milk, small syringe of 1ml, a scale, but its not dramatical.

OR, they are lethargic now, and more or less dying.

If they are dying because they are sick, probably nothing can be done, I suspect not even a good vet could help.  Few vets are btw good helping small weak kittens, - unless they are specialists on that, for example cooperating much with rescue groups, or having many breeders as customers.

If they are lethargic, there are steps to do.

1. Make sure they have it warm (but not too warm).  It may be necessary to have a heat pad or similiar, if mom isnt warming them enough.

2.  Give them extra energy by smearing some GLUCOSE sugar on their gum!   This is often perking them back into life almost instantly, if the lethargy was cause by low blood niveus.

Glucose sugar goes into their blood already in the mouth, and thus, works even if they arent  properly warm.

If you dont have glucose sugar proper at hand,  you can use white caro syrup, honey, or some other liquid sweet syrup.   Most of these do contain much glucose sugar.

3.  Give them water or pedialyte.  As dehydration is a major danger.   Use a dropper, needleless syringe, or even a straw.  Tummy down, head up, in the corner of the mouth, drop by drop at the cheak, so you are sure they manage to swallow.   If they swallow actively it can go fairly quick.  Otherwise, let it take its time.

4. If mom hasnt cleaned them, the lethargy MAY be caused by them being overful.  And stimulation and elimination may help surprisingly effective.   We have at this moment a couple of threads where we talk much about how to help against constipation and dehydration...

PLEASE  come back with further reports, and more deep reports.

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Good luck!    

@mwallace056

I'm not home at the moment but I will send screen shots to my mom. I will update as soon as I possibly can

But she was doing fine until that one passed. I sent my mom the screen shots. She said they appeared to be fine and that I worry too much.

I will still suggest getting some supplies just in case

Does her milk smell sour?

How do I check that?

RodentsNCats said:

But she was doing fine until that one passed. I sent my mom the screen shots. She said they appeared to be fine and that I worry too much.

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Lets hope so, they are fine.  But who is to worry, if you their caretaker doesnt?   As the proverb tells:  That guarded is protected by Our Lord Himself.

You need to be vigilant, if there are the sligtest complications.  The life is fragile enough anyways.

But get home the gears, if you decide you MUST try with something, you can do so immediateyl.

Good luck!

Any updates. R rodentsncats

Shes feeding them by there doesn't appear to be a lot

so no more crying?

There's a little but not as bad

Do you have a scale to weigh them? I will still suggest getting the supplies in case something happens