Please help!
My cat Mizzy gave birth to 5 kittens and not everything went well.
I was present at birth and helped her with the kittens, sadly one was stiff during birth.
And four of them came feet first and one of them the placenta was already open!
After most of the hassle one was gone and the others seemed slow.
(But yes all the placenta's are out and Mizzy chewed on a few of them. she's not bleeding too much everything seems normal just like last time.)
After the first 24 hours 2 kittens passed away, one of them was very weak and very small compared to its siblings and slow very slow. Sadly i was already expecting it to pass away, But one of the healthier ones also passed away which made me very worried! it must have been recent because none of their lifeless bodies were stiff. (i checked regularly 2~4 hours).
Now it has been more then 48 hours and another one passed away this leaves me with only one kitten left.
And no this isn't the first time she has kittens, the last time we had 6 very healthy kittens.
This time its a completely different story,
Obviously i have considered if they might have different blood types and well i simply do not know. (my cat is free to come and go pretty much and we live a cat filled neighborhood with all sorts).
And yes they are close to a portable heater and i made sure its not too warm or cold.
However what i have to add is this kitten has a very loud scream and is very active compared to all the other kittens.
I thought they were just full of milk and wanted to sleep all the time.
Now i am worried that after googling they might actually have different blood types.
What i want know is that if i change it now to powered milk and start feeding it... will it increase the chances of survival? or would that be just plain wrong?
And if so, i live in Europe any brands i should be looking for in particular?
from the description i gave so far (you can always ask for more) can anyone please explain what just happened to me?
I'm confused and i haven't slept for several days i am constantly present or keeping my eyes peeled at her the "lucky" sole survivor is at least active and if mom moves for only a minute it screams like mad.
so it "seems" okay but i'm not convinced and would like some feedback what is best to do and if not it might be already too late
.
My cat Mizzy gave birth to 5 kittens and not everything went well.
I was present at birth and helped her with the kittens, sadly one was stiff during birth.
And four of them came feet first and one of them the placenta was already open!
After most of the hassle one was gone and the others seemed slow.
(But yes all the placenta's are out and Mizzy chewed on a few of them. she's not bleeding too much everything seems normal just like last time.)
After the first 24 hours 2 kittens passed away, one of them was very weak and very small compared to its siblings and slow very slow. Sadly i was already expecting it to pass away, But one of the healthier ones also passed away which made me very worried! it must have been recent because none of their lifeless bodies were stiff. (i checked regularly 2~4 hours).
Now it has been more then 48 hours and another one passed away this leaves me with only one kitten left.
And no this isn't the first time she has kittens, the last time we had 6 very healthy kittens.
This time its a completely different story,
Obviously i have considered if they might have different blood types and well i simply do not know. (my cat is free to come and go pretty much and we live a cat filled neighborhood with all sorts).
And yes they are close to a portable heater and i made sure its not too warm or cold.
However what i have to add is this kitten has a very loud scream and is very active compared to all the other kittens.
I thought they were just full of milk and wanted to sleep all the time.
Now i am worried that after googling they might actually have different blood types.
What i want know is that if i change it now to powered milk and start feeding it... will it increase the chances of survival? or would that be just plain wrong?
And if so, i live in Europe any brands i should be looking for in particular?
from the description i gave so far (you can always ask for more) can anyone please explain what just happened to me?
I'm confused and i haven't slept for several days i am constantly present or keeping my eyes peeled at her the "lucky" sole survivor is at least active and if mom moves for only a minute it screams like mad.
so it "seems" okay but i'm not convinced and would like some feedback what is best to do and if not it might be already too late
.
