URGENT help needed! 6 kittens 8 placentas!!!!

Hi,

A pregnant stray cat I took in just delivered 6 gorgeous little kittens and I saw her eat all but one of the placenta's. The one she didn't eat I removed and disposed of it.

However, her tummy still felt hard and lumpy and so I expected her to have another kitten or two.

Instead, she delivered 2 placenta's but no kittens were attached to them. Her tummy still feels like there might be one kitten in there but im concerned about these extra placenta's.

Is this normal? I cant seem to find anything on the internet about it and im panicking a bit now.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

call the vet.  its Friday.

Definitely call the vet now it's not normal... they could be stuck inside and she can't get them out. This is an emergency so please get her into the vet.

How is your cat doing now? You can have an x-ray done to see if she still has kittens inside.

Take the kittens to the vet along with mom.

Can anyone offer any advice?

The runt of the litter is fading fast.

When he is awake he is gasping for air so i breathe into his mouth gently and it settles his breathing but he is struggling to feed as he is too weak to latch on properly. I have to hold his little head while he feeds as he doesn't have the strength to hold himself.

I also have to "tread the grass" on mum  as it were to help the milk flow.

He will suckle for a second or two and then he is exhausted so gives up. I have tried him with a bottle but he wont have it.

What can i do? Is it kinder to just let nature take its course or is there something i can do to try and save this baby?

Why is nature so cruel?

I have him snuggled up in a warm blanket with me as mum doesn't want to know.

Please help, i really want to help him. I cannot bear the thought of burying this baby

You need to buy KMR and get a needle-less syringe if he has any chance.  Can also put a bit of honey on his gums in order to perk him up enough to eat.

I'm sorry open mouth breathing is an emergency!!!!!C

Sorry, editing because I responded to the wrong post.

Wanted to add that breathing into his mouth isn't a solution.  Perhaps @sarthur2   can offer more advice.

He will probably not make it. From the description of the breathing it sounds like he may have inhaled something into his lungs during the birthing process, or he simply has Fading Kitten Syndrome.

All you can do is make him comfortable. You can try giving him some honey water with a dropper or tiny syringe, but he may not swallow it.

I'm sorry. It's very painful to watch a tiny kitten suffer. The mom doesn't want it because she knows there is something wrong.

Becci Baxter said:

 
Can anyone offer any advice?

The runt of the litter is fading fast.

When he is awake he is gasping for air so i breathe into his mouth gently and it settles his breathing but he is struggling to feed as he is too weak to latch on properly. I have to hold his little head while he feeds as he doesn't have the strength to hold himself.

I also have to "tread the grass" on mum  as it were to help the milk flow.

He will suckle for a second or two and then he is exhausted so gives up. I have tried him with a bottle but he wont have it.

What can i do? Is it kinder to just let nature take its course or is there something i can do to try and save this baby?

Why is nature so cruel?

I have him snuggled up in a warm blanket with me as mum doesn't want to know.

Please help, i really want to help him. I cannot bear the thought of burying this baby

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As said.

He will probably go, as you yourself think.  The  strained breathing with mouth is always a bad sign.

Possibly a quick visit to a vet, and antibiotica may help, but if its pneumonia for real, they usually go, and most often it goes quickly, before antibiotica has worked.

IF  there is any chance to try with - so as mentioned:  perk up some energy by smearing glucose = dextrose on his gum or lips.   It may be glucose proper, it may be glucose syrup, it may be white caro syrup, or even honey-   most people have honey at home.

And give food - kmr or goat milk, with a needleless syringe, or a dropper.   Its easier on the weak ones with a syringe than a bottle.

Be sure he doesnt get dehydrated - pedialyte as extra fluid is best, but common water OK.

Let all fluids be of body temp.  Keep him warm and comfortable.

If you can get raw goat milk, fresh or frozen, it may help some, if he isnt gone by the morning...

Good luck!

Becci Baxter said:

 
Can anyone offer any advice?

The runt of the litter is fading fast.

When he is awake he is gasping for air so i breathe into his mouth gently and it settles his breathing but he is struggling to feed as he is too weak to latch on properly. I have to hold his little head while he feeds as he doesn't have the strength to hold himself.

I also have to "tread the grass" on mum  as it were to help the milk flow.

He will suckle for a second or two and then he is exhausted so gives up. I have tried him with a bottle but he wont have it.

What can i do? Is it kinder to just let nature take its course or is there something i can do to try and save this baby?

Why is nature so cruel?

I have him snuggled up in a warm blanket with me as mum doesn't want to know.

Please help, i really want to help him. I cannot bear the thought of burying this baby

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Life is not just joy and happiness, its suffering too... To appreciate in fully health and life, you must also know to endure the hardships and difficulties...

This reminds me on a situation in one of the modernized Star Trek series, this with their emergency hologram doctor, whom with time become more and more of a living human.

The crew used to play through sketches on the Hologram deck, in their pastime.

So the good doctor decided he wanna play him too.  Get himself a real family with wife children etc, and live a suburban life...

The scenario become very happy: The doc goes to work every day, happy wife some sort of homeworking free profession - translator perhaps?

Two beautiful kids, doing nicely in school...

But somebody told him, its a nice dream, but its nowhere a real life...  So he ordered the Computer to change the scenario, threw in more reality....

And his beloved dau got severly, terminally ill.   Him being such a good doc, and having Connections, could help her with easing some of the worst pains, but the long dying - it was there, just to endure...  Both the sick child and him knowing the ultimate outcome, even if he did his tries, and hopes...

And yes, the doc got strenghened up in his human nature.

First after it, enduring the horrors of this long dying, and yet giving strengh, brave, and compassion to the dying child - he become a true human - himself hologram or not.

So, its essentially not the cruel nature, its essentially part of being human, of of the prices to pay.

If we didnt cared, it would be much easier, but we wouldnt be either true humans.

Becci Baxter said:

 
Can anyone offer any advice?

The runt of the litter is fading fast.

When he is awake he is gasping for air so i breathe into his mouth gently and it settles his breathing but he is struggling to feed as he is too weak to latch on properly. I have to hold his little head while he feeds as he doesn't have the strength to hold himself.

I also have to "tread the grass" on mum  as it were to help the milk flow.

He will suckle for a second or two and then he is exhausted so gives up. I have tried him with a bottle but he wont have it.

What can i do? Is it kinder to just let nature take its course or is there something i can do to try and save this baby?

Why is nature so cruel?

I have him snuggled up in a warm blanket with me as mum doesn't want to know.

Please help, i really want to help him. I cannot bear the thought of burying this baby

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How is it going?

Is the little one still with us?