My cat just had babies last week AMD now a mother abandoned 2 new born kittens at my house. How do I get them to drink from her? She is allowing the to lay down by her but they just can't latch on and drink... Please help
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Abandoned kittens
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it may be so they are too weak at this moment. Begin with smearing a little glucose sugar solution on their lips and gum - it gives quick energy. You can use thick honey water for this - honey contains much glucose sugar.
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Be prepared to handraise them, they are perhaps weak sucklers. If so, the easiest is probably to use a needleless syringe or a dropper. In the corner of the mouth, dropwise... tummy down, head up. alternatively, you can try with a make-up sponge, drench the sponge with goats milk or kmr, and let them suckle from this. Works nicely for some.
As food - full fat goats milk is OK to use, otherwise get home some kmr, ie kitten mother milk replacement, Pet Ag, Royal Canin, GNC has good brands.
I see you are in South Africa, if you can get raw goats milk its excellent.
Be sure they are warm enough, get into them fluids, perhaps they can lick off your fingers if necessary.
This depends in part how long they were without care. If long enough, they are weak because of hunger and dehydration... So double important to get into them some fluid and glucose sugar / honey water as mentioned, so they will get some forces...
As food - full fat goats milk is OK to use, otherwise get home some kmr, ie kitten mother milk replacement, Pet Ag, Royal Canin, GNC has good brands.
I see you are in South Africa, if you can get raw goats milk its excellent.
Be sure they are warm enough, get into them fluids, perhaps they can lick off your fingers if necessary.
This depends in part how long they were without care. If long enough, they are weak because of hunger and dehydration... So double important to get into them some fluid and glucose sugar / honey water as mentioned, so they will get some forces...
Moms do not often abandon their babies. She perhaps planned to return and fetch them? Or got scared off? IF she abandoned them for real, it could be because she felt it was some fault on them, so they may abondon their kittens, to save the others in the litter.
IF so, YOU will probably need to handraise them - with help of your own resident whom helps to wash them and give them day care. Such kittens, doomed in nature, are often possible to save by a dedicated human rescuer. Lotsa of hard work but often do succeeds...
IF you suspect they have some contagion, you must handraise them yourself, dont let them to your momma. Although I suspect its too late at this moment, they have already met and your momma probably has washed them and eaten their wastes.
IF so, YOU will probably need to handraise them - with help of your own resident whom helps to wash them and give them day care. Such kittens, doomed in nature, are often possible to save by a dedicated human rescuer. Lotsa of hard work but often do succeeds...
IF you suspect they have some contagion, you must handraise them yourself, dont let them to your momma. Although I suspect its too late at this moment, they have already met and your momma probably has washed them and eaten their wastes.
How is this going? are they still with us in this world? If yes, please continue to report tight, so it becomes possible to give guidance.
Anyway, we need update.
Tx for caring!
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Thanks for the info guys.... I am bottle feeding them and my cat has adopted them... They are looking good.
Im happy its goes well and nicely. Had you any use for our advices? What milk are you using?
I presume they were either healthier than I feared, OR you were vigilant and vigorous with helping them...
Its too easy to wait away the moment of truth... waiting hoping they will be better, instead of for example, asking for advices here...
A friendly vet knowleable with weak kittens and orphans, is of course always a natural and good alternative, but not all vets are such, and not all do have access to any vet at all.
Please continue to report and ask questions. Pics are also always welcome!
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Here is a pic of the bigger kitten with the newly adopted ones...
sweet they are nicely warming up each other, comforting. Its a common problem with adopted smaller fosters, the bigger ones push them off the best teats. and even bullies, so the caretaker must supervise some, and often need to help out. But the residents was perhaps a small litter?
What a sweet pile of kittens, they are so lucky to have found an angel to take care of them, all the luck!
