very small litters, premature births

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rysherfarms

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I raise bengals ans am experiencing some real problems.  With queens that have had 5-6 kittens before, they are now only having 1-2.  One of our girls also delivered 4 kittens 2 weeks early, all dead obviously.  These girls are bred to the same boys that they have had 5, 6+ kittens with before.  Can anyone tell me what the problem may be?  This is very frustrating......
 
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rysherfarms said:
I raise bengals ans am experiencing some real problems.  With queens that have had 5-6 kittens before, they are now only having 1-2.  One of our girls also delivered 4 kittens 2 weeks early, all dead obviously.  These girls are bred to the same boys that they have had 5, 6+ kittens with before.  Can anyone tell me what the problem may be?  This is very frustrating......
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Maybe they are exhausted by too many pregnancies?
 
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Yes, how old are they? How many litters do they have per year? How many litters have they had total?
 
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Yes.  What type of food do they get?  Any extra supplementing?

Said this,  Im wondering if these whom got 1-2 healthy kitten, but had 5 earlier,  if she perhaps got spontan abortions of the others, there being 4-5 from beginning, as usual...  And yes, the question is still what caused this,  IF this is so.
 
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