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You are doing all the right things. You are prepared to supplement, and you are watching their weights.
Mom's milk may not come in fully right away. If it looks as if one or two kittens are getting all the milk, you might need to let them feed in shifts.
You can give Mom some KMR as well. That will help her with replenishing calcium and other nutrients she is using to nurse 6 kittens. If she doesn't drink "straight" kmr, you can mix a little into her wet food.
I fostered Kiki with six kittens a number of years ago. I was very fortunate, as she was an excellent mom. Her babies were already 4 or 5 days old when she came to us. She mostly stayed in our powder room for the first two weeks, and then we barricaded the kitchen to keep our other cats away and we let her have the kitchen as her territory.
I kept Kiki and we returned the kittens to the shelter to adopt them out. Kiki was my soul kitty and I had her 13 years.
You are doing all the right things. You are prepared to supplement, and you are watching their weights.
Mom's milk may not come in fully right away. If it looks as if one or two kittens are getting all the milk, you might need to let them feed in shifts.
You can give Mom some KMR as well. That will help her with replenishing calcium and other nutrients she is using to nurse 6 kittens. If she doesn't drink "straight" kmr, you can mix a little into her wet food.
I fostered Kiki with six kittens a number of years ago. I was very fortunate, as she was an excellent mom. Her babies were already 4 or 5 days old when she came to us. She mostly stayed in our powder room for the first two weeks, and then we barricaded the kitchen to keep our other cats away and we let her have the kitchen as her territory.
I kept Kiki and we returned the kittens to the shelter to adopt them out. Kiki was my soul kitty and I had her 13 years.