after having kittens mother cat is only eating but not drinking water!

cindylu802

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Hi my cat reeses finally had her kittens last night. She had 4 and they are doing fine. She is in my room with food, water and a litterbox but she hasnt come out at all to eat or drink or use the litterbox. I put some food in the box where she is nursing the kittens and she eats it but when I try to put the water in there she wont touch it. She hasn't come out to get anything either so im wondering if shes ok...im mostly worried about her not drinking water!! But everything else seems to be fine as far as her having kittens and taking good care of them. Does anyone know why shes not interested in drinking water?
 

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she's probably exhausted and nervous bout leaving the babies. as said above if shes eating wet food she'll be getting a fair amount of water from that.

if your not feeding wet offer her some. mix it with extra water if you need to. move the water and food dish nearer to her and keep an eye on her. if shes not drinking by tomorrow call a vet.

you can also offer her kitten glop (recipe on the site if you search for it) or cat milk (make sure its cat milk not cows milk).
 
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thank you i will feed her wet kitten food! very good idea!! thank you !! a little bit ago she left her babies for a second to get something to eat and as soon as she crawled out of the box she heard a kitten cry so she growled and went back into the box lol it was funny...i think i just need to bring the food to her! thanks again!
 
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