A way to persuade the mother or not?

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I want to get the kittens a vet visit to make sure theyre alright but she thinks o there fine blah blah are they fine or is it good to have a vet check up and if they should any ideas on how to persuade her?
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Originally Posted by Logan18

I want to get the kittens a vet visit to make sure theyre alright but she thinks o there fine blah blah are they fine or is it good to have a vet check up and if they should any ideas on how to persuade her?
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I think right now they are too young to go to a vet. Just leave them alone unless there is a problem. They should go to a vet later on for vaccinations.
But that will be several weeks later. Kittens get their vaccines at 9-10 weeks. I am not sure if breeders take their kittens to a vet prior to this, bur right now your kitties are very young, and if they are doing o'key, I don't think you need to take them to a vet.
http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/firstvet.htm
 

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I read somewhere that it's recommended to take mama & kittens in for a checkup within 72 hrs after birth. My personal opinion is that the risk may outweigh the benefit this early, if all is going well, & there are no concerns that can't be solved with a phone call to the vet. Transporting all of them is very upsetting for mama, & risks chilling the kittens. I would recommend calling the vet with any concerns, & see if they think you should bring them in.
 

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I don't take my babies into the vet until they are 6 to 7 weeks old depending ... there are ALL kinds of risks there and I wouldn't take them there if you paid me to do it.

Mom is providing all their needs including immunity right now, so until they are about 5 weeks old, don't take them out of your home.
 

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If there is a problem with a small kitten my vet makes a farm call-
 

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I took my 8 kittens and the mama cat to the vet when they were about a day old because the vet had told me to at the "prenatal" checkup. I really think that just taking the mama would've been sufficient. If the babies are ok, you can tell, and if they're not, well, you can tell that too.

I think that unless the babies aren't doing well they probably don't need to be seen. It's just such a big production getting everyone in a box, and to the vet, and out of the box, etc.

I was relieved, however, to find out that mama was doing fine and didn't have any unborn kittens, or other problems that I wouldn't have been able to diagnose.
 
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