Hi all! I have recently taken in 2 pregnant feral cats. The first mama (Patches) delivered 4 weeks ago. She had 4 kittens, all doing well at birth. She had 1 runt, Luna, who has been slow to gain weight. I have been reading in here and trying all kinds of ideas, but she stays at 4 grams a day of weight gain with only 1 or two occations of no gain. Never a loss.
The second mama (Pretty] delivered 2 weeks ago and just couldnt get it together on the mothering and had no milk. She had 2 kittens both losing weight, we started supplementing, but this poor feral just couldnt get the hang of mothering. She would not sit still to nurse unless you sat and petted her the whole time. We ended up giving the 2 kittens to Mama patches, who took them on easily. She almost seemed relieved, because she could hear them cry and would get upset! They started gaining weight and I supplemented the 2 babies, and Luna, the one gaining so slowly. We rotate the big ones out to give the 3 littles time to nurse uninteruppted with qauluty mama time. They are seem to be thriving, but Luna just doesnt ever gaon 10g a day. Only 4. Its everyday, 4, maybe 5 grams once. Her birth weight was 3.1 oz. After that we started in grams. She is currently 316g. She is smaller than the others and seems behind in development as well. She has no teeth in yet, She is fiesty, nurses well and takes the KMR supplement several times a day between 6 and 12 cc's per feeding 3 times a day og KMR and nurses the rest of the time, with me making sure she is getting good nipples and at times when the big siblings are sleeping or out of the nest. She takes the KMR well but mot much per feeding. She strmarts really fighting ne on feeding more than 12cc at a feeding and sone days only 6 oer feeding, tgen nurses after.
Mom has been on kitten food from 1 week before birth when we got her, and is on kitten dry food, 2 cans of wet kitten food, and a bowl of KMR a day and she goes through a lot of water.
Anyway, I guess I am worried about little Luna. She is progressing, gaining and does meet milestones, just slower. And she has no teeth yet, all her siblings do. She is active, boots off other kittens off the nipple to nurse etc.... so she is fiesty!
Both moms were tested at the vet and cleared, so no FIP/fLV, worms, fleas etc... Should i be worried or what should I try next? I hestitate to try moving her to wet food hlop because she has no teeth yet.
Patches is super friendly and lets me do whatever I need for the kittens and for her. Which has been nice. She is a great mom and keeps them clean and happy and nursing. So i dont know about bowel movements and such as mom does all that. The 2 itty bitties are gaining 7 to 10 grams a day and seem very good.
The second mama (Pretty] delivered 2 weeks ago and just couldnt get it together on the mothering and had no milk. She had 2 kittens both losing weight, we started supplementing, but this poor feral just couldnt get the hang of mothering. She would not sit still to nurse unless you sat and petted her the whole time. We ended up giving the 2 kittens to Mama patches, who took them on easily. She almost seemed relieved, because she could hear them cry and would get upset! They started gaining weight and I supplemented the 2 babies, and Luna, the one gaining so slowly. We rotate the big ones out to give the 3 littles time to nurse uninteruppted with qauluty mama time. They are seem to be thriving, but Luna just doesnt ever gaon 10g a day. Only 4. Its everyday, 4, maybe 5 grams once. Her birth weight was 3.1 oz. After that we started in grams. She is currently 316g. She is smaller than the others and seems behind in development as well. She has no teeth in yet, She is fiesty, nurses well and takes the KMR supplement several times a day between 6 and 12 cc's per feeding 3 times a day og KMR and nurses the rest of the time, with me making sure she is getting good nipples and at times when the big siblings are sleeping or out of the nest. She takes the KMR well but mot much per feeding. She strmarts really fighting ne on feeding more than 12cc at a feeding and sone days only 6 oer feeding, tgen nurses after.
Mom has been on kitten food from 1 week before birth when we got her, and is on kitten dry food, 2 cans of wet kitten food, and a bowl of KMR a day and she goes through a lot of water.
Anyway, I guess I am worried about little Luna. She is progressing, gaining and does meet milestones, just slower. And she has no teeth yet, all her siblings do. She is active, boots off other kittens off the nipple to nurse etc.... so she is fiesty!
Both moms were tested at the vet and cleared, so no FIP/fLV, worms, fleas etc... Should i be worried or what should I try next? I hestitate to try moving her to wet food hlop because she has no teeth yet.
Patches is super friendly and lets me do whatever I need for the kittens and for her. Which has been nice. She is a great mom and keeps them clean and happy and nursing. So i dont know about bowel movements and such as mom does all that. The 2 itty bitties are gaining 7 to 10 grams a day and seem very good.
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