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Long story:
I live in an apartment complex and have food/water outside for the strays as well as 2 large tubs insulated with wood chips so that the many cats outside can have some place to eat/sleep. About 2ish weeks ago I noticed one of the cats would stay on the porch for days at a time, so I finally bring her inside (and put my pet in the room with toys so he doesn't get upset), and notice she's pregnant. She's been in the bathroom most of the time except for when we put our boy cat in the room and let her roam, we tried to make sure both of them had attention/care. (Looking back we should of taken her to the vet to make sure she was okay but please don't bash me for that now)
So fast forward to now, she had 6 kittens 4 days ago, all seemed to be healthy, we were asleep for all births excluding the last kitten, who we had to help get the sac off of because she wouldn't do it. so I go to work today and come back home and a kitten is crushed, i'm not positive if it was the one that she didn't de-sac because there's 3 identical tabbies, but she most certainly did crush it, it was flat as a pancake. How should I proceed, what do I need to do to ensure that mom, and that the rest of babies are properly taken care of? Thanks in advance.
Edit1: forgot to mention I believe the mom is young, and that it's her first litter of kittens. She doesn't quite know how to pick them up by their neck carefully and she seems more interested in some attention when I check on her than if she's currently feeding her babies/they're sleeping next to her.
I live in an apartment complex and have food/water outside for the strays as well as 2 large tubs insulated with wood chips so that the many cats outside can have some place to eat/sleep. About 2ish weeks ago I noticed one of the cats would stay on the porch for days at a time, so I finally bring her inside (and put my pet in the room with toys so he doesn't get upset), and notice she's pregnant. She's been in the bathroom most of the time except for when we put our boy cat in the room and let her roam, we tried to make sure both of them had attention/care. (Looking back we should of taken her to the vet to make sure she was okay but please don't bash me for that now)
So fast forward to now, she had 6 kittens 4 days ago, all seemed to be healthy, we were asleep for all births excluding the last kitten, who we had to help get the sac off of because she wouldn't do it. so I go to work today and come back home and a kitten is crushed, i'm not positive if it was the one that she didn't de-sac because there's 3 identical tabbies, but she most certainly did crush it, it was flat as a pancake. How should I proceed, what do I need to do to ensure that mom, and that the rest of babies are properly taken care of? Thanks in advance.
Edit1: forgot to mention I believe the mom is young, and that it's her first litter of kittens. She doesn't quite know how to pick them up by their neck carefully and she seems more interested in some attention when I check on her than if she's currently feeding her babies/they're sleeping next to her.