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Hi everyone!
I am new here and English is not my native language so I am sorry for any mistakes I will try to explain the best I can and give as much details as possible. I am really desperate for any good advice, so if you know someone with real experience please ask them what the cause could be or what to do.
Two weeks ago, ons saturday 27th of july, my tyraditional siamese gave birth for her frist time to 5 healthy kittens. It are 4 males and one female. There are two smaller ones and two bigger ones, which includes the female kitten. Mommy did everything herself and nursed them right away. Eveything seemed to go fine until the kittens started to gain less weight at day 8. They gained between 12 and 22 grams the first week and then suddenly dropped to only 2 to 7 grams. Or even no weigth gain! I did not overhandle them and the mothercat adores me, so it's not due stress.
I immidiately called the vet for an emergency appointment because I thought mommy didn't had enough milk. This seemed to be indeed the problem and she got Viyo and vetinairy canned wetfood for recovering and/or sick cats. Her milkproduction went up and they gained more but still not as much as the first week. I went to the vet on monday 5th of august.
But yesterday one kitten lost weight, three kittens stayed around the same weight and the biggest gained 10 grams. So I am sure mommy has milk and it should be enough for all of them, she has 6 working niples and 2 are left untouched so thas says enough for me.
But now comes the funny part. The kittens are very content! They sleep, they nurse, they start walking, they are not lethargic or weak. The smallest one fightest the hardest if I try to feed him with the syringe and what a power he has! I absolutely dont want to bottlefeed them of fear to interfere between mommy and kids and slow milkproduction down now that I've upped it. I only did this because I was scarred of dehydration and they are not btw. But they didn't want to so it made no change after all. All these horrorstories on the internet are making me insane...
The only option left, could it be intestial parasites or worms that causes the weightstall/loss? Because they seem so content, not crying all the time or anything strange like that. They do crie but only when mommys enter the kittenbox. Then they latch on and fall asleep after 10 to 15 minutes or so. And I didn't have chance to see any poo because mommy does a great job of taking care of them.
Please, has anyone expierenced or hear somthing similair like my story? Thank you so much already!
ps: I searched the web in 3 languages and I' ve been to the vet and found nu good help or answer, personal experiences are just worth gold!
I am new here and English is not my native language so I am sorry for any mistakes I will try to explain the best I can and give as much details as possible. I am really desperate for any good advice, so if you know someone with real experience please ask them what the cause could be or what to do.
Two weeks ago, ons saturday 27th of july, my tyraditional siamese gave birth for her frist time to 5 healthy kittens. It are 4 males and one female. There are two smaller ones and two bigger ones, which includes the female kitten. Mommy did everything herself and nursed them right away. Eveything seemed to go fine until the kittens started to gain less weight at day 8. They gained between 12 and 22 grams the first week and then suddenly dropped to only 2 to 7 grams. Or even no weigth gain! I did not overhandle them and the mothercat adores me, so it's not due stress.
I immidiately called the vet for an emergency appointment because I thought mommy didn't had enough milk. This seemed to be indeed the problem and she got Viyo and vetinairy canned wetfood for recovering and/or sick cats. Her milkproduction went up and they gained more but still not as much as the first week. I went to the vet on monday 5th of august.
But yesterday one kitten lost weight, three kittens stayed around the same weight and the biggest gained 10 grams. So I am sure mommy has milk and it should be enough for all of them, she has 6 working niples and 2 are left untouched so thas says enough for me.
But now comes the funny part. The kittens are very content! They sleep, they nurse, they start walking, they are not lethargic or weak. The smallest one fightest the hardest if I try to feed him with the syringe and what a power he has! I absolutely dont want to bottlefeed them of fear to interfere between mommy and kids and slow milkproduction down now that I've upped it. I only did this because I was scarred of dehydration and they are not btw. But they didn't want to so it made no change after all. All these horrorstories on the internet are making me insane...
The only option left, could it be intestial parasites or worms that causes the weightstall/loss? Because they seem so content, not crying all the time or anything strange like that. They do crie but only when mommys enter the kittenbox. Then they latch on and fall asleep after 10 to 15 minutes or so. And I didn't have chance to see any poo because mommy does a great job of taking care of them.
Please, has anyone expierenced or hear somthing similair like my story? Thank you so much already!
ps: I searched the web in 3 languages and I' ve been to the vet and found nu good help or answer, personal experiences are just worth gold!