My cat LILO had 7 kittens (1 died, so I have 6) 4 weeks ago. (Well,they will be 4 weeks old on this coming Sunday)
I had to go out of town for business for 8 days and I returned early Thursday morning. My husband cared for Lilo and the kittens while I was away. On Tuesday morning he called me and told me that he thought Lilo missed me because she was acting sad. I asked him if she was still feeding the kittens and he said yes. I also want to add that Lilo has always been a wonderful momma cat.
Well Thursday morning I went in her room to check on her and the kittens and I finally found Lilo..... hiding. I called her to come out and she couldnt move. I picked her up and rushed her to the vets b/c this behavior was not like her at all.
At the vets he checked her temp. and it was 106!!!!
He rolled her over and found an "abcess" under one of her breast. He asked the nurse lady there to open it and after she did he pushed on it and I almost fainted when I saw what AND how much came out. It was unreal. It was puss but sooo much of it. I started to cry and he told me I didn't need to see it and made me turn around.
When he finished.... he told me that he couldn't imagine how many ounces of puss came out. He gave her a shot. On my invoice it says "1 Pen/ Gent Injection". What ever that is. He also put her on Clavamox 2 xs a day.
He told me to seperate the kittens from Lilo. He also told me that with that kind of temp that she had that there is no way she still has milk. He said since the kittens are almost 4 weeks old .. to introduce them to kitten food.
I have tried kitten food even with water added and most of them are not interested. I have tried kitten formula in kitten bottles ... not interested. I put out tuna fish and they seemed to like it but its like they arent sure how to eat it. I also put kitten formula in a bulb syringe and they love it like that but it gets everywhere!!! Which I can handle better than them not eating at all. But my question I guess is ... are they still too little to introduce them to food? Am I doing something wrong? Please help.
I had to go out of town for business for 8 days and I returned early Thursday morning. My husband cared for Lilo and the kittens while I was away. On Tuesday morning he called me and told me that he thought Lilo missed me because she was acting sad. I asked him if she was still feeding the kittens and he said yes. I also want to add that Lilo has always been a wonderful momma cat.
Well Thursday morning I went in her room to check on her and the kittens and I finally found Lilo..... hiding. I called her to come out and she couldnt move. I picked her up and rushed her to the vets b/c this behavior was not like her at all.
At the vets he checked her temp. and it was 106!!!!
He rolled her over and found an "abcess" under one of her breast. He asked the nurse lady there to open it and after she did he pushed on it and I almost fainted when I saw what AND how much came out. It was unreal. It was puss but sooo much of it. I started to cry and he told me I didn't need to see it and made me turn around.
When he finished.... he told me that he couldn't imagine how many ounces of puss came out. He gave her a shot. On my invoice it says "1 Pen/ Gent Injection". What ever that is. He also put her on Clavamox 2 xs a day.
He told me to seperate the kittens from Lilo. He also told me that with that kind of temp that she had that there is no way she still has milk. He said since the kittens are almost 4 weeks old .. to introduce them to kitten food.
I have tried kitten food even with water added and most of them are not interested. I have tried kitten formula in kitten bottles ... not interested. I put out tuna fish and they seemed to like it but its like they arent sure how to eat it. I also put kitten formula in a bulb syringe and they love it like that but it gets everywhere!!! Which I can handle better than them not eating at all. But my question I guess is ... are they still too little to introduce them to food? Am I doing something wrong? Please help.