Hi,
I'd like to apologize in advance in case I violated any of the posting rule. I did look at the code of conduct and the reminder threads, but I'm a bit worried at the moment so I could've missed something I shouldn't.
Anyway, to the main topic, our cat just gave birth recently. She (the mother cat) is a nice and shy young adult cat (slightly more than one year old) instead of the aggressive type and this is her first time giving birth. She gave birth to 3 kittens, but unfortunately, two passed away - one shortly after birth and one faded away two days ago, so there is only one left. Until yesterday, both the mother and the kitten (now a week old, haven't opened her eyes yet) were really healthy. However, this morning, my father noticed some blood on the kitten's chest. He suspected that our mother cat accidentally scratched the little kitten while walking around, as we always cover the cage carefully at night so the chance that some stray cats attacked the kitten should be very minimal and if the mother cat injured the kitten intentionally, the kitten probably wouldn't have survived. My father haven't been able to check the wound carefully yet since the mother cat has been defensive of her children since the birth (use her head to push hands away if our hands come close to the kittens or lightly scratch us) and he doesn't want to unknowingly stress the mother cat out.
At the moment, the kitten (who was really healthy yesterday) seems a lot weaker than she was. It either drinking a lot less milk from the mother, or not at all - my father is still trying to observe the situation - which I guess is kind of understandable if it was hurt while being this young. So I'd like to ask - what should we do in this situation? I'm quite worried. Bringing them (the kitten and the mother cat) to a vet isn't really an option as there isn't any vet around my family, plus that I'm working oversea and my father is a bit old to drive for hours. We live remotely near a hospital, though (within 10' of walking) so we can probably get most medical stuffs (at least, the ones commonly used for human) if needed.
I'd like to apologize in advance in case I violated any of the posting rule. I did look at the code of conduct and the reminder threads, but I'm a bit worried at the moment so I could've missed something I shouldn't.
Anyway, to the main topic, our cat just gave birth recently. She (the mother cat) is a nice and shy young adult cat (slightly more than one year old) instead of the aggressive type and this is her first time giving birth. She gave birth to 3 kittens, but unfortunately, two passed away - one shortly after birth and one faded away two days ago, so there is only one left. Until yesterday, both the mother and the kitten (now a week old, haven't opened her eyes yet) were really healthy. However, this morning, my father noticed some blood on the kitten's chest. He suspected that our mother cat accidentally scratched the little kitten while walking around, as we always cover the cage carefully at night so the chance that some stray cats attacked the kitten should be very minimal and if the mother cat injured the kitten intentionally, the kitten probably wouldn't have survived. My father haven't been able to check the wound carefully yet since the mother cat has been defensive of her children since the birth (use her head to push hands away if our hands come close to the kittens or lightly scratch us) and he doesn't want to unknowingly stress the mother cat out.
At the moment, the kitten (who was really healthy yesterday) seems a lot weaker than she was. It either drinking a lot less milk from the mother, or not at all - my father is still trying to observe the situation - which I guess is kind of understandable if it was hurt while being this young. So I'd like to ask - what should we do in this situation? I'm quite worried. Bringing them (the kitten and the mother cat) to a vet isn't really an option as there isn't any vet around my family, plus that I'm working oversea and my father is a bit old to drive for hours. We live remotely near a hospital, though (within 10' of walking) so we can probably get most medical stuffs (at least, the ones commonly used for human) if needed.
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