Hi all,
I am fostering a mama and babies from a rescue here. Mama arrived with 4 babies and I quickly noticed something was wrong. She was rushed to the vet and it was determined she had a breach kitten still inside. Vet saved both mama and baby and they are both back here with me now. They are approximately 3-4 days old now.
The breach kitten (Hope) now appears to be having difficulties thriving along with the other kittens. I noticed today he has gone down in weight, approximately 5grams (sorry I'm canadian) and is cooler to the touch than the rest though I wouldn't call him cold. Mama had a really hard time figuring out how to "mom" as this is likely her first litter and shes fairly young herself though shes seems to have sorted it out over the last few days.
Hope also appears to have a kinked tail and is generally less energetic than the rest of the kittens. He is not suckling on mom and I have started supplementing him with KMR every 2 hours. I'm worried hes fading and I'm not sure what the best course of action would be so save him. I know the odds are stacked against him and this is sometimes unavoidable but I wanna give him the best chance possible.
Thanks
I am fostering a mama and babies from a rescue here. Mama arrived with 4 babies and I quickly noticed something was wrong. She was rushed to the vet and it was determined she had a breach kitten still inside. Vet saved both mama and baby and they are both back here with me now. They are approximately 3-4 days old now.
The breach kitten (Hope) now appears to be having difficulties thriving along with the other kittens. I noticed today he has gone down in weight, approximately 5grams (sorry I'm canadian) and is cooler to the touch than the rest though I wouldn't call him cold. Mama had a really hard time figuring out how to "mom" as this is likely her first litter and shes fairly young herself though shes seems to have sorted it out over the last few days.
Hope also appears to have a kinked tail and is generally less energetic than the rest of the kittens. He is not suckling on mom and I have started supplementing him with KMR every 2 hours. I'm worried hes fading and I'm not sure what the best course of action would be so save him. I know the odds are stacked against him and this is sometimes unavoidable but I wanna give him the best chance possible.
Thanks