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Hi, I'm new here. A little background: On Christmas weekend we were "adopted" by a pregnant stray cat. She showed up and INSISTED that she was supposed to be our cat. LOL We took her in and set her up in a separate room, as we have 3 other cats (all rescues/shelter cats). We began feeding her kitten food and she saw the vet and all seemed well. She had her kittens 2 weeks ago and the birth went well and we've got six gorgeous, adorable kittens. This past weekend when the kittens were 10 days old, the Mama cat got very ill, with a uterine infection. The vet did an emergency ovariohysterectomy and she is recovering nicely, and has been nursing the kittens well.
Most of the six seem to be quite robust and healthy. One of the little girls has always been smaller and more.. petite and dainty. I was a tad worried about her, but she seems ok, just a smaller kitten.
Sorry to be so wordy, but I felt as though I should provide the whole story. My question is actually about one of the male kittens, who up until perhaps yesterday never struck me as small or weak. I noticed yesterday that he seemed to be fairly sleepy and would sort of fall asleep wherever he was. Tonight, my husband and I were sitting with the kittens and handling/watching them and he again seemed to be mostly sleepy. When held he would meow and squirm, and when put down he would move around, but he doesn't seem to be walking as well as the others, who are just starting to get up on their legs and walk. Some are starting to play and wrestle a bit, but he doesn't get involved.
When the mama cat went back in the cage tongiht, I put him on her first and he did find a nipple right away and begin nursing, but I'm wondering if he's perhaps not getting enough overall?
Do they sometimes just develop at different rates? Could he just be "younger" in a sense? He reminds me of how they ALL were just a short time ago... sleepy and dazy and not very interactive. Could he just need more time to catch up, or could something be wrong?
Since this is already so long, I'll just finish by saying that the mother cat (Misty) is going to be adopted by my parents, and the kittens will be adopted out (after being spayed/neutered, etc.) by a very reputable local rescue.
Thanks for any advice!
Most of the six seem to be quite robust and healthy. One of the little girls has always been smaller and more.. petite and dainty. I was a tad worried about her, but she seems ok, just a smaller kitten.
Sorry to be so wordy, but I felt as though I should provide the whole story. My question is actually about one of the male kittens, who up until perhaps yesterday never struck me as small or weak. I noticed yesterday that he seemed to be fairly sleepy and would sort of fall asleep wherever he was. Tonight, my husband and I were sitting with the kittens and handling/watching them and he again seemed to be mostly sleepy. When held he would meow and squirm, and when put down he would move around, but he doesn't seem to be walking as well as the others, who are just starting to get up on their legs and walk. Some are starting to play and wrestle a bit, but he doesn't get involved.
When the mama cat went back in the cage tongiht, I put him on her first and he did find a nipple right away and begin nursing, but I'm wondering if he's perhaps not getting enough overall?
Do they sometimes just develop at different rates? Could he just be "younger" in a sense? He reminds me of how they ALL were just a short time ago... sleepy and dazy and not very interactive. Could he just need more time to catch up, or could something be wrong?
Since this is already so long, I'll just finish by saying that the mother cat (Misty) is going to be adopted by my parents, and the kittens will be adopted out (after being spayed/neutered, etc.) by a very reputable local rescue.
Thanks for any advice!