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I recently adopted a one year old silver Bengal cat, whom is very sweet and loving. She came from a family whom already had two other cats, one of which was pregnant, as was my cat. Because it was too much for the people to handle, I gladly took her home. I had been informed that she was pregnant with her second litter, and that she had been a very good mother to her three kittens of the last litter.
Almost a week ago, my cat Midna had six little kittens, all of them being alive and healthy. I monitored their feedings and how she was treating the kittens, which within the first few days, she was doing very well. Last night when I checked on them, they were all fine, none of them appearing to have anything wrong with them, but this morning I noticed one of the smaller kittens (not the runt) was sleeping and not feeding. Just making sure that it hadn't passed through the night, I gently picked it up (the mother has already brought them all to me to hold already) and noticed that it seemed very malnourished compared to the other kittens. It doesn't have a little "belly" like the other kittens do, and it feels like it's all bones.
I've been very distraught about this kitten, I've tried holding the other kittens in my lap while it feeds, but it will only feed for a few seconds before it searches for another teat, crying out frantically until it does. This goes on for about 2-3 minutes. I've also helped steer it to a teat, and it doesn't register it. I've attempted bottle feeding it (for two hours) but it fights me so badly that it makes it difficult. I just bought a syringe and have been feeding it slowly through that, but it still fights with me through the whole process, making it hard for me to keep the syringe near its mouth. If I keep it with the other kittens, they push it away from the teat and it will just sit there and wait, but its breaking my heart to see it so malnourished. Not only that, but I lightly pinched it's skin to test the hydration, and it's skin stayed up, which indicates to me that it is dehydrated.
I've been all types of upset about this kitten all day, I even skipped work to take care of it, but I'm terribly frightened that I'm going to lose it. What can I do? Please help, I'm desperate!
Almost a week ago, my cat Midna had six little kittens, all of them being alive and healthy. I monitored their feedings and how she was treating the kittens, which within the first few days, she was doing very well. Last night when I checked on them, they were all fine, none of them appearing to have anything wrong with them, but this morning I noticed one of the smaller kittens (not the runt) was sleeping and not feeding. Just making sure that it hadn't passed through the night, I gently picked it up (the mother has already brought them all to me to hold already) and noticed that it seemed very malnourished compared to the other kittens. It doesn't have a little "belly" like the other kittens do, and it feels like it's all bones.
I've been very distraught about this kitten, I've tried holding the other kittens in my lap while it feeds, but it will only feed for a few seconds before it searches for another teat, crying out frantically until it does. This goes on for about 2-3 minutes. I've also helped steer it to a teat, and it doesn't register it. I've attempted bottle feeding it (for two hours) but it fights me so badly that it makes it difficult. I just bought a syringe and have been feeding it slowly through that, but it still fights with me through the whole process, making it hard for me to keep the syringe near its mouth. If I keep it with the other kittens, they push it away from the teat and it will just sit there and wait, but its breaking my heart to see it so malnourished. Not only that, but I lightly pinched it's skin to test the hydration, and it's skin stayed up, which indicates to me that it is dehydrated.
I've been all types of upset about this kitten all day, I even skipped work to take care of it, but I'm terribly frightened that I'm going to lose it. What can I do? Please help, I'm desperate!