Hi,
hope someone can help me out here. My OH's mother is a fosterer for the RSPCA. However, each time she fosters the kittens they always end up with the runs. She feeds them their food as directed by the RSPCA - Whiskers kitten food suitable for 1month to 1 yr mushed up with lactol.
This time she has 4kittens and the mum and all of them have the runs. The mum and kittens are being fed the same food but the kittens is again mushed down with Lactol. The mother also has a small bowl of Lactol to drink.
So does anyone have any idea as to why they keep getting the runs? This is the fourth lot of kittens that this has happened to?
Please, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
it;s whiskers suitable for 1month to 1yr, supplied by the RSPCA.
Could anyone tell me the exact amount they should be getting and how many times a day? I can then compare this to what the RSPCA told her. The kittens are roughly 5 weeks old and still suckiling from mum. Mum is only a baby herself at 6months.
thanks
PS: just to say that the mother also has the runs this time
Also, if anyone can point me in the direction of some useful sites I would appreciate it.
PPS: They have already been to the vets and she doesn't seem to have any idea as to why this keeps happening. They've all been given medication so hopefully they will be ok. It's just weird that all the kittens usually get this. This is also the first time she's had a mother and kittens, usually it's just the kits on thier own. But they showed interest in the food straight away as they kept trying to eat mum's food!
Oh, one other thing that might be worth mentioning is that all the kittens she has had have been ferral or part ferral.
hope someone can help me out here. My OH's mother is a fosterer for the RSPCA. However, each time she fosters the kittens they always end up with the runs. She feeds them their food as directed by the RSPCA - Whiskers kitten food suitable for 1month to 1 yr mushed up with lactol.
This time she has 4kittens and the mum and all of them have the runs. The mum and kittens are being fed the same food but the kittens is again mushed down with Lactol. The mother also has a small bowl of Lactol to drink.
So does anyone have any idea as to why they keep getting the runs? This is the fourth lot of kittens that this has happened to?
Please, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
it;s whiskers suitable for 1month to 1yr, supplied by the RSPCA.
Could anyone tell me the exact amount they should be getting and how many times a day? I can then compare this to what the RSPCA told her. The kittens are roughly 5 weeks old and still suckiling from mum. Mum is only a baby herself at 6months.
thanks
PS: just to say that the mother also has the runs this time
Also, if anyone can point me in the direction of some useful sites I would appreciate it.
PPS: They have already been to the vets and she doesn't seem to have any idea as to why this keeps happening. They've all been given medication so hopefully they will be ok. It's just weird that all the kittens usually get this. This is also the first time she's had a mother and kittens, usually it's just the kits on thier own. But they showed interest in the food straight away as they kept trying to eat mum's food!
Oh, one other thing that might be worth mentioning is that all the kittens she has had have been ferral or part ferral.