pregnant cat with diarrhea

[sweetsavvymommy]

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• sweetsavvymommy
• Nov 20, 2015

6 babies, I think she's done. They are all nursing great!

 

[handsome kitty]

Beautiful!  Can you weigh each one?

 

[sweetsavvymommy]

I'm going to get a scale today, hopefully. I wasn't too worried about having one because I didn't expect her to have so many kittens. What is the average weight of newborn kitten? Thankfully there doesn't appear to be a runt. I just want to make sure that they are all able to find a nipple. Which seems to be a bit difficult, because the size of the bed she has them on she doesn't have a lot of room to lay down to where they can all feed

 

[Sarthur2]

You need to get her and her kittens into a proper-sized nest immediately so that she can stretch out for all kittens to nurse. Very important, and if it's cool in your home you'll need a heating pad set on low under the blankets as a heat source for the kittens for the times mom leaves the nest.

You will most definitely have a runt with 6 kittens. A healthy birth weight is 3 to 31/2 ounces. Each kitten needs to gain 6-10 grams per day.

Please post the weights after you weigh them so we can advise you.

 

[sweetsavvymommy]

I movedt hem, and she put them back. I just checked and they are all eating. It just took a little while for her to figureo it the best position for them. She hasn't wanted to leave them for more then a couple minutes, just for her to eat. It's plenty warm for them. 3 of the kittens look a lot a like, what is the best way to mark them so I can tell them apar?

 

[Sarthur2]

As long as they are doing well with mom it's fine if she moved them back.

The best way to mark them is with different color Sharpie pens and a mark on the tail.

 

[sweetsavvymommy]

Weighed them. The smallest is 3oz all the others are 3 1/2 almost 4oz.

 

[Sarthur2]

That's fantastic! Continue to weigh them about the same time each day to make sure all are gaining well.