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Hello lovelies
my cat gave birth which this time 9pm tonight will have been exactly a week ago
The first couple of days she was inseperable, the slightest wail from the kitten and she would be back there in a flash to nurse her
Now, as of midweek - i dont see them much together unless theyve put them there
Ive been giving her food right next to the kitten, just to get her in a position for the kitten to feed thats how concerned i was
And earlier i gently lay the cat down and put the kitten on top for her to milk from her
Now the cat is fine theres no health problems she got check up tuesday
I dont know if its because she is a first time mum but she doesnt seem to realise if she doesnt feed the kitten often enough - kitten dies, its a no brainer!!!!
But at the moment im literally almost forcing her to feed the kitten by putting her in an unatural position just so kitty can feed
The cat is fed tons of good healthy food, so shes hardly low on milk (she adopted a ten week old kitten several weeks back and feeds her CONSTANTLY like theres no tomorrow - despite me discouraging it she loves breast feeding a ten week old that isnt even her, but her own baby she doesnt even feed half that much)!
Now this isnt total rejection she does lick the kitten quite a bit - and when the kitten squeals she does look concerned
But the infrequency of her feeding the new kitten concerns me.
Any advice please?
Much love!!
Edited to add - kitten is healthy she got checked out wednesday with the cat,
and kitten is even partially starting to open its eyes!
my cat gave birth which this time 9pm tonight will have been exactly a week ago
The first couple of days she was inseperable, the slightest wail from the kitten and she would be back there in a flash to nurse her
Now, as of midweek - i dont see them much together unless theyve put them there
Ive been giving her food right next to the kitten, just to get her in a position for the kitten to feed thats how concerned i was
And earlier i gently lay the cat down and put the kitten on top for her to milk from her
Now the cat is fine theres no health problems she got check up tuesday
I dont know if its because she is a first time mum but she doesnt seem to realise if she doesnt feed the kitten often enough - kitten dies, its a no brainer!!!!
But at the moment im literally almost forcing her to feed the kitten by putting her in an unatural position just so kitty can feed
The cat is fed tons of good healthy food, so shes hardly low on milk (she adopted a ten week old kitten several weeks back and feeds her CONSTANTLY like theres no tomorrow - despite me discouraging it she loves breast feeding a ten week old that isnt even her, but her own baby she doesnt even feed half that much)!
Now this isnt total rejection she does lick the kitten quite a bit - and when the kitten squeals she does look concerned
But the infrequency of her feeding the new kitten concerns me.
Any advice please?
Much love!!
Edited to add - kitten is healthy she got checked out wednesday with the cat,
and kitten is even partially starting to open its eyes!