Yes, I can imagine it is stressful. Let's hope some of this gets mama kitty feeling better tomorrow. And be sure it's canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie mix.
If you cant get any such raw or unpasteurized goat milk, a more common pasteurized bottled / cartooned - even powdered, goats milk works too. These are also both not as costly, and much easier to find.
Pick up some unflavored pedialyte.
Do you have any KMR (kitten milk replacer) in case you need to supplement the kittens? Pet Ag powder form is good. You can also use raw goats milk or full fat unpasteurized bought at a natural food store. And a small 1 -2 ml/cc needleless syringe.
Im thinking on pedialyte, she needs both fluids, and electrolytes.... Forcefeed her if necessary!!! In the corner of the mouth, a few drops at a time, so she manage to swallow.Mamma cat Belle (a stray we took in the ended up being pregnant) has been having very runny, yellow diarrhea the last two days. I was hoping it was just something bad she had to eat since she seemed otherwise fine. Today, however, she has seemed a little lethargic and spent most of her time under the couch (which is very unusual for her). She has also started to ignore the kittens a little bit more. They turn three weeks old on Wednesday, so I am not sure if it is normal for her to be spending a lot more time away from them. When they started crying, she used to run over to them, but she didn't seem very receptive today. She still is nursing them every few hours and they mostly seem content and sleeping in a pile with little rounded bellys so I think they are getting enough food. But if they wake up and start making noise, she doesn't go over near as quick. She also has had a significant decrease in appetite the past day or two.
If she is still having diarrhea on Monday I am going to call our vet. Is there anything else I can do for her or the kittens? At what point do I need to take her to an emergency vet if things get worse this weekend?
Pedialyte, continuation. Exactly which you give, depends on what you do have at hand. Ask your neigbours for help, if the shops are closed!!!Mamma cat Belle (a stray we took in the ended up being pregnant) has been having very runny, yellow diarrhea the last two days. I was hoping it was just something bad she had to eat since she seemed otherwise fine. Today, however, she has seemed a little lethargic and spent most of her time under the couch (which is very unusual for her). She has also started to ignore the kittens a little bit more. They turn three weeks old on Wednesday, so I am not sure if it is normal for her to be spending a lot more time away from them. When they started crying, she used to run over to them, but she didn't seem very receptive today. She still is nursing them every few hours and they mostly seem content and sleeping in a pile with little rounded bellys so I think they are getting enough food. But if they wake up and start making noise, she doesn't go over near as quick. She also has had a significant decrease in appetite the past day or two.
If she is still having diarrhea on Monday I am going to call our vet. Is there anything else I can do for her or the kittens? At what point do I need to take her to an emergency vet if things get worse this weekend?