I thought i would share today's event with you all, just In case it goes to help others. I will start 10 days ago when my queen started to loose a bloody mucus, i spoke to the vet who said she was getting ready to give birth. Last night i noticed she was very restless and did not seem happy, so called the vet again. They took her in straight away, for an emergency c-section, thinking all the kittens had died. Unfortunately all but one had. When tigeress came around from her opp, the vet tried to introduce her to her new kitten, but she immediately rejected it. Thankfully i have 2 teenage daughters who are willing and ready to help with 2 hourly feeding.

Now we have a health little kitten and are ready to embark on helping it grow into a strong healthy cat.

I hope to keep you up to date on it's progress. If anyone has any help or support for us we would greatly welcome it.

Thanks for listening
Tigeress mum and surrogate mother.

Make sure the kitten is kept warm.
Make sure the kitten is toileting well and not constipated. Some times they need enemas to clear the bowel.
If it goes off its feed seek help as they quickly become dehydrated.
If it inhales milk, they may need antibiotics to make sure they do not get pneumonia.
If their bottom gets sore, use some sort of ointment to prevent nappy rash.

Weigh daily with a scales accurate to the g to assess progress.

HAND REARING KITTENS - a good link.

Good luck.

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All the above is good advice - especially keeping the baby warm. Would suggest you also put a soft toy in with it so it has something to cuddle up with when in the pen as it has no siblings.

Do keep us advised as to progress.

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Hi Lauren,
Thank you so much for the link, i have been reading it since 4.45 this morning, feeling very tired after our first nights feeding, still struggling to get back to sleep. Kitty still has not been to the loo, but have now read that i need to stimulate that motion. Lets hope it happens soon. I will defiantly be referring back to that site on a regular bases. Right i am off to see if kitty will let me have 2 more hours sleep. !
Thanks again
Aisha xx

I have added pics of our new born!

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OMG, that is just too sweet! How adorable - Good Luck with hand raising it!

Gosh you are in for a very tough time. Why not post where you are, someone just might have a foster mother available especially since it's only the one kitten and would fit in easily with a small litter.

Liz

well this is what happened kind of to my girl, i took her to the vets when she was just seven weeks pregnant got told it was a mucus discharge take her home, then a two weeks later she exploded and lots of blood and puss came out all kittens but one died but sadly the live kitten was to young and this also died couple of hours later.

so i think the fact you have one kitten from it is fab.

good luck and look forward to hearing from you on how kitten and mum are doing and you never know she might get interested in the baby as she gets better.

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Hi Bluechip,

I am sorry to hear of your loss, it is sad when these things happen.

Thankfully our baby seemed to get the lions share due to it's siblings dyeing. This has made our kitty very strong. Also mum was full tearm if not overdue. It is also responding well to being human reared and drinking and emptying well.
Unfortunately mum and aunty are still wanting nothing to do with the little one, so it is almost certain it will be down to me. I just hope as kitty grows, they will accept it into the house hold. If not i may have to re-home someone, which will also be a great shame.
Lets hope things workout

Take care Aisha xx