completely agree.

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Thank you for all of the help, we will get her to the vets tomorrow, regardless of if she has the kittens tonight. I really hope they dont need hand rearing, as I fear that our inexperience in this could cost us dearly

I was wondering earlier, my friend has a girl that has kittens that are i think about 6 weeks old, would we be able to put them with her rather than hand rearing?

Sorry if thats a silly question, I am just worried that we wont know if they need hand rearing as we dont really know when to intervene.

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Tilly

NO!

If she does have cat flu then her and her kittens need isolating away from other cats.

On top of that a mother with such old babies is very very unlikely to accept another queens kittens nursing.

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Ok, thanks.

I have just pm'd you

Update on this..

She never gave birth last night thankfully, so she was taken to the vets this morning, he agreed apart from the sneezing there were no signs of cat flu, he listened to her tummy and he said he could hear heartbeats, so thats good.

We have been given antibiotics for her to have, and have been told that if the kittens come before the tablets get chance to start working (next 24/36 hours) then we have to take the kittens and hand rear them. We are not very happy about this but apparently if we dont then they dont have much chance of survival? So we have gotten the milk and teats etc, and have been checking on her constantly.

She is ok, doesnt seem to be in early labour..however she is acting a bit strange..she looks very tired and we have just found her asleep in the cat tray (its clean thankfullly!) She was lay the way they do when they have them..on her side so I am praying she keeps them in for just a bit longer to give these tablets chance.


Any help or info on anything would be great, as I didnt really think the vet knew what he was going on about.

Tilly

the kittens can be given antibiotics too hun when they are born, but i really wouldnt take them away from mum as even the vet agrees it doesnt look like cat flu.

Synulox takes approx 12-24 hours to start being expressed in milk, so providing she doesnt have them immediatly she will be fine , even if she does i wouldnt take the babies away.

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Hello,

Sorry I havent updated, been really busy this weekend! Well she is still pregnant! Cant believe it but she is. We are pleased really as it is really giving the antibiotics a chance to work. We are on day three now of them so they should be well and truly working.

Thank you everyone for your help, once she has them I will post some pics!



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Hello,

An update on this! Frankie gave birth to 5 lovely black and white kittens last friday, she is free from any sneezing and has taken to motherhood like a duck to water. We have 2 girls and 3 boys, and they are all very cute! Suckling well and looking healthy.

Thank you for all of your help and advice with this, it was much appreciated!

Tilly

So glad you have a happy ending

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