I have a very skinny lactating female with 7 kittens which are 3 days old.
Shes a very doting mother and i'm trying to feed her her favorite tinned food with milk replacer power in it but shes hardly eating!!
Shes always been a fussy eater and always not eaten a lot, but she has to now!!
Anyone got any tips on what i could do??
2006-06-14 03:06:00 · 9 answers · asked by mark b 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Make sure she has plenty of food available all the time, don't put her on any kind of regimen. Also you could try feeding her kitten food, that will help to replace the calories that she's losing while the kittens are nursing. You can't make her eat but making sure she has plenty available will do her the best, she'll eat when she's hungry.
Oh, try not to change the brand of food that you feed drastically, make it a slow transition (going from adult food to kitten food). If you change too quickly you risk causing her to have diarrhea which would be really hard on her system right now.
2006-06-14 03:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 KITTENS??? WOW! She certainly needs her calories. Most vets recommend feeding a queen (what you call a nursing cat) kitten food. Kitten food is higher in calories than adult cat food. If you can find a kitten food that she likes and eats, she will be getting the extra calories to help her produce milk. Also, bear in mind that after delivering 7 kittens, that is one pooped mama-cat! She is probably totally exhausted and may even be too tired to get up and eat, but please make sure she does. I suggest you get some plain chicken baby food. Get the premium brand that doesn't have added salt, sugar & preservatives. You just want plain ground chicken. I've never known a cat that didn't go bonkers for chicken baby food. If you place some on her other food, it will entice her to eat it. Bring the food to her so she doesn't have to go too far to get to it. Like I said, she's really tired. Good Luck!
2006-06-14 03:35:17 · answer #2 · answered by Alleycat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-09 01:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by cosco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed her all the kitten food she will consume.
Also they make a paste suppliment called Nutri-Cal
it has lots of vitamins and loaded with calories for animals that are either sick or under nourished.
It works wonderfully and is great for nursing moms.
2006-06-14 03:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any pet store should have cans of kitty formula you canfeed the kittyies and give momma cat a break .She might just need a helping hand with all those kitties.
2006-06-21 02:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by Deborah C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try giving her some cooked chicken, a treat with loads of protein1 thats what we gave our cats
2006-06-14 03:20:08 · answer #6 · answered by sammiiie1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was she wormed and tested for FeLV/FIV before having kittens??? If she was not in optimal health before, how can she be now?????
2006-06-14 03:13:56 · answer #7 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have her looked at by a vet and get some advise from a vet
2006-06-14 03:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call a vet!
2006-06-14 03:16:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋