What can I do to stimulate her milk production? And how can I encourage her to nurse her kittens? Bottle feeding is absolutley not an option for me. Nor do I have access to a surrogate mother.
2006-07-13 11:53:36 · 17 answers · asked by LINDSEY MEOW 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
You can't really encourage her to nurse - some animals are good mothers and some are not. The only thing you could do is maybe tie her on a short leash so that she can't move, thus enabling the kittens to feed and/or sit and watch her to make sure they are being fed. Your best bet might be to buy an animal carrier and put her in there with a small littler box, food/water, and her kittens. That way she has no choice but to nurse.
2006-07-13 11:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
do not handle the kittens for the first few days. let her have a chance to mother them. if she does not nurse this litter i suggest you spay her. your local spca should be able to provide you with bottles and milk to get you started with feeding them. i don't think they will take them that young. you might want to call and ask. they will also help you with spaying prices by offering you low cost spay clinics, some as low as 45$. if she shows no sign in taking care of her young please consider it.
2006-07-13 19:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by rose_everafter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't make the cat nurse that I know of, but you can buy small kitten milk supplements at a pet store. Just feed it to them in a nosedropper.
2006-07-13 18:57:25 · answer #3 · answered by Britney♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHY in the world is she continuing to have litters? You should have had her spayed after the first "accidental" litter.
Your kitty is not meant to be a mother. There are too many unwanted kitties in the world as it is who can't find homes, and to keep bringing more into the world, especially when neither you nor your momma-kitty can care for them, is the worst kind of irresponsible!
2006-07-13 18:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by Shadycat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think you're suppose to bottle feed the kittens if the mother cat doesn't nurse them.
2006-07-13 19:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by twinklee_x3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call you local humane society and tell them the story. They might have volunteers who can bottle feed the kittens. And get your female spayed. ASAP.
2006-07-13 20:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by Molly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should really get your cat fixed! For one, she doesn't feed her kittens, so they end up dying and two, there are to many homeless animals in the world that need loving homes and you don't need to be adding to it!!!
2006-07-13 20:04:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why dont you become a RESPONSIBLE pet owner and get her SPAYED, the poor thing!!!
You dont deserve an animal if you dont properly take care of it. Havent you heard, the world is over populated with animals, esp cats as it is.
And please dont say its a financial thing, because there is all kinds of help out there to help people get their pets spayed or neutered!!
2006-07-13 21:22:58 · answer #8 · answered by Katz 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spay that poor kitty! She deserves better than dropping a litter every few weeks.
2006-07-13 19:53:04 · answer #9 · answered by mmuscs 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
perhaps you should have thought of bottle feeding not being an option before you were an irresponsible pet owner and neglected to fix her. if she did not feed her first two litters she isn't going to feed her third.
2006-07-13 18:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by thelogicalferret 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋