Mother Cat oddities..Teats..Oddest thing..?

Question

Ok, my cat had kittens and then she died. I started feeding them by hand, most died and then I found a mother cat that had her kittens killed. I have had her for about 1 week and she has done an exceptional job.

Ok, now the weird part. She has about 8 teats (nipples). The 2 on the very top never get used. Well today I was holding her and felt something hard. I looked at it and it appeared to be a teat but also as if something was stuck in her like a rock. After examining her a bit, I barely touched it and it fell off????? I was like what the ? I looked at the other one directly across from it and it had actually already fallen and they were seriously infected. I put some gloves on and squeezed it to get the infection out and all of this dryed milk came out.

I HAVE NEVER IN MY 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ANIMALS SEEN THIS!

Has anyone ever seen this happen? Had it happen or heard of it?

PLEASE DO NOT SAY THAT I SHOULD TAKE HER TO THE VET BECAUSE I WILL MON

Answer 1

She has "mastitus". This is a blocking of the glands that prevents the milk from flowing; bacterial infection. All mammals (including humans) can suffer from mastitus.

When I was a kid, growing up on a dairy farm, when one of our our cows came down with mastitus we (after the obligatory lecture because it was my chore to "wash ****" which keeps the clean, bacteria free and flowing) she got topical anti-boitic, and also anti-biotics in her feed. Your cat will get the same thing. The vet may or may not express the "pus" (not dried milk)depending on his/her philosophy. In my opinion it releaves some of the pain (it is very painful), but it damages the tissue.

Answer 2

Yes I have, and this can happen to any mammal that breast feeds. Glad to hear that you are getting it taken care of and by removing some of the infection she will probably be fine till Monday. Try and keep the area clean since she is nursing, warm wash cloth a couple of times a day would be good. Don't use any medications because of the kittens. As you already know, the vet will give you the rest and best directions on Monday.

Good luck and thanks for fighting for the kittens lives by finding a surrogate mom.

Answer 3

Cows milk is rather no longer stable for cats. At this age you are able to start to introduce the kittens to stable food. Softening dry food with a touch milk could be ok, yet that must be the quantity of it. greater effectual in case you ought to use "cat milk" that's provided in places like puppy smart and likewise in some supermarkets. Makes a competent manage for mom too!. Conjunctivitis: sure, do take them to the vet. greater effectual secure than sorry, surprisingly at this age. How quickly to spay? verify with the vet yet i'm surprisingly particular you are able to take her in at recent after seperation from the kittens. Oh and if attainable provide the kittens a minimum of 8 weeks with mom. 10 could be greater effectual. stable success with each and every thing.

Answer 4

Never seen nor heard of that. Are you sure it was dryed milk and not puss from an infection?

And yeah your right get poor kitty to the vet on monday.

Answer 5

oh good god, no ive never experienced that. if a cats nipple fell off if i was examining, i would pass out. my neighbor's cat has had 5 litters of kittens (no more than three per litter) and her lower nipples were the ones that were used, not the upper ones. so i wouldnt know, i do apologize. good luck with her though.

Answer 6

wow i don't know what could possibly be wrong with her! make sure the rest of them are producing milk properly, for the kittens' sake, then go 2 the vet.

Answer 7

Actually, it's "mastitis," not "mastitus."

But yes, it's simply an infection and your vet can clear it up.

Answer 8

Sorry.. that is new to me.