2007-03-11 04:27:46 · 16 answers · asked by Amy C 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Your cat desperately needs calcium. She will probably die without it. I know it's Sunday and emergency vets are expensive but please try to find one. Meanwhile see if possibly she will eat a little cheese, sour cream or yogurt. Do this on the way to the vet. Milk is generally not recommended for adult cats but right now if that's all you have that has calcium try it. Nursing cats and dogs can get depleted of calcium which is a mineral essential to regulate heart activity, muscle control and other vital functions. Please do not wait this long to get help for an animal that depends on you for her life. She really needs your help right now if she has any chance to live. A simple calcium shot can save her life. Since the kittens are 3 weeks take them away from her. Try soft food and if that doesn't work give klitten formula from vet, pet shop, or feed store in a bottle or eyedropper till she is back on her feet. She can have some too if you can get her to take it. Please get her to a vet ASAP. If you can not find a vet see if by chance a feed stopre or pet shop can sell you calcium injections and tell you how to give it if she will not take the cheese or yogurt or sour cream but please try to find a vet
2007-03-11 06:40:59 · answer #1 · answered by A F 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your cat might be dehydrated.
That happened to my cat after she had kittens.
She just fell over side ways and could not walk either.
The vet injected her with alot of saline (water).
It didn't cost anything for that, and it actually saved my cat's life.
Is your cat drinking water at all?
It should be, because it needs to keep up the milk supply for the kittens. The kittens will dehydrate her quickly if she is not drinking enough to keep up with her.
If she does not want to drink water, see if giving her some warm diluted milk works.
The other problem might be that one of the kittens may not have made it out of her, and that one still may be inside her.
If your cat is not a large cat, and had more then 5 kittens, then that may be an indicator that she has been drained of her body fluids and is dehydrated.
2007-03-11 04:50:01 · answer #2 · answered by sweetcitywoman2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She needs a calcium injection and if she does not get it quickly she will die. Then you may lose the kittens also! She will start having convulsions if she does not get treatment quickly.
You need to find a vet that is open on Sunday or an Emergency Vet and get her in ASAP. The calcium will return her to normal like magic but you have to hurry.
Good luck! Go!
Lady Trinity~
2007-03-11 04:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Trinity 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is not good. Get your cat to the vet before you lose her. It is not stress brought on by mother hood at all. It sounds more like an infection or retained kitten!! GO NOW!
2007-03-11 04:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by debcat76135 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take her to a vet! Are you giving her proper nutrition? Regular cat food wont offer enough for a nursing mother.
2007-03-11 05:26:18 · answer #5 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take her to the vet. there can be quite a bit of blood loss during and after the birthing process. if any of the placentas were retained or even any pieces of them were then she could have an infection.
2007-03-11 09:34:23 · answer #6 · answered by MommyCaleb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely your cat is dehydrated from nursing. You really need to take her and the kittens tot eh vet office.
2007-03-11 04:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by mom tree 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
take the cat and kittens to see a vet she may still have an unborn in there BETTER HURRY
2007-03-11 04:36:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with lizzy, my dog did that when she had pups. she went into seizures and it was low calcium in her system. they put her on an iv and she recovered but unfortunately she was not able to ever nurse her pups. we had to buy puppy formula and do it for her. i would say that is possible what is wrong with your cat.
2007-03-11 04:45:11 · answer #9 · answered by luvnuttydog 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TAKE HER TO THE VET!!!! It could be low blood calcium, aka 'milk fever', which is easily treated but fatal if ignored. If her blood calcium drops too low, her heart will stop beating and she will die. IV calcium will reverse it in minutes if that's what's wrong.
2007-03-11 04:33:25 · answer #10 · answered by lizzy 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋