Will supplement feeding kittens dry out the mother cat’s milk supply?
Posted September 18th, 2009 by admin 2 Comments »
Andrea C asked:
I currently have two week old kittens whose mom is with them. She was a stray and seems to be in much better health than when she was found. She was found right before she delivered four babies. Due to her health she has never produced enough milk for them. I began to suppliment feed the babies. My concern is will this cause the mom cat’s milk to dry out. I do not feed them all the time, but about three times a day and two refuse to accept milk from me. I am not sure how to get them to accept it so they can beging to gain weight. Please help with any advice and I appriciate no slams please. I am planning on having all of them checked out by a vet as soon as I can get the money together to ensure their health is up to par.
Thanks a million!
Andrea
Suppliment: To help her by feeding the kittens a milk replacement perodically giving her a chance to nurse them as well.
I currently have two week old kittens whose mom is with them. She was a stray and seems to be in much better health than when she was found. She was found right before she delivered four babies. Due to her health she has never produced enough milk for them. I began to suppliment feed the babies. My concern is will this cause the mom cat’s milk to dry out. I do not feed them all the time, but about three times a day and two refuse to accept milk from me. I am not sure how to get them to accept it so they can beging to gain weight. Please help with any advice and I appriciate no slams please. I am planning on having all of them checked out by a vet as soon as I can get the money together to ensure their health is up to par.
Thanks a million!
Andrea
Suppliment: To help her by feeding the kittens a milk replacement perodically giving her a chance to nurse them as well.