The weight gain in the last 12 hours has not been good. I’m worried about worms. They are only 8 days old and a quick search on the internet says the earliest kittens can be dewormed is at 2 weeks.
I remember Peanut, Butter and Jelly (orphaned kittens) had diarrhoea and were dewormed. Only Peanut and Butter made it and were finally rehomed. Jelly did not. The diarrhoea was really bad and I tried everything I could.
I also remember that with orphaned kittens, after deworming, you’d see a lot (and I mean, REALLY a lot) of worms being passed out.
But not so with Minnie’s kittens. They were all okay. Maybe it’s because Minnie was confined throughout almost her entire pregnancy so she had good nutrition all the way. Minnie was confined because she was jaundiced when she came to ask for help. So she needed treatment.
But Samantha also came to our porch to eat every day throughout her pregnancy. But she was free to roam because she could not be caught at that time.
So now, back to the kittens, here’s their weight gain for the last 12 hours, or the lack of it. I am worried and I have texted two vets for advice. Waiting to hear back from them.
| Date | Time | Kai | Akira | Indra |
| 11-Feb | 6.00pm | 118 | 115 | 104 |
| 12-Feb | 6.30am | 125 | 123 | 114 |
| 12-Feb | 5.30pm | 133 | 131 | 123 |
| 13-Feb | 5.30am | 143 | 137 | 128 |
| 13-Feb | 6.00pm | 149 | 146 | 133 |
| 14-Feb | 5.00am | 160 | 149 | 145 |
| 14-Feb | 5.30pm | 166 | 160 | 158 |
| 15-Feb | 6.30am | 177 | 167 | 167 |
| 15-Feb | 6.00pm | 179 | 174 | 174 |
| 16-Feb | 6.00am | 191 | 187 | 184 |
| 16-Feb | 6.00pm | 203 | 193 | 196 |
| 17-Feb | 7.00am | 211 | 200 | 202 |
| 17-Feb | 6.30pm | 213 | 216 | 210 |
| 18-Feb | 6.00am | 215 | 216 | 213 |
Akira has not gained weight at all. But granted, the kittens are all active so they do not stay still on the weighing scale, making it difficult to measure their weight accurately. I have to weigh them a few times, and to play it safe, I will take the lowest reading. Don’t want to give myself false hopes here.
Looking at the above, based on 24 hours running, Kai definitely need supplementation. In fact, all of them do.
More and more, we get a clearer picture of what could have happened with Samantha’s previous litter where she no longer fed them after 3 weeks. Poor things. But that was beyond our control. Samantha could not be caught at the time. I also thought she belonged to RYABK (Rumah Yang Ada Banyak Kucing) down the road. I didn’t know where the kittens were. We did not hear the sound of any mewing too. I thought she had given birth in RYABK or somewhere else.
I’m waiting for the vets’ advice for Kai, Akira and Indra.
This is little Indra.