Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

The litter tray

Join our community of cat lovers on the Mumsnet Cat forum for kitten advice and help with cat behaviour.

Hand rearing a litter of 7

11 replies

boohoo26 · Yesterday 14:09

Has anybody successfully manage this? Mum appears to have just walked off and given up she’s still in the house like she’s out of Cat. She’s just not interested in the slightest. This is her third letter so she’s not a novice.
However, previous letters were two or three Kittens and this time there’s eight of them which is a lot for anyone. We’ve already lost one already. I’m keen to not lose any more.

OP posts:
boohoo26 · Yesterday 14:11

You should’ve said what we’ve done so far is we’ve got them on the Royal canning baby formula
And they’re on a hot water bottle. they don’t seem very interested in the hot water bottle and move away from it

OP posts:
OneNaiceSnail · Yesterday 14:15

If you’ve got no experience in hand rearing kittens who are already starting to die, then I’d start contacting local rescues who will have volunteers on hand who are experienced and able to rear abandoned kittens. Though of course they will be placed for adoption later which means you will not be making any money out of them. I’m assuming the fact you are breeding the cat over and over again means you are doing it to sell the the kittens?

boohoo26 · Yesterday 14:21

I do have experience of raising Kittens just quite honestly not that many
No, we won’t be handing them over to anybody

OP posts:
InQuiresandplaceswheretheysing · Yesterday 14:26

Why has your cat had three litters? Is she a pedigree?

boohoo26 · Yesterday 14:27

She is, with respect I’m asking for tips on how to make sure there’s the best possible outcome for these Kittens.
If you have anything to add to that conversation, it will be gratefully received. If not it will be ignored thank you.

OP posts:
swoosher · Yesterday 14:27

Poor mum cat 😥

court18 · Yesterday 14:29

I really wish I hadn’t read the litter tray this morning.
It seems to me you'd rather they died to preserve a chance you can make a few quid if they make it. Shame on you. Call a rescue and get someone who can save their lives.

OneNaiceSnail · Yesterday 14:52

court18 · Yesterday 14:29

I really wish I hadn’t read the litter tray this morning.
It seems to me you'd rather they died to preserve a chance you can make a few quid if they make it. Shame on you. Call a rescue and get someone who can save their lives.

Yeh I decided to bow out after that one. Fuck all the losses she’s going to have, at least she’ll make some 💰 of the ones that survive, if any do. She doesn’t really care about anything else

Favouritefruits · Yesterday 16:19

Poor mum cat, get her spayed! There’s plenty of rescue kittens without breeding. Says a lot about a person who won’t surrender kittens who need help!

Gardenisablooming · Yesterday 16:24

I was a fosterer for a charity. Once had 7 at a time when a farmer accidentally killed their dm .Unless you are unemployed and don't need sleep you simply won't manage ime.
Your dcat is banking in you doing best ny her and her babies...letting them die isn't the right thing to do here..not even for the £££ that you crave.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · Yesterday 16:28

I think you need advice from a specialist OP- they may know how to help mum stay interested in them. How old are they? Is the vet involved yet?

My gut reaction would be to feed a few regularly so that she is less overwhelmed and can cope with the others.
There’s the cleaning and so on as well.

But I’m a total amateur.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page