Kitten born a week or two late.... ?

Question

My cat had kittens, they were dead at birth, about a week or two ago.. and lastnight she had one more, he is deformed (his arms and legs) but he feels real strong, not tiny like a normal one, and his ears were open when he came out and already straight up... information on this please

Answer 1

feed it , nurture it and hope for the best , watch her very close with it , if its deformed she may decide to kill it , it will be intrestting for you to see that if with a  carful hand it could survive.

Answer 2

It's rare, but there's even case of twins being born far apart (I think the record was 90 some odd days), so I don't see why it wouldn't also happen elsewhere in the animal kingdom. I would definitely take the little guy to the vet ASAP, just to make sure that his legs are the only thing deformed.

Answer 3

This is highly unusual, and I would seek a veterinarian's advice.  The mom and the baby definitely need to be seen because she could get an infection and the kitten may be beyond help, depending on how badly he is deformed.

One possibility is that she had a partial miscarriage with the other kittens.  Another possibility, and this is very rare and highly unlikely, is that she actually conceived the kittens at different times.  Most of the time when an animal gets pregnant, hormones stop them from having further heat cycles.  Sometimes there is a hormonal imbalance, though, and the cat will have one more heat cycle and get pregnant again with more kittens.  The most important thing right now is to get them to the vet to make sure mom hasn't retained any kittens or placentas and to see what can be done for the kitten.  Just because something can survive doesn't necessarily mean you should let it if it will not have a good life.

Answer 4

Get all of them to the vet; why are you letting your cat have kittens if you don't know what to do?

Bad pet ownership.  Shame on you.

Any cat that is bred should be under stupervision with a professional breeder.

If you don't know what to do, educate yourself on pet ownership.

Answer 5

omg that is so sad but yet amazing, i would just get the cat and kitten checked by a vet, maybe the kitten may have some abnormal organs as in heart lungs ect.... you dont want it suffering in silence so to speak but if the vet gives the all clear apart from deformities in the limbs just give him/her all the tlc you can. hope all works out and best of luck.xx if the kitty survives then thats one great ending to a sad story at the startxx