My cat gave birth to 2 kittens, 1 survived and 24 hrs later she appears weak, sleepy, no appetite..??

Question

She was in labour for more than 12 hours, first kitten died and was in the sac when i found her early mourning, the other one was ok but needed help getting cleaned up. At this point the mother was exhausted. She was taken to the vet and emergency clinic with a fever of 40.5, dehidration, exhaustion, and contractions after the last kitten was born, which could not be explained concreatly by the vets. I counted two placentas after birth, and an x-ray confirmed no kittens were left. 24 hrs later she still seems to have slightly-small contractions or heavy breathing that speeds up and slows down every once in a while? This is occuring roughly 3, 4, or 5 times every half hour? Following these contractions she discharges a yelowish pink secreation. Any thoughts or comments would be helpfull. Thank you.

Answer 1

try another vet.

mom is supposed to free the kitten from the sac, eat the after birth, and clean the kitten.

something is wrong with your cat.

there must be a way to stop the contractions, even if they have to spay her ,to save her life.

edit - i assumed he meant C, not F ,on the fever .

105°F  = 40.5°C.

Answer 2

Your care makes me love you.  Your vet sounds uncaring and incompetent. Please find another vet if there is time.   I fought a vet's lack of care [There are too many kittens already, he said] and this cat guy of mine he was talking about is at my feet and loving me in the way only cats can as I type this.  He was worth my effort. I am so thankful he is here....   save your cat/kitties.. you will never regret it.   moie

Answer 3

First of all I don't understand a fever of "40.5"????  Is that normal "degrees"?

Quote:

" In general, the normal body temperature for animals is higher than for humans. The normal rectal temperature of a cat is 100° to 102.5°F. The normal temperature of a kitten at birth is 97°F. The temperature gradually increases with age until it is 100°F at 4 weeks of age."

If your cats body temperature was "40" it would be dead.

You say you took it to an emergency clinic for animals and they couldn't give you any "concrete" idea of what was wrong with her?  Something doesn't sound right at all about your question.

It's impossible to say whats going on with her from where we "arm chair cat lovers" are setting.  IF you took her to a vet and brought her home with no medication and no indication of what was going on with her then I'd take her to another vet clinic and get a second opinion.  But I kind of find it hard to believe that they would have let the cat leave the hospital with a temp of "40" and in as much distress as you describe.