Nursing mum question

Hi there,

My cat has recently had her first (lol, and only) litter of 4 kittens (3
weeks ago). Everything seems fine with the newborns and the mother seems
fine and is adopting to her new role of mum very well.

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

Many Thanks.

in article , Mr G at
wrote on 4/20/04 8:32 PM:

Hi there,

My cat has recently had her first (lol, and only) litter of 4 kittens (3
weeks ago). Everything seems fine with the newborns and the mother seems
fine and is adopting to her new role of mum very well.

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

Many Thanks.


I'd try to get mum in before then if she is smelling. 1 week might be too
long if she has an infection of somekind.

Karen

in article , Mr G at
wrote on 4/20/04 8:32 PM:

Hi there,

My cat has recently had her first (lol, and only) litter of 4 kittens (3
weeks ago). Everything seems fine with the newborns and the mother seems
fine and is adopting to her new role of mum very well.

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

Many Thanks.


I'd try to get mum in before then if she is smelling. 1 week might be too
long if she has an infection of somekind.

Karen

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:32:18 +0100, "Mr G"
wrote:

Hi there,

My cat has recently had her first (lol, and only) litter of 4 kittens (3
weeks ago). Everything seems fine with the newborns and the mother seems
fine and is adopting to her new role of mum very well.

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

Many Thanks.

IMO a phone call to the Vet would be a good idea. If they think you
should bring her in immediately it might prevent a bigger problem.

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:32:18 +0100, "Mr G"
wrote:

Hi there,

My cat has recently had her first (lol, and only) litter of 4 kittens (3
weeks ago). Everything seems fine with the newborns and the mother seems
fine and is adopting to her new role of mum very well.

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

Many Thanks.

IMO a phone call to the Vet would be a good idea. If they think you
should bring her in immediately it might prevent a bigger problem.

"Mr G" wrote in message
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Hi there,

My cat has recently had her first (lol, and only) litter of 4 kittens (3
weeks ago). Everything seems fine with the newborns and the mother seems
fine and is adopting to her new role of mum very well.

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the
whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

I don't know what it is, but I'd ask to bring the mother cat in sooner;
perhpas the odor is an indication of an infection, related to the kittens'
birth??

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

Many Thanks.

"Mr G" wrote in message
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Hi there,

My cat has recently had her first (lol, and only) litter of 4 kittens (3
weeks ago). Everything seems fine with the newborns and the mother seems
fine and is adopting to her new role of mum very well.

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the
whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

I don't know what it is, but I'd ask to bring the mother cat in sooner;
perhpas the odor is an indication of an infection, related to the kittens'
birth??

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

Many Thanks.

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:32:18 +0100, Mr G wrote:

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

I'm with Karen there, there could be something wrong. And one week's
delay could result in mom ceasing nursing. If that happens, it's curtains
for the kittens.

--
Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my mind,
http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way.
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:32:18 +0100, Mr G wrote:

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is it
normal ?

I'm with Karen there, there could be something wrong. And one week's
delay could result in mom ceasing nursing. If that happens, it's curtains
for the kittens.

--
Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my mind,
http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way.
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"Dennis Carr" wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:32:18 +0100, Mr G wrote:

My only concern is a strange smell that seems to eminate from the
mother,
not really a 'No.2' smell, but not pleasant. I'm planning to take the
whole
familly to the vet for a checkup in 1 weeks time, but wondered if
anybody
here could give me any pointers to the possible cause of the odour, is
it
normal ?

I'm with Karen there, there could be something wrong. And one week's
delay could result in mom ceasing nursing. If that happens, it's curtains
for the kittens.

And possibly mom if it's a bad enough infection.