AboutMarcia Owen Expertise I can give answers on cat breeding and showing having 'served' over 30 years in this particular field. I head up a Yahoo Group and also a cat club (NBA Cat Club) devoted to educating novices in the correct way to breed, and also show with both GCCF and TICA on a regular basis, and am well versed with the show world, having been involved in the management of the major GCCF Supreme Show in the UK for over 25 years.
Experience 30 years of continuous cat breeding and showing with two major organisations.
Organizations GCCF (UK)
TICA
Various UK cat clubs
Publications Our Cats, Cat World, Club magazines
Education/Credentials Normal middle school education, and college. Best education credentials I have are raw experience of 30 years
Question I saw other questions relating to this but nothing exactly
like this. My cat gave birth to four kittens about a week
ago, When we found them the next day two were tangled
together by ones umbilical cord. One kitten unfortunately
had it wrapped around his front lower leg/ paw area. We
managed to remove the cord and the kitten seemed fine, but
now there is definitely an infection. There is a inflamed
lump and the paw has not grown. The baby has trouble moving
around, it seems to also take a lot of energy out of it to
move around, but it does eat and seems like a normal kitten
other than this mishap. It is the runt out of the little and
I am very worried for the kitten. I don't have much money
and am not sure what to do.
Answer Dear Brooke
I'm sorry but you will need to take the kitten to a vet, firstly for antibiotics to combat the infection, which takes hold in a kitten very quickly and can be serious. The vet will also be able to decide what is best for the foot as if it is useless, the kitten will only drag it around, causing damage to it and further infection.
