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This morning when I was getting ready for school I noticed that my cat was walking funny. She keeps tripping over her back legs like something is wrong with them, but she isn't limping. Yesterday she was just fine. When she is sitting she sways back and forth. It's like she is drunk or something. She just had kittens a couple of weeks ago so she is still nursing. She's hasn't eaten much in the past week but that is because I don't have any food. I'll be getting food today since I have money. Could she just be out of energy?
Kira,
It is absolutely vital that a nursing queen get plenty to eat while she is nursing her kittens. Her symptoms can be due to lack of food. Even worse is that she is probably lacking calcium and is dehydrated. If you can see your way to a vet visit, I would have her checked over to make sure she is able to ocntinue nursung the kittens.
If the kittens are over 3 1/2 weeks of age, you may see if they can be weaned and take a lot of stress off mama!!!!!!!!!
Once the kittens are weaned, you should probably have her spayed.
Concerned regards... Norm.
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Answers by Expert:
Norman Auspitz
Expertise
I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.
Experience
I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.
Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.
Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook
Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.
Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.
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