My mom cat stopped nursing her kittens. Is she still producing milk?

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I have a mom cat with two 4 week old babies. Weights are 9.6 oz and 10 oz. They are on clavamox and erythro for URI. Momma is in perfect health but I haven't seen her nurse them in a week. Her underbelly shows no milk buldges or mastitis so I know she isn't not nursing them due to pain or infection. It looks like she isn't producing milk but I'm not sure so I attached photos. Does it look like she is still producing? If not, is there a way to get her to produce again? Babies won't bottle feed. Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Male | unneutered | 1 month and 6 days old | 0 lbs

Jenny, DVM · Accepted Answer

There are no signs of mastitis from those pictures but there is no way to know about milk production from the photo. If the kitten have not eaten in a week they wiukd not have made it this long so they are getting something. At that age you can syringe milk to them or try kitten food to wean them. If she has milk still you would be able to express some

My mom cat stopped nursing her kittens. Is she still producing milk?

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