My cat has no milk for kittens. Will she abandon them if fostered?

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My cat just had kittens a day or two ago but isn't producing milk for them. But one of my friends also has a mother cat that is still feeding her kittten so I was thinking i could let my friends cat ween my kitten a few times. But my biggest concern is my mother cat may abandon her kitten because she smells the other mother on her. Please help. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed

Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA · Accepted Answer

I would not recommend transferring kittens over and back between mothers. I recommend a full health check by your vet to assess your own cat to determine if there is any medical reason such as an infection which is reducing her ability to make milk. If this is not reversible then transferring them to the other cat to foster until weaned is a possibility but not all mothers will take to new kittens and she may reject or attack them in which case you would need to bottle feed them.

My cat has no milk for kittens. Will she abandon them if fostered?

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