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Kittens born attached: What to do if my cat's litter is conjoined?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

my persian cat gave birth to 4 kittens yesterday all 4 of them are joined or attached to each other like if i pick one up rest of the three automatically come because they are attatched to each other what should i do?

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on October 20th, 2019

I'm so sorry you are having this issue. You will have to take them to a veterinarian. There is nothing we can tell you to do for this over the internet. It sounds like a major birth defect. I strongly recommend you do not continue to breed this cat.

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