yesterday Phoebe was really struggling to figure out how to suck from a bottle, try as I might she just didn't understand that chewing the nipple is really no benefit. She had to be fed by syringe a few times but she finally gets it and is now an eating machine. I was ready to try to find her a momma cat to try and help is out, but that would mean taking her away from her brothers and I hate to separate siblings. Now that she has things figured out this isn't going to happen. They guzzled back 6 oz in a 24hr period between the 3 of them so that is great news. Now that they are ALL sucking well the should do just fine and grow up to be happy kittens. In a few days I will start them on some canned kitten food, as they will be about 4 weeks old. I have them estimated to be somewhere between 26-30 days old now.
Their weights although not great are acceptable, considering their bowels are now working full strength which they hadn't been until today. I found this out this morning when a nice wet, stinky puddle was left on my lap by Joey. It wasn't a pretty site but it was a welcome one.
Ross is up to 326G which isn't a great gain at all but its much better than a loss.
Phoebe gained 10G and is now at 260G
Joey lost a gram and is now 321 BUT as I said he is a pooping machine today, if he is still lower tomorrow I will have to maybe thicken up his feeds so its a bit richer
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