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What Do You Do If Your Cat Has A Dead Kitten?
  • Get rid of it or she will. You won't like her method.
  • So sorry to hear about the kitten. Any baby be it human or animal that dies is sad. The other poster is correct. Bury the kitten right away.
  • Don't knock it off as dead right away. Pick up the poor seemingly dead kitty. Rub it very gently and warm it's body; push very gently on it's chest and see if you can get it's little lungs and heart going. Sometimes life just needs a push, but be careful, if you push/rub TOO hard, you'll break the kitten's ribs.

DONT LET YOUR CAT EAT IT.

Make sure it's dead. If you have a ball syringe you can use that to gently suction fluid out of the cat's mouth to clear its airway.

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13y ago

She would hide it to save it from would-be predators.

Perhaps she hid it the same reason some cats hid dead birds, there is not logical reason becasue no one can speak cat and ask her why

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15y ago

A female cat will disappear for about three days after giving birth to a litter of kittens. She'll be real thin, almost scrawny. But most importantly, her teats will be full of milk. A cat can become pregnant every 65 days. It's usually a good idea to get her fixed.

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you won't know until they come out...you will know if they are all dead if her stomach starts to get smaller (instead of grow) if i was helpful to you please recommend me and give me a trust point

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poke it with a stick and if it wakes up, it was asleep and not dead. you might have to poke it a few times because cats are really lazy and pretend to be dead whan they're actually just sleeping.

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11y ago

You will have to gently pull the dead kitten out. Let the mother see it when you are finished so that she is aware that it is dead. Be prepared by the fact that she may try to eat it. This completely normal and instinctive and it is up to you to allow it or not. The important thing is to remove the entire kitten.

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You will know when a newborn kitten is dead when the kitten is no longer breathing. The kitten will need to be taken away from the mother and disposed of.

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you have to feel the mothers belly after you think she is done having kits if there is a lump then there is a dead kitten.

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