Hello.
One of my chins just gave birth to 4 kittens. One of them was already dead when I checked them for the first time. I assume it was dead before comming out of its mom. Its eyes were closed (not because it was dead, her eyelids were sealed.
From the remaining 3, 2 of them are perfectly normal (at least from the outside) but one of them has the same problem. It was born with its eyelids shut. I tried opening them with the help of some warm physiological saline solution and a Q tip, gently rubbing around the eye area. I noticed the eyelids starting to separate and a small gap starting to appear. She had eyelids, at least! But the space between the upper and lower eyelids was too small, when compared to the normal eyes of its siblings. Also, I looked inside and I didn't see an eyeball at all. Nothing black, only pink connective tissue.
What can I do? I'm afraid it won't survive for too long. I'll try to make it nurse from its mum and make sure it drinks the colostrum.
Any tips?
Thank you,
Diogo Poupado
One of my chins just gave birth to 4 kittens. One of them was already dead when I checked them for the first time. I assume it was dead before comming out of its mom. Its eyes were closed (not because it was dead, her eyelids were sealed.
From the remaining 3, 2 of them are perfectly normal (at least from the outside) but one of them has the same problem. It was born with its eyelids shut. I tried opening them with the help of some warm physiological saline solution and a Q tip, gently rubbing around the eye area. I noticed the eyelids starting to separate and a small gap starting to appear. She had eyelids, at least! But the space between the upper and lower eyelids was too small, when compared to the normal eyes of its siblings. Also, I looked inside and I didn't see an eyeball at all. Nothing black, only pink connective tissue.
What can I do? I'm afraid it won't survive for too long. I'll try to make it nurse from its mum and make sure it drinks the colostrum.
Any tips?
Thank you,
Diogo Poupado
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