What should I do if my Birman cat doesn’t have enough milk?

Oct 25,2023
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Methods for Birman cats with insufficient milk:

1. Inject 3-4 units of oxytocin intramuscularly into Birman cats, once a day, for 3-4 consecutive days , there will be obvious effects.

2. Use traditional Chinese medicine to induce lactation in Birman cats. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation includes: 20g Wangbuliuxing, 10g Tongcao, 1 pig's trotter, add water to fully boil, then add 50g brown sugar, 25ml rice wine, take it after cooking, once a day, orally for 3-5 days. It will have obvious effects.

3. Birman cats can be fed protein-containing soups to induce lactation after delivery. Use 100-150g of Xiaoqing fish to make soup, divide it into two meals and feed it to the female cat, and feed it continuously for 7 days, or mash 100-150g of shrimp into shrimp paste, add water to boil, add 50g of rice wine, and feed it to the female cat orally every day. 1 time, continuous feeding for 3-5 days will have obvious effects.

4. Postpartum lactation requires a thin diet. After giving birth, it is recommended that female cats be fed milk, goat's milk, egg soup or soy milk, or feed the food into a paste.

5. After inducing lactation, if the Birman cat’s milk volume still does not increase, you can purchase milk powder specifically for kittens to feed newborn cats instead of breast milk.

Causes of insufficient milk supply in Birman cats:

1. When female cats give birth, they are prone to deficiency of Qi and blood, resulting in low milk secretion, The quality of milk is poor;

2. Because the mother cat’s mammary glands are blocked, milk cannot be secreted normally;

3. There are too many kittens, resulting in insufficient milk supply to the mother cat;

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4. In addition, stress such as fright, excessive cold, overheating, pain, etc. can cause insufficient milk secretion in female cats.

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