Kittens with tremors - Long Story

Sharon told me about this newsgroup, so I thought I'd post our situation.

We took in a stray cat who turned out to be very pregnant. She delivered 5 live babies, and 1 that was not born alive.

I noticed one kitten seemed less coordinated or weaker than the others at 2 weeks old. From then on, I made sure he got some uninterrupted meals (he was always getting knocked off the nipple) and tried my best to help him. He was about 2/3rds the size of the others.

At age 5 weeks, he developed tremors. His little head would bob around at times. He became more lethargic, had some trouble walking, but would try to play now and then. He slept more than the others and missed meals. I was constantly waking him up and hauling him over to mom.

The vet could not diagnose what was wrong, said it could be many things

My heart breaks for you! Bless you for trying to do your best for mom cat & the kittens!

We do have other cats, but the new cat family is isolated from them.

We have to nail down what is causing this

Thank you! I just want all of them to have long, lazy cat lives.

Kittens whose mother had distemper can develop cerebellum.hypo..... I have one cat, who I got as a stray kitty, who has always been a little

Bingo, Chris!

I talked to our vet today. The results came back on the necropsy for the little tiger we lost this week. He had no cell changes that would have been normal with Felv or FIP

glad you got accurate info!! FIP can always leave you wondering. Sounded a lot like distemper in your original post.. Im so glad the kittens are doing well