Her fever went up into the OMG range and I ran her and her kittens to the vet this afternoon. He thinks she has a bacterial infection so she is on amoxy. It is risky to put a nursing mom on antibiotics, but amoxy is pretty tame so she and the kittens should be alright. He checked to be sure she didn’t have mastitis or something wrong inside of her (like a re-absorbing kitten) and he didn’t feel anything alarming. You could tell she was feeling punky and I did get her tested. Thank the Lord she came out negative- I would have been so sad had she been positive. We didn’t vaccinate her – will wait until the kittens are older.  He said the kittens look good “very stout.”

Hopefully in a few days, Aurora will start feeling better. She threw up all over the place when we got home. She held it until she was away from the kittens. She rushed out of the carrier and went out into the small catio and left her sick there.  She is such a good mom-