Thursday, July 30, 2009

We found a kitten 3-4 weeks old orphaned...help?


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Take her to the vet and have her checked out. If she's okay, get some KMR (kitten milk replacer) from the vet or a pet store and feed her that every 2 or 3 hours--day and night. If she's too small to lap it out of a saucer, get a kitten bottle, too. You may also be able to give her some canned food. Make sure she has a warm bed and plenty plenty of fresh water. You'll need to wipe her backside with something rough like a warm, wet washcloth to stimulate the pee and poop processes for a couple of weeks, then get her a litter box.
And Bless your kind soul for taking her in.
call animal rescue
You can bottle feed the kitten. There is a powdered milk product available for kittens in the pet section at WALMART Superstore. You can probably buy it at your Vet Clinic too. Good Luck.
Go to Wal-Mart or somewhere like that and buy kitten formula and a kitten bottle.
either keep it or take to a animal shelter
Contact your local vet. Have the kitten checked out for common ailments (coccidia, giardia, worms, etc.). While he's doing that, he'll be able to help you estimate the age, and will tell you how to properly care/feed/raise this kitten.
If you want to keep it and you are prepared to have interrupted sleep for awhile then keep it.

I did this to save a kitten once. I used an eyedropper and I fed it my baby's milk formula. The kitten survived .

There is special milk for cats now in the supermarket. so have a go and save a life. good luck
Go get some milk replacement from the pet store, it can't drink cow's milk. Get a little nursing bottle, and feed it every couple hours. You need to start right way with the feeding.
And (this is kinda gross, but you have to do it) it can't go potty without stimulation, so you have to take a warm wet paper towel or baby wipe or something, and clean it's bottom as if the momma was licking it, so it can poop, if you don't it will die.
Got to your local pet store or department store and get infant kitten bottles and kitten milk. Also, baby kittens cannot pee and poop on their own and need help. You need to take a warm wet washcloth and wipe from center of tummy to butt until you have all waste out. You need to do this every time you feed them. They need to be fed about every 2 hours. Please call your local humane society if this seems like too much work. They usually have people who volunteer for this kind of thing.
You need to find a nursing mother, FAST.

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Call the animal shelter, they can take care of it until it can eat on it's own, and then you can take him back.
If you plan on keeping it, feed it from an eye-dropper with powder milk. If not, bring it to an animal rescue.
Well there are a couple of things you can do...If you are planning on keeping it, then you will need to make sure he's eating...If his eyes are opened up good, take a small dish that he can reach his nose into easily, put some milk in it (warm it up a bit), tear up a piece of bread into chunks, and stick his nose in the milk...As soon as he gets his nose wet, he'll start to lick and get a taste for the milk...You may have to do this a couple times til he gets the hang of it, but he should start eating on his own...Kittens can be taught to eat by themselves a lot earlier than what people think they can...You will need to make sure he's kept warm in a box with blankets and maybe a heating pad turned on low at the bottom of the box under the blankets...I've had to do this many times in my life with kittens...Living on a farm I had a lot of cats...
If you don't want to keep him, then I would suggest taking him to an animal shelter where he can be taken care of and adopted out...
I hope this information helps.And I hope the kitty stays healthy
you can take the kitten to pet land and i heard they take in orphan's as long if they don't have fleas and ticks.
If you are in New England, possibly MA let me know and I'd be happy to help you out. I have lots of experience with bottle feeding kittens.
Call a cat rescue. Kittens that age need special formula and need to be stimulated to use the bathroom.

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