mascott2
06-02-2006, 11:23 PM
On evening Sunday I saw a moma cat "abandon" one of her kittens. I am guessing that he is about 10 days to 2 weeks old...eyes open, ears up. I couldn't leave the poor little thing, so I am trying to take care of it. The first couple of days, we struggled with a bottle, but I was able to feed him with a dropper. We are now okay with the bottle. I am feeding him "Just Born" powdered milk replacement. I was able to get him to urinate, but not poop. He finally did poop on his own on Wednesday. It was greenish/yellow and very loose. Is that because he went from Mom's milk to the milk replacement? I am afraid he might be getting diarrhea. And he seems to be having a hard time going. Yesterday when I was stimulating him to urinate, he cried. I thought he might be sore from the washcloth, so I got some Prep H, but today he is REALLY crying and isn't urinating much at all. I'm worried. He keeps his tail tucked in under himself almost all the time...does that mean anything? He weighs about 5 oz and hasn't really gained any. He has been sleeping from about 10pm to around 7am...should I be waking him up during the night to eat? He is waking up about 3 times a day to eat. I have two females (one is 4 and the other is 9 months). The 4 year old is having no part of the baby, but the 9 month old seems curious...any chance one of them will help with the "mothering"? I appreciate any help and advice. Thanks!