Chaos’ Guide to Constipation

I have also switched my kittens back to liquid KMR, with 2 drops of olive oil added, and 3 have pooped. It was a bit firm but I am hopeful this will do the trick. I agree with Chibby,the pushing is cute, they get such a look on their little faces!

I want to thank y’all for this page! There are so many great tips for new “mommies”

Update, it’s almost 8 am here. I have given tiny slivers of glycerin suppository to the other 2 kittens; so far no real results. I have read several times about the “triangle method”. What is that exactly? I also need to make sure I am giving them the right amount of formula. I don’t have any way to weigh them, but I think they are about 3 weeks old. I have been letting them guide me to how much they want each feeding, and that is about 20 cc each time, about 4 times a day (that’s about all we can do, as our whole household works and/or goes to school). A lady has offered to take them during the day this coming week so that they don’t have such a long gap in there between feedings and I think I should let her do that- that will probably also help their “pooping” business. Thanks again in advance for your help.

My kittens 2 days old and constipated, is olive oil actually safe btw IM using baby formula

Thankyou, its very hard for me to get much stuff for her I live far away from shops only have scorned store that doesnt really sell any of those products can I feed her just egg yolk,is there any more simple remides ? Pls she lost her mother just yesterday from a dog attack and her kitten is living in a box with some of my old clothes and a sock filled with rice Whicher I put in the microwave to keep warm for her, I really want her to survive 🙁 x!

And here are the glop recipes from the Messybeast site:

‘If commercial kitten formula is not available, a suitable feed mixture for healthy kittens is 1.6 ml evaporated milk, 1.6 ml cooled boiled water, 1 level teaspoon glucose, 1 small egg yolk (no white at all). One recommended by a veterinarian is 3 oz condensed milk, 3 oz water, 3 oz plain full fat yoghurt, 3 large or 4 small egg yolks (no whites).

Another recipe for glop from messybeast:

KITTEN GLOP

Kitten Glop is a suitable feed mixture for healthy kittens and is also good for lactating queens. Most recipes refer to American brand names which are not understood outside of the USA/Canada. I have converted these to generic terms and noted alternatives.

Ingredients

1 envelope unflavoured gelatine

water per gelatine package directions (approx 12 oz)

1 12 oz can whole evaporated milk (not skimmed) See notes

3 tablespoons plain yoghurt (not low fat)

3 teaspoons clear corn syrup See notes

3 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 or 2 raw egg yolks (optional) See notes

Notes

If you have canned goat’s milk available, use this instead as it reduces the likelihood of lactose intolerance problems. Sheep’s milk is even higher in fat but not generally available in cans.

Some recipes use 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons plain yoghurt and omit the corn syrup entirely.

Clear corn syrup (e.g. “Karo” brand in the US) is a concentrated glucose solution. It contains 15% – 20% dextrose (glucose), a mixture of other types of sugar and may be flavoured with vanilla. Dark corn syrup is made with molasses and is more strongly flavoured. Glucose solution may be used instead.

Raw eggs can be a source of salmonella. Do not use any egg white in the mixture, it can prevent other nutrients from being digested.

Kitty vitamins and/or acidophilus are sometimes added. Only add vitamins if the diet is deficient in them – vitamins can be dangerous in too high quantities (hypervitaminosis) and vitamin imbalances affect development.

Method

Boil the water and mix in gelatine powder. Add the other ingredients in the following order, mixing well after each addition: half of the canned milk, corn syrup (if used), mayonnaise + yoghurt, egg yolk (if used), remainder of the canned milk. Use either an egg beater or a blender set to low speed.

Serve the glop at room temperature or slightly warmed since the kittens will be used to warm milk. Warming the mixture makes it more pungent and therefore more appetising. Do not pour back unused portions into the stored mix as it may introduce contaminants.

Glop sets into a jelly when refrigerated. It can either be stored in the fridge in a covered container for up to 2 weeks or frozen into individual portions in ice cube trays and defrosted as needed. Freezing it is very convenient.

Note: gelatin, since it’s made from cows hooves etc, is chock-full of protein; it gives kittens the amino acids they need.

Hi Everybody! I apologize if this information has been covered before, but I just want to clarify something… I rescued 2 orphaned kittens that are approximately 3-4 weeks old; one Sunday night now named Sprinkles and one Tuesday night now named Cupcake (I rescued them both from a bakery parking lot). Anyway, Sprinkles has been a voracious eater, usually eating about 20-25cc 4 times a day, but she still hasn’t pooped. I have to stimulate her to pee and she pees every time, but no poop. Cupcake was adamantly against the bottle at first but now she’s progressively eating more and becoming stronger. My question… since neither of them have pooped yet, I was going to take the advice in earlier posts and try switching to the canned KMR from the formula, but should I slowly introduce the canned to them or since it’s all KMR is it okay to just switch? Sorry if it’s a stupid question, but I’m worried about my little babies and don’t want to do anything wrong.

Hi there,

I just brought home an 8 week old kitten who had to be separated a little early from his mom since his brother developed a fairly serious eye infection. His anus seems to be a little swollen, though still pink with some red spots, and he is straining and meowing when using the litter box. His stool seems to be fairly hard, and there has been a couple of times where he’s been unsuccessful and left the box. Last night he did have some very light bleeding after trying to use the box.

It’s been three days since we brought him home and it did take him a little while to eat, drink water normally, but now he seems to be doing both well (though I’d like to see him drink a little more than he seems to be). According to his foster home he was only nursing occasionally, but I’m wondering if this might be the result of suddenly not having it at all? Otherwise he seems great, good energy (he ‘helped’ me to write this post). We had him on dry and wet food but have since switched him to wet only to see if that makes a difference, and so far it hasn’t, really. I’m trying to be overly cautious since he is so young and new to our house, but am unsure if this is cause for the vet just yet. Any advice would be hugely appreciated! Thanks so much –

Thanks JCAT! Will definitely give that a try…

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Thankyou so much for this post I’m struggling to get my 5 day old kitten that I have rescued to pass poo! He was found by the side of the road 🙁 but he is now safe warm and eating and passing urine very well! Apart from the poop as I have mentioned!!