Green constipated poop? Help?

Deuter is my avitar cat. I have had him since he was 10 days old. I fed him from a kitten bottle until he was about 6 1/2 weeks and then started giving him KMR in a dish. He wasn’t fully weaned until he was 8-9 weeks old. Kittens do not always need to poop everyday. 6 days is a long time. Extra water helps with that problem as well. I do not think I would give the kitten an olive oil enima without a vet check.

Welcome to TDK and may you and Mollie have many happy and healthy years together!

Ginger, I am so sorry…I am not familiar with weaning kittens from bottles, either. I know that a few people on this site are familiar with that, though. They will help you as soon as they see this thread. Bless you for taking care of this adorable little girl.

You should put her eliminations in the litter to teach her this is where that belongs, that helps her understand what the box is for. Why benefiber and olive oil? That is a lot of laxatives. Have you set up a first vet appointment? An active kitten is sign of a healthy kitten. You have an active kitten so I think you are doing fine.

I don’t think it will hurt her, but it is a lot of laxatives, and on top of an olive oil enima as well, that is a lot. Hopefully she is on the right track and will be fine now!

Do NOT use CLUMPING LITTER for kittens!!! They tend to sample eating things and clumping litter will literally clog up a kitten’s stomach and intestines, possibly killing them!

The suggestion about placing some of her elimination from when you stimulate her into the litter so she smells it and gets the idea is a great suggestion. If you aren’t already, try stimulating her over the litter and leaving the pee and poop until the next time, so she gets the idea.

It may be that she is still too young to manage elimination on her own and just needs a few more days or a week.

I know this is an old post but I found it researching green poop for my newest charge (I foster feral kittens our group finds while doing TNR). Just wanted to chime in on the problem of getting a kitten to drink on their own for anyone else who might find this post. what has worked for me in the past and was suggested by a colleague is to put a small amount of water in a very flat saucer (or Tupperware lid or something like that) and to make sure to pour it in within the kitten’s presence so that it hears the sound of the water. I’ve also had success with using my finger to splash the water around a bit. They respond to the sound whether just curiosity or because of something just built into them I don’t know. but it usually helps.
anyways, not a direct answer to your question (and I’m sure by now your kitty is way beyond having drinking problems) but I hope this might help someone else.

edit: oh yeah, re the constipation, KMR (and I assume other milk replacer products) can cause constipation. In lieu of the enema idea, a more gentle approach is to water down the formula (3 parts water to 1 part KMR rather than 2 to 1) and if you feel it’s needed, I put in about 3-5 drops of vegi oil per 1 60ml bottle (PetAg size). I usually do the oil thing as a last resort. poor guys already got enough madness going on in their gut not to mention the weird-looking pink mommy-cat thing jiggling then and roughing up their privates. I also will only do one time and wait a couple days with normal stimulation. if nothing, I’d give another round of oil. does the trick 🙂
-Art