Help Needed!

Holly, I know it’s hard, there is so much conflicting information out there and it’s so hard to know what to do for the best. I think the first thing I want to say is, go with your gut. Your kitten is there in front of you, you have her best interests at heart, trust yourself. Every kitten is different and feeding guides are just that — an averaged-out guideline. If your kitten has been underweight and neglected by mum or she is a premie then I would give her that last bit of formula. If she were still with her mum, she would be feeding on demand, so I tend to think you can’t really overfeed a wee unweaned kitten who’s still shouting for food and obviously hungry.
Second thing is the diarrhea may not be due to overfeeding, it could well be due to parasites which she almost certainly has (and is too little to treat for right now).
Third thing is, if she is still taking formula, then she will not become dehydrated and will not need Pedialyte. (Though I will give you the recipe for home-made Pedialyte so that you have it on hand if you feel you need it.) Dehydration is a major problem with diarrhea when kitten stops taking in fluids and food. Yours is still eating, and seems alert and curious. If she’s still taking in fluids normally, then she won’t become dehydrated.
The time to worry is if and when kitten stops eating and drinking and becomes listless, lethargic or uninterested in what is going on around her. Those are the danger signs to get her to the vet asap. Curious and hungry are GOOD things!
Best of luck!

Brilliant advice as usual from JCat 🙂
You can also give every second feed with fresh goats milk .. It’s great to settle an upset stomach . Some people tend to just feed kittens on Goats milk as an alternate for KRM.. It’s got good bacteria which helps build up the gut flora in the kittens digestive system and she will be lacking that seen as she has no mothers milk.. Parasites are a given and you can get suitable worming medication from your vet when she reaches 4 weeks old ..

If you want to give her immune system a boost also you can add L-lysine to her formula/ goats milk even at this young age.. It’s also great for weight gain and improves cats coats too but more importantly it helps to control the feline herpes virus that’s normally the cause of all URI’s in cats under a year old… It’s very safe to use and I have used it in very young kittens.. I normally would give 500mg daily to a kitten of 4 weeks of age for a kitten under 4 weeks I would add 250mg once a day and when they get past 6 weeks of age you can add 500mg twice daily especially if her eyes flare up again and this is VERY common with feline herpes URI infections you clear them and then a few weeks later they are back again.. The vet will sometimes have to perscibed antibiotics if the eye becomes infected ( green discharge) but if you control the eye flare ups (swelling clear discharge and squinting are clear signs of a flare up) then the eye hopefully won’t get to the stage of an infection.. And prescribing antibiotics to a young kitten will not only kill bad bacteria but it will kill off the little good bacteria she has in her gut so this could very well be the cause of the diarrhea too.. So goats milk would really help replenish the loss of good bacteria and in turn increase her nutrient absorbtion.. Goats milk is also rich in L-lysine ..