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I know that parrafin oil used to be a treatment, but it isn’t as common anymore.

Hi chell, I’m also fairly new here and I have a litter of newborn kittens that are now 13 & 14 days old (2 were born before midnight on the 16th & the others on the 17th). I’ve gotten a lot of good advice and help from here, so I’d like to give back if possible. Have u guys been stimulating them to go potty? Cause it can take about a month or so before they are able to go all on their own. They can probably do it on their own at this age but it doesn’t hurt to try. I’ve had a kitten who was constipated but it ended up being a urinary problem too and since he was too small for surgery (only 9 days old at that time) he didn’t make it 🙁 RIP Black Paws ): but I had to help him with pooping for a few days before that. Anyway, stimulating them every few hours I don’t think would hurt anything, especially if they were only 1-2wks old when u got them, they may not have the full ability yet ??? How does the tummy feel? Is it firm? Cause I know that’s not a very good sign, but your baby is a bit older, luckily, and theres a lot more they can do to help when they are closer to a month old. Also, if u choose to try the stimulation and your vet thinks it’s a good idea, just know that it can take a little while of stimulating before they start to produce. My vet told me to keep it up for 3-5 minutes if needed, and to do it every few hours, but since yours are a little older I don’t think you’d do it as often. About the food, if they’re around 4 weeks old now, I think the kitten food mixed with kitten replacement milk is a good idea, but u could also put a little of the kitten milk in a dish and see if she laps at it. I’ve also found some “kitten slop” recipes online. I’ll try to find some links for u. I wish u all the best and keep us posted. Oh, and when I first joined here I was wondering how to share pics also and someone recommended starting a catster page. If u click on my avatar u can see mine and from there I believe you can register and make your own (u can also do one for your dog, there’s dogter too and u can do it all thru the same account), look in the upper left hand corner of the page for login/register, our u can go to the home page and find it there. I look forward to seeing your babies.

My kitties was like that too, aside from the urinary trouble, it was as u described: visible, like it’s right there but just can’t come out, and very hard. I ended up getting a few hard chunks out eventually, but very painful for the poor guy, and stressful for the both of us. It was the size of a pencil eraser (as big around and as long from the tip of the eraser down to the end of the metal part) I had to use Q-tips and rub small circles on each side of his bottom-hole rotating sides as he pushed to work it out. I’m sorry for the description, I just don’t know how else to describe it and I know how stressful it must be for u and the little one so I just want to help if possible. It may not work for u guys, or u might have already tried that, just wanted to let u know in case. Let us know how things go at the vet. Hope all is well!