my kitten does not poop yet

Hey World Free I’m so glad you’ve rescued this kitten.

I hope Jcat, Buttercup and Skyron come around soon they are so much better at posting all of the good articles to read. They definitely helped me the first time I came onto this site.

I would also say bring your kitten into the vet as soon as possible, get her checked out, make sure there aren’t fleas, worms or whatever you.

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I have a cat myself who I hand raised at 3 weeks. Please feed it KMR instead, Kitten Milk Replacer, cows milk is awful for them and doesn’t have the right nutrients. At this stage it is very vital they get the right nutrients.

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Here’s a picture of KMR that I fed Duchess for about 6 weeks.

Your kitten needs to be fed every 3-4 hours and not be fed laying on the back like a baby normally would, a kitten can choke.

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Your kitten needs a warm place to sleep and stay, preferably a small room like a bathroom or guest room. A heating pad works wonders, BUT make sure it’s on low and there’s something over it, like a thin blanket, since it can get too hot. They also need a place to move off of the heating pad and sleep somewhere else. I used a large bin for Duchess for about 2 weeks and then I moved her into an old dog crate that was large enough for a litter pan.

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Pooping is not too big of a concern just yet ONLY because if you found the kitten in the road or around the house, or in your yard, wherever it’s momma may have already helped it poop for the day. A momma cat licks their butt to help stimulate them to pee or poop. If you’ve just found it, it may not poop just yet. However, not pooping for 4-5 days is not normal, it can mean they are blocked up. Your kitten should pee everyday, not necessarily every feeding. Keep in mind that sometimes kittens pee and you can’t smell it just yet because their pee doesn’t have a defined scent. When you stimulate it to pee and poop please be gentle. Never rub too hard or force it to pee.

For the longest time I used to think I was doing something wrong until I watched Duchess for awhile and found out she was just peeing in the towel whenever she had to go.

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Another thing to realize is a kitten will not poop everyday most likely. KMR is mostly water mixed with a powder [at least the ones I’ve used]. She will pee more than she poos at first because of what she is eating, which is just formula. Now not pooping every is not a good sign, but like Kiplings_Cat said how is she, active? If she’s fine and active than she may just not want to poop just yet.

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A stuffy for the kitten to snuggle up with is always nice and comforting for the kitten especially if it just got separated from it’s momma on accident. I know when duchess was a kitten she loved beating up this little doggy toy I gave her to sleep with.

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Other than that I can’t think of anything else to post. Please do not think that I do not think you didn’t already know this, I just wanted it to be out there and known. Good luck and please definitely get pictures as soon as possible we always love seeing new kittens 🙂

World Free: If you do run warm water, please make sure the kitten is warmed back up. She can get a chill from that. I never had to do that with Duchess, however when I did have to wash her bum from sitting in poop and I made sure I gently dried her off and cuddled with her to warm her back up. Kittens at this stage cannot regulate their own body temperature at all.

Angrisani: I hope that you warm your kitten back up 🙂 she’ll get very cold if left to be wet too long.