Newborn kitten rescue

About formula for the kitty – I use royal canin’s babycat milk, and I’ve never had any problems with it. The majority of opinions however agree that goat’s milk is the absolute best thing to substitute-feed a kitten with, either fresh or canned goat’s milk seems to be fine.

Oh my, warm welcome to TDK QW with thank you for being special “kittymom” to this tiny cutie patootie.

Love the photos of this kitten. Thank you for helping it. Sending gentle headbonks from Sylvester and Mia.

Wow, you’re doing a great job QWOWP!! He’s growing and looks wonderful!

Qwowp: How old is your kitten now? And have you named him/her? He is really adorable, and his weight sounds good. Duchess was also a light weight weighing only 7 ounces at 3-4 weeks. So I wouldn’t worry too much about the weight, but it sounds like he is doing well. Has he been to the vet yet?

As for nesting spots, if I remember right, it looked pretty comfy. I guess as he gets progessively bigger, make the box bigger. Duchess had one of those big tub like things but then I moved her into a dog crate. I then put cardboard on the crate [she liked to climb and stick her head through things and she’d get stuck]. I also put the heating pad in it, with a towel down on the floor, with a litter box and a wrapped towel around the heating pad. As long as he has a place to move off of it then his nest should be okay. I really like the blankets you have in there, that will be really comfortable for him. The stuffies are a nice effect too…kind of looks like an odd littermate, that’s what I use with Duchess. Sometimes it’s good for them to have something soft to cuddle up to.

Another thing about the place of the nesting, it should be warm but not hot. Comfortable since the room should be okay. Also try not to have too much light just yet since I’ve read that kittens cannot regulate their eye sight just yet, and their pupils don’t shrink as quickly Other than that you’re doing a great job daddy. You should get a catster page for your new kitten too!

Awwww, you are doing an amazing job. That little baby owes his life to you and looks like he couldn’t have asked for a better kitty dad. He is so cutylicious! Bless you both!

Your kitten looks like he’s doing very well! Congratulations on helping him make it this far. He surely would have perished without your intervention.

Personally, I like the name Rocky – he’s certainly a fighter who got off to a rocky start! But you’ll figure out the best name for him. He may start responding to it sooner than you think. A black and white female kitten that I raised, whose temporary name was “Rocky,” remained Rocky even though she was adopted out at 12-16 weeks of age. Her new owners said she responded well to it, and when they tried switching her to a different name, that didn’t work. (The owners continue to send me updated photos of Rocky every Christmas.)

Please keep us informed how he’s doing, and of course, don’t forget to share photos! He looks like a complete sweetie.

you are doing a great job! I got Gallo when he was 2 days old and this great group of peeps helped me with Gallo! welcome to TDK!

I think 3 weeks is a little young to start transitioning to solids…It is your kitten, but I feel that you should wait at least a week before attempting to try but that is my opinion and you certainly do not have to listen to it.

As for the litter training..Vincent is right, just put him in a couple of times after he’s eaten and he’ll understand it. It’s amazing how smart cats are. Duchess knew exactly what a litter pan and what to do in it once she had one in there. I would not use clumping litter though, since he may eat it. I know Duchess sometimes plays with hers when it’s not in the litter pan.

good luck

How did I miss this thread until now? What a sweet, adorable baby, and what a good kitty dad. 🙂