Hi everyone… I’ve been lurking on this site since Wednesday and I finally made an account.
Last Wednesday (5/18/16) my landlord brought me two orphaned kittens from her other property and gave me some kitten milk and bottles to take care of. I’ve never done this before but I think we’re doing alright, I just have some questions. This post might be kind of long, haha. 😳
I’m not exactly sure how old they are… I believe they are 2-3 weeks old, I just really can’t tell. Their eyes are open and ears are up. I weighed them today and they each weigh about 7.5oz (I’ll post some pictures once I figure out how) and I was wondering if you guys could help tell me their age?
I have them in a large cardboard box with blankets, a stuffed animal to cuddle and a wrapped heating pad on low.
The first two days they cried and cried and we sort of had to force feed them with an eye dropper but now they are used to the bottle.
It also took me two days to finally get the right size hole in the nipple for them so they didn’t get much food those first days but now I feed them every 3-4 hours and they drink about a tablespoon from the bottle each time. (The formula box says two tablespoons per 4oz of weight each day)
They also were pretty constipated or just didn’t have enough to poop until today (boy, I never thought I could be so excited about poop haha!) but they pee every time I stimulate them and it is a light yellow, almost clear.
But just yesterday they started being really quiet and not meowing as much. The black kitten has sort of a raspy meow but other than that seems completely fine. They are also sleeping much more but are still up and walking around/exploring when they are awake and when I’m trying to feed them.
There is no snot or anything coming out of their noses/gross stuff in their eyes and they aren’t sneezing or anything so I’m wondering if they have just sort of lost their voices from crying so much the first few days?
I just stimulate them, feed them, burp them, and stimulate them again and they purr so much once I’m done and then go back to sleep.
I might just be paranoid, but I’ve never done this before. Am I doing this right and does this all seem normal? Sorry if any part of it is confusing…