Apologies for another “constipation” question – I’ve found this board really, really helpful of the last couple of weeks and have been searching and reading lots.
Two weeks ago (today) we found a few day old kitten left on our back door step. Think it belongs to a feral that we’ve been feeding (whilst waiting to TNR her) I reckon he was a couple/few days old, as umbilical was gone, and wound was very clean.
So, whilst I have lots of cat experience, this is the first time I’ve ever had to hand rear a baby…
All been going well – I’ve been using the Royal Canin Babycat Milk kit which I got from the vet. Kitty has been feeding well, peeing grand, but only pooing every two days. Poo has been good though – “toothpaste” like and nice and curly. Bill is doing really well and he opened his eyes fully this morning!!!
However…. last poo was midnight on Friday (it’s now 10am here on Wednesday) Since Monday evening, I’ve been adding a few drops of olive oil in his milk each feed (currently feeding between 5 and 10ml every 5 hours) Monday night I noticed his wee was slightly coloured, so he took 5mls of warm boiled water from the bottle, and pee back to clear again quite quickly.
Being aware of the dehydration issue – whilst I’ve not diluted his milk, I have now started giving him a few ml’s of warm boiled water, a few hours after his feeds and this is keeping his pee clear. Since last night, I’ve been trying the triangle method (from video on Youtube) but still no success.
He is boisterous, feeding and peeing well. He’s been crawling around like a wild thing for the last week.
So, my question is; I have some lactulose at home and wondering if now is the time to either try that this evening and if no success take him to the vet tomorrow (day 6), or take him to the vet tonight? The only issue with going to the vets is that the trip is over an hour each way, it’s turning cold here now and I worry about him getting cold in the car (even though he has his hot water bottle)
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated. Thank you