Hi everyone, I’m new and desperate! I’ve been googling for kitten care help for the past 4 days and threads from this board keep coming up. You’ve been so helpful but I’m still at a loss with a poor little baby I found on Friday afternoon so I’m hoping someone will have more suggestions.
My husband and I found him in the middle of a busy highway exit, he was sure to have been killed within minutes if we hadn’t passed at the right time. I have had cats as pets all my life but never had to raise a kitten by hand so it was new territory for me. We immediately went to Pet Smart and bought a bottle and some formula powder, took him home and tried to get him to drink, which he did.
We took him to the vets on Saturday where he was given worming treatment (for roundworm and ringworm) and they said he was just 14 days old as his eyes were still opening and he has no teeth yet. He also hadn’t been to the toilet even though I’d tried stimulating him. The vet got him to pee but not poop. On Monday night he finally went but did a lot of diarrhea. It was light brown/yellow with dark specks that looked like it could be grass or something, it was strange. Every time I have stimulated him to go since Monday night, he has had diarrhea. It’s changed in consistency though – yesterday the specks stopped and it seemed to have small white lumps in it instead and today it’s just been pure yellow liquid with nothing else in it.
I freaked out when the diarrhea started and bought Pedialyte as recommended on here. I’ve been making his formula with it instead of water since yesterday but the diarrhea hasn’t stopped. I read that it could be too rich a formula so I reduced it and made it more ‘watery’ but as yet, still no change.
I’m really worried about him 🙁 His behaviour hasn’t really changed, he’s still quite curious and sleeps a lot when he isn’t wobbling around but he loves to feed and seems to have become hungrier. How many ml should he drink in one sitting? Could I be overfeeding him? I’m sure I’m keeping him hydrated as he’s had quite a lot of Pedialyte and I’ve done the ‘tent’ test. His pee is either clear or pale yellow which I know is healthy. I had a bad day yesterday crying thinking that he was going to suddenly die but he’s still with us thankfully and I’m just desperate to get this diarrhea to stop. We can’t afford to take him back to the vet yet so any suggestions would be so gratefully appreciated!
Lucy