week old to two weeks old kittens…. I NEED ADVICE

Hi Maranda, you do have a lot on your hands but you came to the right place! TDK is a great community with lots of good advice. You may have already seen there are numerous threads about baby kittens, hand feeding and general care and advice. You can also click on the pink tags on the left to get more specific info. Based on my own experience, I think if the kitties have their eyes open and their ears are up, they are probably more than 2 weeks old, more like 3-4. Also, when you feed each one, wrap him/her gently in a towel or blanket like a little “purr-ito”, that holds their feet still and makes them feel warm and cozy so you can give them the bottle and they get the most out of the feeding. Good luck with your little family, keep us posted on how it’s going!

Feed them on their feet not on their backs so they do not get it in their lungs I used a eye dropper and after a while they learned to suck and I was ableto start w/ a bottle the store ones you always have to make a bigger hole but do not cut w/ scissors. Also make sure to keep them warm I put a hot water bottle in the laundry basket w/ a towel over it in the corner so if they wanted to lay on it they could but left plenty of room if they did not. Massage their little potty parts w/ a warm wet cloth so they are able to go potty. They may go on you but they need to go.

Three weeks is a little early to start using a litter box. When you try to stimulate them to poop remember that mama cat would be licking them to get them to go. That’s the action you should try to copy.

What has happened to the poor little mama cat? Is she back at Walmart? You probably won’t ever be able to tame her but could you catch her again and take her in to get her spayed? If you check around with your local vets, shelters and rescue leagues for places that will TNR (trap, neuter, release). The poor mama’s life will be short and unhappy if she keeps having kittens.

Clay litter is the best choice when they are so young. If they ingest clumping litter (which they might do since they are just babies) it can block their plumbing.

Please update us when you can – we all want the very best for your babies.

Hi, ok so here goes, I don’t have help for you but something you said i think might help me. last wednesday someone dropped off a box of five-five weeks old boy kittens on my front porch. The day my neighbor found 3-2 week old kittens she waited 2 days for the mother to come back and she never did. i live on a main road where people drive over 50 mph so it isn’t unlikely that she was hit by a car. the older kittens take care of themselves pretty much and do great with the litter box and everything. the little kittens however took a while to get used to the dropper and bottles but love them now. however for some reason unknown one of the little ones stopped eating, and the vet said you can squeeze the bottle a little into her mouth and she will swallow, just make sure she isn’t on her back, which we did make sure. late last night she completely stopped eating. wouldn’t open her mouth or anything and while holding her this morning she died. i was so sad, but onto the thing i need help with, all of the kittens will go pee after eating when induced, but the only one who would do #2 was the little girl who died. so i was wondering what that hairball stuff you got from petco was called, because i will try anything to keep these girls healthy.

My kittens that I found didn’t like anything except this food you can get at vet caled science diet it’s for cats and dogs it’s made of basically pure ground turkey and i mix it with kitty milk to a soup like and they love it. You have to take a Popsicle stick and put it in their mouth to taste first and then they are like “ohh what’s that yum” also google VCA vet free exam they are in 39 states thwy are giving free exams for new clients with Internet coupon