update, dora is doing fantastic. her eyes were a little red and i happened to be taking my 1yr old cat to the vet for a check up and i took the baby with me and the vet had’t heard of a kit opening eyes so early but agreed with me that since she still has an umbilical cord i’m most likely correct on the age (5 days today) for her red eyes the vet told me something awesome and homeopathic that i want to share. chamomile tea! she told me to go to whole foods and get dried chamomile (not the tea bags of chamomile tea) and brew it and then dilute it and let cool and then use that as eye drops. it will hydrate the eyes, clean them, and heal them!!! i started this friday afternoon and by this morning (sunday) i can tell a major difference! she said also since she is from a community that is known to have the feline herpes this could help prevent her eyes from getting crusty later on.
dora started tuesday evening at 3.7oz and tonight about 2 hours after her last feeding she is 4.1oz! and she has been pooping on her own in her nest. her digestive track is really working! she’s drinking 5-8ccs of goats milk at a time every 3-5 hours depending on the time of day and if i’m sleeping. i’ll submit pictures later