Hi, BJ, thank you for rescuing these little ones. You can make pedialyte at home, I will give you the recipe. I would use it instead of water when you mix the formula, in the same quantity, or you can dilute the formula a little more if you’re thinking it is too rich. Here is the tent test to test for dehydration and the recipe for home-made pedialyte:
Tent test: pick up a good pinch of kitten’s skin at the neck and let go.If it snaps back immediately, she’s hydrated okay. If it takes a little time to go back down, or, worse, it stays up in a ‘tent’ shape, she needs fluids, such as pedialyte (from the supermarket, children’s aisle) or home-made pedialyte below.
Note, in the United Kingdom, pedialyte is called Dioralyte. Also known as rehydration salts.
Home-made pedialyte recipe (from World Health Organization)…no preservatives so short life-span
* 1 cup water (boiled then cooled)
* 2 tsp sugar
* 1/8 tsp salt
* 1/8 tsp baking soda
* (this Pedialyte formula gives needed electrolytes & some sugar for energy)
Combine all ingredients and warm slightly.
Make new after 24 hours