2 Week Old Kitten Won't Pee Even After Stimulation

Hi, all! Thank you so much for your advice! We aren’t sure if its a boy or a girl yet, so she/he is called Sweetling. We tried stimulating her with a soft dry tissue instead and she finally peed. I’m so relieved! 🙂

No poop yet, but she did pass wind. She’s burped after every feeding, so I’m not sure why that happened.

The vet prescribed something for her. We gave the first dose today. The eye drops seem to be working, thank goodness!

If it isn’t too much trouble, I dearly need advice with something. I live in a developing country, so sadly things like kitten fourmla are completely unavailable, and online shipping fees are insane (120$+ just for a 20 cent keychain!). Because of this, it’s nearly impossible to care for any abandoned or orphaned animal properly, and most people don’t even value them as living things and prefer to leave them to die or kill them. The only safe thing I can give this little kitten is powdered goat’s milk, which she drinks happily, but I know she needs more nutrition. Is there something I could add to the milk?

(I’ve asked around, but there’s no nursing cats or dogs who could adopt her into the brood.)

Honestly, I can’t thank you enough! Thank you for the warm welcome, and thank you for the tip about the honey.

I’m so happy to hear I’m not alone! The goat’s milk I have comes in powdered form in a tin, made from Grade A pasteurized milk. My grandmother is the one who uses it, and has been for years, so she knows how to make it. It’s a relief to hear that its alright for her!

Sweetling is asleep at the moment. I’ll check up on her after this to make sure she’s warm and comfy! There’s a soft plush dog in her box that she loves snuggling up to. 😆

Miracle in a can? Sweetling seems to agree. She can’t drink enough of the stuff! She’s been very enthusiastic about drinking it lately. Unfortunately, my dachsund had the same idea; she snuck up to the milk dish and lapped up the lot while we were burping the kitten!

Sweetling hasn’t pooped yet (typical!), so we’re going to the vet to sort that out. She peed on her own for the first time! In her box. On herself. In the middle of the night. Ah, well. We cleaned and dried her with warm damp cotton balls and soft tissue and changed her bedding.

Thank you so much, you two! I was worried that she may have been constipated and needed help quickly, but it seems that isn’t the case.

Asking for a second opinion: is it alright to mix adult food with Sweetling’s milk? She seemed to like it a lot, but I don’t want to do anything that’ll put her in danger.

Oh! I’m terribly sorry for all these questions, but is it possible for her to choke on her milk if her nose is blocked? She sneezes/coughs a lot during feeding times. I’ve never taken care of a kitten with an upper respiratory infection before so I’m unsure of the correct procedure.

Thank you again!

Oh my goodness! I’m so happy to be here. I’m learning so much about taking care of this wee little squeaker and it feels very reassuring to know there’s a place I can ask for advice. I’m glad I’m doing everything okay! 😀

The wet food is Whiskas, which unfortunately does contain chunks and shreds. I don’t think there are any pate-style foods around here, but I may be able to make some by soaking dry kitten kibble in goat’s milk and giving it a good mush. Would that be good?

They don’t sell milk bottles or nipples small enough for her, so we have to feed her with a slow-moving syringe with a makeshift nipple. It works quite well. We tried a dropper before; it was a nightmare!

I double-checked her medicines: one is for coughs, and the other is the antibiotic. Her next dose is in a few hours.

The vet thinks she has calcivirus because some of the other kittens were displaying similar symptoms. They were on our roof, so we heard the sneezing. The mother cat got another one stuck on the roof today and threw a massive fuss until we noticed (clever girl); I didn’t get to see the kitten, but according to those who did it looked quite sick and had a lot of the symptoms Kittyzee described. They gave it back to her as she was in a lot of distress. She’s since relocated the rest of her kittens next door.

Thank you for the article; I’ll read it as soon as I’m done typing this out!

I’m very worried about Sweetling during feeding time. She’s too enthusiastic about being fed; she crawls and claws like crazy and drinks far too fast. Once my mother tried to remove the syringe from her on account of her frenzied suckling and she wouldn’t let go. She fell off the table, but thankfully my mother managed to grab her by the tail and pull her back in an instant. I’m so scared she’s going to either aspirate the milk or get a concussion/break her neck – we’ve already had a few close calls with the former. We feed her 7.5 Ml every three hours. Any more and she won’t drink properly. She also tends to sneeze/cough a ton during feedings (I may have mentioned that before).

One last thing that’s concerning me; she hasn’t put on a single bit of weight since we took her in despite frequent feedings – stuck at 7.4 ounces. She’s grown length-wise and her ears look bigger, but the scale shows exactly the same. It could be something wrong with the scale itself – it’s a cheap little plastic one – but I have noticed she looks smaller than normal three week old kittens normally do. Is this something that can be caused by the illness?

Those articles were very helpful indeed! Thank you. I think Sweetling’s lack of weight gain may be because of her illness.

She really enjoyed the gruel! And we managed to give it to her without any choking incidents, for once. We tried both the spoon and the finger, but she wasn’t interested at all. Today she was suckling on my dachsund, who has started to produce milk for her. They both seemed content with the arrangement. I’m a bit worried though, because my dachsund only recently finished a course of treatment for a blood parasite infection and we haven’t gotten the last blood test to check if it’s completely gone. The vet assured that it can’t be passed through milk, but everywhere else seems to say it can. So I think it’s best if she doesn’t suckle from her until further notice.

Sweetling sneezed a tiny bit of milk-like substance out of her nose after the last feeding today, even though she swallowed every bit of milk. We’re taking her and the dog to the vet tomorrow, just to get them both checked out and make sure Sweetling hasn’t aspirated any milk, as well as the blood test for the dog and a check on the pooping problem.