Ok — so I posted yesterday about how I found an abandoned kitten. I am currently feeding her w/ a kitten bottle using KRM. At first it was very difficult to feed her. Then, she started to get the hang of it and ate a tremendous amount. She definitely had not eaten in awhile. However, now when I first attempt to feed her, she meows a lot and claws violently at the bottle and my hands, so it takes awhile for me to feed her. After she has a little she calms down more and begins to suckle better. Am I doing something wrong? I haven’t noticed her kneading at all. Is she just getting used to it? Am I feeding her too late and therefore she is overly hungry? I have been feeding her every 3 hours. She is also very bloated but she has pooped a few times (once with stimulation and twice without: kind of like pudding). She just gets so frantic and I am worried that something is wrong (have had her 2.5 days and she has gained 1.6 ounces).
She is peeing regularly as well (color is normal); she started to pee by herself as well (all over my shoulder in fact 🙂 It also takes time for me to put her to bed. She started exploring but when I put her in her box, “nest,” she starts crying a little, so I usually have to take her out wrap her in a blanket and set her on my chest. She usually falls asleep pretty quickly. Then, I set her down in the nest. Any suggestions about what else I should be doing or why she lashes at the bottle so violently? Is she too young to lick the formula out of a shallow dish?
One more question: now that she is starting to relieve herself, how often should I stimulate the area?
Thank you all so much; I know I have a lot of questions, but I don’t want anything to happen to her.
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