Picked this little guy up after he was abandoned on my back porch. We have about three queens who hang out every other day or so, and a couple toms who come by every once in awhile. {Mama, Princess, Tiffany, and then Francis and the Big White Tom. The first four we leave water out for and sometimes food, anyone else who comes around is SOOL}
We were prepared to leave him outside; since there are three queens and at least two of them have given birth recently due to the size of their tummies and nipples showing. But after listening to baby cry for 4 hours with no response, and finding him in the exact same place the next morning {duller eyes, weaker cries, not responding quite as readily} I decided to bring him indoors since there was no sign of the queens and food I’d left out overnight to attract them back to the baby had gone uneaten.
Baby was fed an emergency formula I found of cow milk, egg yolk, and a tiny amount of veggie oil twice before my Partner came home and we could go buy some KMR. {I don’t keep condensed or goat milk in the house unfortunately for baby!} We fed him four times; 6:30p, 9:30p, 11:30p, and 2:30a; averaging between .5-1 Tablespoon of KMR per feeding. He peed just fine every time he was stimulated to go; before and after feeding; and FINALLY poo’d around 5:45p after using the triangle method for about 5 minutes. I didn’t notice any worm segments or other issues other than a smaller hard plug and then toothpaste consistency poo. No blood, no extrusions, just a tiny kitty butt. He had a “butt bath” this afternoon with plain blue Dawn, and was promptly towelled off and dried with a hairdryer set to low; with my hand between him and the dryer to check for hot spots.
Since then, he’s been eating regularly every 3-5 hours, still averaging .5-1 tablespoon per feeding. If my count is correct and my records are right, he’s had just under 6 Tablespoons of the KMR since his first feed at 6:30a. He appears, to me, to be between 2-3 weeks old. No teeth, VERY alert and a strong climber, very vocal, and learning how to take the bottle ok.
We’re hoping that, should he make it to the 5-6 week mark that we can get him into the vet for a dewormer; haven’t noticed signs of parasites yet!; and vaccines.
Have I missed anything, or done something wrong? It’s been about three years since I owned a pet at all, and about four or five since I had to care for a kitten this young.