Water wise, will they just stop drinking as much from the bottle as they get used to it?
Also, am I feeding them enough? 1/2 can plus goats milk every 5 hours. I've started going 7-8 hours overnight. They're not complaining. When I give them their morning feed, they're awake, but not making...
The limp kitten scare was seriously one of the most traumatizing situations I've ever had. The gray one in the pics above crashed from dehydration about two weeks ago. The tabby crashed from who knows what (she did have a low temp when I brought her in). All of them are solidly above a pound now...
The kittens are almost 6 weeks old now and are all still kicking. Two have tried to die on me, but thanks to the emergency vet and fluids, they pulled through.
I do have a question again though. They have started the weaning process. I give gruel (1/2 can kitten pate and goats milk) 15 minutes...
It started out like that, then they decided to bathe in it, so the liquid started to dry up.
Only upside is that they got really interested in cleaning themselves up afterwards. 128514
I got a complete feed in with the formula before bed.
It took me forever to reduce the goats milk to something non huge, but I finally did. They got a goats milk feed this morning. I also put down the kitten Fancy Feast that I had at the house with the remaining formula... Let's just say that...
I checked Walmart. They're out. Everywhere seems to be out. Ugh. Frustrating. Kitten season is here with a vengeance.
I don't know if I'll have enough KMR to use in the rice cereal/baby food mix. I wonder if Walmart has goats milk.
I just looked at the KMR, and I'm worried about it lasting the two feeds before stores open. I'm going to try Walmart to see if they have any, but if they don't, would the baby food work to tide them over a couple of hours?
We've had several poops since. So excited for them.
I do have another question (I'm not trying to rush them, just looking for a light at the end of the exhaustion tunnel). Right now, I'm feeding them 1/2-3/4 of an ounce every 4 hours. I push it to 5 hours at night. They're 24ish days old now...
EXCELLENT NEWS!!! 12 hours after adding the pumpkin, they've started to poo! 4/5 just went during the last feed, which lasted an hour and a half. 3 of the 4 eliminated on their own. 2 of the 3 went in the litter box!
I know there's still plenty of poo where that came from, but I can finally...
If I've had a can out since last night at approx 10:30, I've wasted it, haven't I?
Just talked to the vet where I take my older cats. They said that adding pumpkin, and a minute amount of mineral oil is the way to go for now. If there isn't any change in 24 hours, then they need to go in. They...
They didn't like the formula with the olive oil. I finally found the pumpkin last night, and it's been in their last 3 feeds. I also got coconut oil and placed it on their anal area to ensure I wouldn't inflame the area by all of the stimulation.
They're all still eating like champs and...