Don't worry. I understand nicknames. All of our cats have a name and at least three unique nicknames (such as our one longhair has a nickname of "Bloomers" since her long fur stops suddenly partially down the leg so it looks like she's wearing bloomers =D
Update: He's doing much better this morning. Actually decided to eat a little canned kitten food on his own. The vet said we had done well getting fluids and nutrients into him and noticed that the back of his tongue was terribly inflamed which is probably contributing to his low appetite or...
He's much more alert and even purred a little this morning when I woke up and held him a bit. The pedialyte seems to be helping and he's going into the vet this afternoon to get a better analysis than any of us could give.
We've already started giving him little bits of water about once every twenty minutes and are going to mix a bit of food in with the water tonight. We'll also look into getting some flavorless pedialyte to also help.
Hello, I was wanting advice. We took in a feral kitten after noticing that one of his siblings had gone missing and the other two had unfortunately died. He's most definitely weaned as we've seen mama cat bringing food and noticed that her teats aren't swelled as much as a still nursing mom...