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Hello. My family and I just took in 2 4wk old kittens on Tuesday and I have a few questions. There is a male and female (brother and sister) and the male is a little bigger then the female. He also seems to be a bit more advanceed when it comes to eating. He will drink about 1 (sometimes 2) tsp of kitten formula every 2-4hrs. His belly is staying nice and round, he is very active, very alert, etc. The female is harder to get to eat. She will drink some from a bottle but I can't get her to drink from a dish at all yet. She will only drink about 2tsp every 6-8hrs. When I try feeding her inbetween those times, she completely refuses it. How often and how much should they be drinking?? She seems to have a nice round belly (but a bit more squishy then her brother), but isn't as active. She seems alert and will follow my daughter around the house, but she mroe prefers to just lay on your lap and snooze. Both kittens still spend ALOT of the day sleeping, but I would assume that is very normal for their age. My biggest concern is that neither one of them are pooping. I stimulate them with a warm wash cloth and they pee, but neither will poop. Do they normally poop at this age?? The female pees alot once a day, and during the other times just goes a few drips. The male only goes a few drips (and sometimes nothing) but one of them (or both) are peeing on their blanket in their bed too. When I called the vet, they told me to try to mix formula with the kitten food to make mush and see if they would eat that. I tried that but niether one will even try to eat it.
We are trying to do everything we can for these precious little kittens, so if you have any advice, I would GREATLY appreciate it!! BTW, the little girls name is Teygan (teegan) Rose and the little boys name is Fred Bear (my kids named them). Thanks in advance for any help!!!
We are trying to do everything we can for these precious little kittens, so if you have any advice, I would GREATLY appreciate it!! BTW, the little girls name is Teygan (teegan) Rose and the little boys name is Fred Bear (my kids named them). Thanks in advance for any help!!!