Kitten on side of road

Well this morning my boyfriend found a kitten on the side of the road while on his way to work. He said he was alone and he didn't see any other kittens or a mama. So he brought the little guy home.

I've never cared for such a young kitten before and I'm not sure what I need to do for him. I think he is about 6-8 weeks but we won't know for sure till we get him into the vet. We are keeping him in our spare bedroom and have a spare little box set up for him. I put down some kibble and water and he took to that right away. I'll need to get him some kitten chow later this evening but I was wondering if I should get him some cat formula too?

He has been walking around the bedroom and meowing a lot. Could he be scared or distressed? Is there any way to give him comfort?

Sorry for the silly questions but the youngest cat I've ever cared for was 7 months old. He is just the sweetest little thing. Very affectionate and will climb all over you when you go into the room. We have two older females in the house and we plan on keeping him in his spare bedroom untill he is ready to meet them and he gets a clean bill of health from the vet.

Like I said, he is just the most darling little thing and I wanna do all I can to help him. Anyones advice would be great and most appreciated! Thanks for your time everyone!

One last thing! He looks like he was born with out a tail. He just has a little nub where his tail should be. Is this a warning sign concerning his health? Could he have some sort of birth defect?

He is starting to settle down now. He has not used the litter box yet but I'll keep checking on him. I did put him in the litter box just to show him that it's there but he did not use it.

I've got plenty of toys for him and a extra scratch post for him to use but no stuffed animals. I do have a super soft and super fuzzy throw blanket he an use to snuggle on but it needs to be washed first since one of my other cats used to love to snuggle on it when we first got it. She has since lost interest in it, so she won't miss it.

I did notice that he is scratching his ears and shaking his head a lot. On closer inspection I saw that he has the blackish brown dirty stuff in his ears that normally comes with ear mites. I've already been hand washing after interacting with him for just that very reason.

I'm gonna be getting him some kitten food this evening. I don't think we can keep him but my bf and I have already agreed that he will not go to a kill shelter no matter what. We'll drive several hours to take him to a no kill shelter if we have to.

I was gonna post a picture of him with my first post but my computer is have issues connecting to my camera so I can't pull the picture off. And it's giving me trouble about installing the driver for the camera. I can probably get a picture up later with my boy friends computer. He's just the cutest thing!

Well we got him into the vet today and got a treatment for ear mites. The vet is pretty sure hes got some manx in him. Also we have decided to keep him!

Our vet says hes in good health other then the ear mites and he is due back in 2 weeks for shots and tests. He also told us that he thinks he is about 8 weeks old.

And here is a picture of our new little stinker!

So like I said, I took him to the vet yesterday and had him treated for ear mites.

The doctor cleaned his ears and gave him the treatment. He told me this was a one dose treatment and that his ears don't need to be cleaned. This evening though I noticed that the ear dirt is coming back. I've never dealt with a kitty with ear mites before and I'm wondering if this is normal or should he go back to see the vet?