Orphaned kitten seizures? too late? Help?

My best friend's daughter found an orphaned kitten outside and since yesterday they have been trying to nurse it. It is skin and bones. It is probably about 2 weeks old if that. It seemed to be doing better last nite but this morning it is having seizures it seems. Can this kitten be saved still or is it too late? We are going to try Karo and pedialyte and I have an old sock filled with rice warmed with it now. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Can't get to the vet until tomorrow. My vet just says to call the ER vet in another town, an hour away, I'd rather take her to her in the
AM. She is wonderful.

Thanks for the replies. My best friend just brought her to me since she has school during the week and she felt like she wasn't doing enough. I think the kitten is twitching not seizing. She has been getting KMR by Hartz since yesterday morning about every half hour, just a tiny bit. It's not sucking on the bottle itself. She was just putting it slowly drop by drop sorta in it's cheek and let it swallow it then that way, so it didn't aspirate on it. I think it got too cold last nite, her daughter took the kitten to her room and I don't think it was warm enough. I have it with a rice sock now and put Karo on it's gums and a then gave it a drop or two of karo with pedialyte and a bit of formula. She seems to have improved and she pooped and peed. It's ears are standing up and one eye is open but one is swollen shut. They think since it was covered with ants when they found it that may be why it's swollen. Her daughter found this little baby under one of their neighbor's trailer's. Their were two kittens and one was dead when they found it. Raven, (my bff's daughter), gave this one milk a day before they found the dead one. She probably kept it from dying by doing that. They couldn't find the mom anywhere. When the other one died they decided to tell their mom and my bff said she really thought the kitten was dead when she brought it to her. It seemed to improve though yesterday, but I think they let it get too cold last nite. If it makes it through tonite I will take it to my vet in the morning.

She seems like she is doing better already! I really think the Karo syrup helped alot! I am calling her a her because it is a little dilute calico it looks like. She is really gonna be a cutie if she makes it. She has gone to the bathroom today too.

I'm scared to go to sleep! She has been mostly sleeping today, not crying much at all except for maybe once and fed her and she was fine. Will take her to the vet in the AM. So far so good, I really want her to make it because my friend's little girl is so worried about it and I can't believe it's made it this far!

She made it through the nite. She seems ok, no crying. I'm trying to get through to my vets office and the line is busy, ugh! She seems to be eating better. She's not good at sucking on the bottle though so it's drop by drop. Well off to call again!

She seems to be doing better! Now if I can just get this feeding thing down better! Her eyes are both shut now, but I did the compress thing, thanks for all the advice! I need a better bottle I think that's easier for her to use. Anyone got any suggestions on that? This is a Hartz bottle.

Can't get her to the vet until tomorrow morning, that's the earliest they would see her. They are super busy. I went and got some KMR brand formula since I only have one more can of the Hartz stuff and some different bottles, so we shall see. She weighed 5.7 oz yesterday afternoon, today she weighs 5.9 oz I guess, she wouldn't be still this time. Guess that's a good sign. Both her eyes are shut now though. Did the warm compress, doing it everytime I feed her now. She doesn't cry to eat, so I've been giving her a little every 3 hrs. She seems more enthused about it now though. My grandma who has alzheimer's has been having CHF lately and today though got to hold the kitten to warm it and she is just in love, so if the kitten lives, I don't think she will be going anywhere.

No I'm selfish to do this, it's theraputic instead of just worrying about my grandma all the time and it is helping her have a reason to want to get better so she can "help." Plus I can't have children of my own so this is my guilty pleasure of a "baby." Let me see if I can add a pic. Only have one my bff took not the greatest.

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I did it, I think!

Thanks all, no name yet, want to see how she does first. She was pretty lively today, so hoping hoping, but she didn't poop, she did yesterday though. Going to the vet in the AM. May have to take my grandma to the Dr again also, she is not losing the fluid even after upping her Lasix, so worried about her too. I want them both to do good so they can enjoy each other, my grandma is sooooo sweet, she loves animals and had a fit over this kitten.

I took her to the vet this morning, and she is staying there for a few hours for some fluids, tube feeding, and eye treatment. The vet is going to do this without charging me and I didn't even ask her to, she is sooooo wonderful! She said she is older than I think because she has teeth coming in. She is going to put her on antibiotic treatment for her eyes. The kitten has been crying today some and more feisty. She's a tough little booger to have made it this far! My husband's grandmother passed away this morning so that makes me want to save the kitten even MORE now, she loved animals.

Well, she is doing fantastic. The vet said she thinks she will make it. She is eating like crazy now. She is on amoxicillin and eye ointment. She may have some scarring or blindness in one eye possibly, because it is kinda cloudy still, but I have decided I will be keeping her so I don't care if she is blind or whatever. I need to name her soon. The vet did charge me $83, I think the girl who told me it would be no charge must have misunderstood her or something. At least it wasn't worse. I am feeling pretty relived that she got some medical care she needed now so I won't be so on edge about it.

Thanks everyone. I had thought of naming her something from her name, but my doxie already has her middle name kinda as a middle name, Maggie May. Her name was Betty May, so I'm still thinking, don't think my hubby would go for Betty really. Still thinking on that name thing. She hasn't pooped still, even for the vet. Could she be constipated? I'm gonna call the vet tomorrow.