Abandoned kitten

Homemade Pedialyte

2 quarts water
1-teaspoon baking soda
1-teaspoon salt
7 Tablespoons sugar
1 packet Sugar-Free Kool-Aid
1/2-teaspoon salt

The Kool-Aid is optional. If you have it, add 1 Tablespoon Karo syrup.

You can also try Kitten Glop with her

1 envelope Knox unflavored gelatin
1 12 oz can goat's milk
3 tablespoons plain yogurt
3 teaspoons clear karo syrup
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 egg (optional)

Boil water, mix in gelatin. Add other ingredients and mix with beater or blender. Serve warm.

Even if you haven't got all the ingredients, try the glop. If you don't have goat's milk, you can substitute evaporated milk (not condensed milk)

Good luck.

Thank you! I think I have enough of the ingredients I should be able to try both. And thankfully I have a syringe from another cats meds that I can use.
I'm crossing my fingers now that she will take something!

Me too!

Best of luck, sending Kitty Eat Some Food vibes now!

Someone in another forum suggested you try calling this number.

1-888-PETS-911

She ate! We had to start by hand feeding her, the homemade pedialyte came in very handy. Unfortunately we didn't have the ingredients for the glop, but we made do. After several squirts of the pedialyte we took some can food and tried that, but she wouldn't take it. So we took a small piece of it and spread it over her lips forcing her to lick it off. She seemed upset by that at first, but we wouldn't stop. After the fourth time she started reaching for her fingers with the food and started eating out of her hand. Still refused a plate though. After a couple pieces from the hand we were able to trick her to the plate by putting the plate directly behind her hand so when the kitten was done and looked for more it was RIGHT there. She started eating from the plate. And she ate it ALL! She still was reluctant to drink from a bowl though so we gave her more water and pedialyte in a syringe.
Hopefully doing this each day will help her until we can get to a vet or find someone who can take her. We really can't have ANOTHER cat.
Thank you everyone!

I am so very happy to hear this news! Well done!

I am so happy that you got some food in the poor girls empty stomach. I will give you alot of credit for your effort. At least the jerk that dumped the cat on you was considerate enough to not put the cat in a bag and toss her on the side of the road like a piece of garbage like some a**h***s would. Please Keep us informed of your progress

rmfjovi - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!! You and your wife are wonderful, wonderful people. The world of cats in need can be so depressing, and I completely understand your anger and frustration. The shelters around here (NY/NJ) are USELESS - and to boot, the people are often just mean.

I'm so glad members of The Cat Site were able to help you and your wife help this little one.

I know she needs a home, but hubby and I just wanted to send our thanks for going to such lengths with the resources you do have for keeping her alive.

You're ALL angels.

I shouldn't have said the shelters around here are useless. It's not their fault there are so many cats and kittens in need.

Thank you everyone. The little girl is doing better and better now. Her belly isn't looking as sunken in anymore either. Last night she ate a WHOLE plate of food! She still is more reluctant to drink water though, but she seems to be getting enough.
I am sorry if I came across as being unappreciative of the local shelters. I know they are doing their best and are overcrowded right now, I was more angry and their lack of desire to even help me find the right way to go with her. I truly felt like they thought I was just a bother! And even more I was angry at the local vets. But I'm not going to go into that again. I'm just happy now that she's doing better, I get paid tomorrow so vet care will be coming very soon, and hopefully we'll find a loving furever home for her soon. She's such an attention hog!

I'm extremely thankful for all the help and support I received on this board. THANK YOU!

rmfjovi, I really can appreciate how frustrating it was for you, trying to find some help for this little girl. I'm glad she's eating again and happy that she likes being where she is so much, even if it is temporary.

Thankyou to you for your persistence - I know what it's like to literally be down to your last dollar. You are an

Just an update. The little girl (Chaos) is doing MUCH better. She is in perfect health and is walking around socializing now. She's a little piggy kitty too! She eats a lot and although she's still thin, she's a healthy thin now, not a starving thin like before. She is the biggest lap cat too! She HAS to be on someone all the time. She'll sit on my shoulder when I'm on the computer or watching tv! And wow! She's purrs SOOOOO loud too! She's such a love! Unfortunately we still can't keep her (even though she's playing with one of the other cats) Our roommate left (and took her 4 cats with her, so now we have 3 including Chaos) and now we can't afford the house we're renting so we have to move to an apartment. Unfortunately the apartment will only allow 1 cat. Which means that the cat we were cat-sitting will have to go to Tucson to my friends parents house, and Chaos HAS to find a home by September 1st. THAT"S going to be tough.
But at least she's doing a LOT better now!

Just wanted to share this picture of her too. If anyone is interested in having the sweetest little girl around just let me know!

She is so cute. I wish I had room for one more

rmfjovi, I'm so glad Chaos is so happy and healthy. Good luck in finding a new home for her, she's such a sweetie, she'll probably find a home really quickly.

Again, you are an for taking her in and making her better.

What area are you in? You might also want to start a new thread in SOS asking if someone can give this sweet little girl a home.

Thanks! That's a great idea! I just did it.

We can keep her!!!!! I am so happy!

Yay! I'm so happy to hear that you get to keep her, she sounds like a great cat and it sounded like you were really starting to get attatched to her! LOL I don't blame you she's a real beauty.