Kitten with bloated tummy

hello..
i have some question here. my friend gave me kitten which not open eyes yet. and the ears still folded. kitten mother gone. so i addopted the kitten. its been 4 days now. i bought pet nursing bottle and kitten milk on vet clinic. the probs is the kitten tummy getting bloating. i dont know hpw to reduce it. i made kitten pee everytime his woke up and feed him. 1st i dont know how to feed cos the vet said to me feed every 1-2 hours. so i did it but the bloating tummy make me worry now. his belly look round. what should i do to make the belly reduce? i dont know how to make the kitten poo. plz help me. i think the kitten about 1 week old or i dont know..

yulie said:

hello..
i have some question here. my friend gave me kitten which not open eyes yet. and the ears still folded. kitten mother gone. so i addopted the kitten. its been 4 days now. i bought pet nursing bottle and kitten milk on vet clinic. the probs is the kitten tummy getting bloating. i dont know hpw to reduce it. i made kitten pee everytime his woke up and feed him. 1st i dont know how to feed cos the vet said to me feed every 1-2 hours. so i did it but the bloating tummy make me worry now. his belly look round. what should i do to make the belly reduce? i dont know how to make the kitten poo. plz help me. i think the kitten about 1 week old or i dont know..

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I will write more in a while.  Perhaps others will also step in.

In the time I will ask a mod to make this your question into your own thread.  It will also be easier for you to give following questions.

What is the name, brand, on the kitten milk you got from the vet clinic?

Good luck!

i dont know but cos its on pack. but its write milkodog. and its powder milk

yulie said:

i dont know but cos its on pack. but its write milkodog. and its powder milk

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    yulie, could you give us a general idea of where you live?  Which country?

As someone who has rescued many young kittens the bloated tummy is often a side effect of having worms. Worms are very common in young kittens that are born outside/stray/feral, etc. I'm surprised your vet didn't check her for worms when you brought her in (its one of the first tests my Vet does in a rescued/street kitten simply because its so common). Visit the vet again. If it is worms, they can take a liquid by mouth that kills the worms within a month.
Good luck! Keep us posted!

yulie said:

hello.. i dont know how to make the kitten poo. plz help me.

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You can fetch some ideas for bloated tummy and making them poo,  from the tread "no BM in 5 days", which you see on this forum.   THAT kitten died, but it had others problems too...

BM= bowel movements...

A good tip is you weight the kitten every day.  Use an electronical scale measuring in grammes.   So you will easier see the development or not.

A good site is www.kitten-rescue.com, you can surely find many ideas there, including how to stimulate him pooing.

The kmr of milkodog seems OK when I googled.  It seems they use it much in Holland.  But if you can get goat milk - preferably fresh, its perhaps even better.

Good luck!

i live in malaysia

should i refer to vet clinic? i think i want to bring him tomorrow.... i am so panic. i hope he can poop tonight

If you can take him to a vet, that would be good.  Consider what Star Light said about worms, and have a look through the link StefanZ has given you.  Hopefully others can come with their ideas as well.  But I think a visit to a good vet tomorrow would be really advisable.

Keep us posted.

i took him to a cat mother whom born baby month ago and i keep him feeding for that cat.. if the cat keep feeding him still i need to see the vet clinic? the other cat not always can feed him

yulie said:

i took him to a cat mother whom born baby month ago and i keep him feeding for that cat.. if the cat keep feeding him still i need to see the vet clinic? the other cat not always can feed him

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If the other cat  is a good mom, it should help much.  Not only with the feeding, but also she is washing - AND help stimulating forward the poo.

As said,if you can get fresh goat milk, its good extra  when this foster mom cant give him enough.

Observe, moms usually ate the poo, so you will probably not see any poo.   But if you notice he seems OK, and the bloated tummy is lesser big - hurray....

The need to see the vet is somewhat lesser now, but if you do have possibility, it may be wise.  

If the vet is experienced with small kitens. Not all are.

You need still deworm him. So its is wise you get advice from the vet which one to use.  Some preparates sold in pet shops are dangerous!   So you must know exactly which are good.

We dont know what preparates you do have in Malaysia.

But most preparates arent good for small kittens, so the vet will prob wait with deworming at least one week more.  Probably even more - that depends on what preparates he has.

Good luck!

sorry late reply. i will take the kitten to vet clinic for good result. hopefully the kitten will be in good health. i went to check the kitten just now cos i put him with the cat mother. and i also held his tummy. the tummy didnt felt hard even its still full not like before. but i will still bring him to vet clinic for medical checkup
i read on other fact that if the milk powder i made tick maybe the poop are hard to come out. and asked to put some food oil or olive oil to the milk. so is it good or have other effect?

yulie said:

i read on other fact that if the milk powder i made tick maybe the poop are hard to come out. and asked to put some food oil or olive oil to the milk. so is it good or have other effect?

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Yes, you can try with having several drops of olive oil to the milk, for a mild relaxation.  It shouldnt be dangerous in any way.

Its true, it helps sometimes to have a little more water with the milk powder, to  get the poo going.  More diluted.   This is true on many brands of  kmr - even goat milk.

How is his urine? is it clea,r only weak yellow, or is is it dark yellow? 

  If it is dark yellow, he must have more water.   You can have more water with the milk powder, or put in some drops of water between the feedings.

As usual, him laying on the tummy, head up.  Like he is nursing from mom.

Good luck!  @yulie

but i dont have olive oil. i only have cook oil, is it help if i put it in his milk? his urine just lil bit yellow. just little yellow, its clear i guess..tonight i not bring him sleep. i let him sleep with the surroget mother. if his feeding with the surroget mother will the mother milk prosses the poop come out easily?

yulie said:

but i dont have olive oil. i only have cook oil, is it help if i put it in his milk? his urine just lil bit yellow. just little yellow, its clear i guess..tonight i not bring him sleep. i let him sleep with the surroget mother. if his feeding with the surroget mother will the mother milk prosses the poop come out easily?

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Good, so he is not  dehydrated.  He has enouth with water.

Yes, the surrogat moms milk should help him.   Also, her washing him should help to stimulate the poo, as I said earlier.

  The surrogat moms own kittens, they are one month older and much bigger  Do they let him nurse?

I guess you can use good quality  oil too other than olive oil.  Perhaps you can get oil from cocos  tree / nuts?    We dont use it much here in west, but its good, they say.

Good luck!  @yulie

ya the other kitten let him nurse. but i still keep on eye in a day if i let him nursing with that mother. i just took him from the surroget mom. last night i put him with them together until morning from 11pm to 6am. i took him after the surroget mom leave. my problem is the surroget mom dont want to giving feed frequiently in a day to him. thats why i took a step to nursing him with the bottle. i looked back to his tummy. i saw some yellow liquid in there. and his tummy still look round and full but not hard as yesterday. i still want to take him to vet clinic today to get more advice how to taking care this kitten.
few years ago i had kitten was left by her mother in a week age and i keep taking care of her until she's gone. but thats the old story and i forgot how to take care kitten cos its happen about 9 years now. she died at age 6 years old and now its been 3 years she leaved me. i really love her just like my daughter. and i will love tis kitten as my son. i will give everything i can. i had 3 cat now. 1 is female i adopt since she was under 1 month i guess. and 2nd i got from town. his big but he broke the leg, i dont know whom evil did it. so i took him back and rescue him from death. niw his doing fine

is it coconut oil? its easy to get here. i will find it.. thanks

i've been bring him to vet clinic this morning. the doc said the cat can live cos his healty strong. the tummy contain air and the yellow on his tummy has been remove. the doc advice to get some medicine oil add some cooking oil cos the medicine oil quiet hot. and apply to his tummy. if not, than take soap cut it and put in his but he must be poop. the doc said he can poop whenever he cant stand it. i hope soon..

Yes.   I think so.

thanks for sharing and give an opinion. my kitten just poop in few minutes ago. i feel glad about it. i feed him with surroget mother and sometimes with nursing bottle. but i made the milk not tick. so he can poop easily. i did everything i read here n there. i did everything the doc said. its all help.
thx friend