Mama won't feed the kittens

My kitten is refusing to be fed also. Could you please help me with suggestions. I already lost 2..dont want to lose this one [emoji]128546[/emoji][emoji]128546[/emoji]

Hasnaa said:

My kitten is refusing to be fed also. Could you please help me with suggestions. I already lost 2..dont want to lose this one [emoji]128546[/emoji][emoji]128546[/emoji]

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Please, tell more about the exact situation.  Are they orphans?  If not, is momma taking care of them?

How old are they?   What gears do you have?

What had you tried so far?

Anyways,  if you can get  raw goat milk, its always useful, and verry good.   Regular goat milk in bottles or in powder, should  work too,

Of the different brands of kmr, that made by PetAg, called for KMR, in powder is the best.

Try also to get home glucose sugar = dextrose.  If its difficult, try to get white caro syrup (called often for Karo).   If you cant, honey, or even melass or sugar syrup...

These are useful to perk up fading kittens, by smearing a little on their gum.   Also useful when making home made pedialyte.

Keep the kitten warm,  carrying it at your chest help much here.

Please come back with reports!   Good luck!

Actually, the mother do not take care of them. 2 already died, 1 has survived. But he refused to take bottle while feeding him. I am already giving him goat milk. When i see that he is weak i mix a little glucose in water and give him. I try to warm a a big towel every 30 mins and wrap him into it. I just hope he make it.

Hasnaa said:

Actually, the mother do not take care of them. 2 already died, 1 has survived. But he refused to take bottle while feeding him. I am already giving him goat milk. When i see that he is weak i mix a little glucose in water and give him. I try to warm a a big towel every 30 mins and wrap him into it. I just hope he make it.

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I see you are doing everthing correctly by what you write.  With the weak ones, its often easier to use a needleless syringe, or even a dropper, tummy down, corner of the mouth, etc...

If he still is difficult, it may be easier to, lay a towel on a table, the kitten on the towel, so its comfy, you held they kitten by the scruff in the above postition, and slowly squeese the milk in the corner of the mouth...    Another variation may be to wrap it in a towel like a burrito, so he cant wriggle.

As heat source; have a socket filled with rice, and warm it up in micro - perhaps 5 minutes, you will see.  Wrap in the socket in a towel so no risk for too hot...

OR carry at your chest, as long as you can...

Is the kitten fully made or premature? hairy or partly hairless?  The premature are always a fight uphill - but you had already payed the toll, so hopefully this one is the fighter, the survivor to be.

You can also have glucose in the goat milk if you so wish, stir and warm up to body temp...

Glucose you can also smear on his gum - it goes directly to blood already in the mouth, no need to digest it first.

The amount on every day is 8 ml goat milk/OZ=30g / day.   So a normal weigh newborn, 90 gram, will need 3x8 ml  goat milk or kmr a day...

Given say every 2 hours,  will be 2 ml each time, and 24 ml together...

The raise a day shall be minimum 6g a day for a smallish one, 8-10 for a normal weight one, as minimum...

Please proceed to report, and ask questions.

Many of these links have been readied by our forumist  Red Top Rescue:

We have a good collection of articles in the Cat Health section which you can access by scrolling up to the brown bar, clicking on Articles,and then choosing the Cat Health section and scrolling through the choices.  To make this super easy for you, I am copying the links regarding birth, delivery and newborns for you here.  After reading this information, let us know if you have any more questions.  And good luck with your approaching new arrivals.

 Birth, Delivery and Newborns

How to Tell if My Cat is Pregnant?

Cat Pregnancy

How Do I Know When My Cat Will Give Birth?

Pregnant Cat? What to Prepare For the Birth

Help! My Cat is Having Kittens!

Premature Kittens

Post-Birth Complications in Cats

And also:

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/kitten-development-stages-illustrated-guide

http://www.icatcare.org/advice/my-cat-having-kittens     ( This is a link to a group of articles on cat pregnancy, birth and kittens.   Read the ones on normal cat birth and on " when to wait and when to worry"  )  

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/hand-rearing-kittens

http://www.kitten-rescue.com/
http://www.kittenrescue.org/index.php/cat-care/kitten-care-handbook/
http://www.hdw-inc.com/glop.htm

Fleece or flannel good to use in the bedding for kittens.

I am sure there are some threads here you can read to help you. Here is one. http://www.thecatsite.com/t/197656/orphan-kittens-refusing-to-be-fed