*back story*
Wednesday June 17th my fiancé found an orphan kitten under the porch. The day before (Tuesday) around 3pm he woke up hearing a cry (he works 3rds) and just thought it was a bird and thought nothing of it...But come wednesday morning, pouring rain, he heard a kitten crying and pulled her from the mud. She was the only one.
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Now, we've been doing our best at this newborn kitten care...Wednesday we started feeding every 2 hours (we estimate kitten is maybe 1 week old) and she struggled at first but a feeding around 11pm that night, she took the bottle like a champ! And continues to do very well! As well as urinating each time, a pale yellow.
Kitty seems to be doing really well. She's getting bigger/filling out and were spacing her meals out every 3-4 hours using a powdered formula. Brand bought from Walmart on short notice.
Here are my areas of concern because I'm sitting here at work while my fiancé tends to her. We have a vet appointment today at 5:00. And I'm nervous!!
•she has not pooped yet and it's day 3. I stimulate and massage and nothing.. I'm hoping vet will get her to poo for us.
•she has fleas, not a lot I noticed but I've seen 1 or 2 crawling and she has some black gritty spots in her fur that I think are flea eggs.
•she also has small yellow-like eggs in her ears. Not deep inside but just the outer edges. I spent a lot of time last night picking them out and destroying them.
Will the vet be able to help her with these? Fleas? Possibly ear mites? I haven't tried bathing her yet because I want the vets opinion first...I've just try to pick off what I see:/
I'm so nervous for the vet because other than what I've written she's doing amazingly well...she even purrs after every feeding now!
She's been so much work, and my fiancé and I have no pets...we had intended on actually getting a puppy after the wedding but this lil kitty had found her way to us and we're obsessed! We want her to continue to thrive and do well.
I just hope the vet can treat her...I don't want bad news. I've never dealt with such a fragile kitten before...I've always had elderly cats in my life.. Nothing this young or small.
Just venting/looking for hope that the vet can treat her.
Thanks for reading! I've gotten a lot of great advice from this site so I thank you all.
Wednesday June 17th my fiancé found an orphan kitten under the porch. The day before (Tuesday) around 3pm he woke up hearing a cry (he works 3rds) and just thought it was a bird and thought nothing of it...But come wednesday morning, pouring rain, he heard a kitten crying and pulled her from the mud. She was the only one.
****
Now, we've been doing our best at this newborn kitten care...Wednesday we started feeding every 2 hours (we estimate kitten is maybe 1 week old) and she struggled at first but a feeding around 11pm that night, she took the bottle like a champ! And continues to do very well! As well as urinating each time, a pale yellow.
Kitty seems to be doing really well. She's getting bigger/filling out and were spacing her meals out every 3-4 hours using a powdered formula. Brand bought from Walmart on short notice.
Here are my areas of concern because I'm sitting here at work while my fiancé tends to her. We have a vet appointment today at 5:00. And I'm nervous!!
•she has not pooped yet and it's day 3. I stimulate and massage and nothing.. I'm hoping vet will get her to poo for us.
•she has fleas, not a lot I noticed but I've seen 1 or 2 crawling and she has some black gritty spots in her fur that I think are flea eggs.
•she also has small yellow-like eggs in her ears. Not deep inside but just the outer edges. I spent a lot of time last night picking them out and destroying them.
Will the vet be able to help her with these? Fleas? Possibly ear mites? I haven't tried bathing her yet because I want the vets opinion first...I've just try to pick off what I see:/
I'm so nervous for the vet because other than what I've written she's doing amazingly well...she even purrs after every feeding now!
She's been so much work, and my fiancé and I have no pets...we had intended on actually getting a puppy after the wedding but this lil kitty had found her way to us and we're obsessed! We want her to continue to thrive and do well.
I just hope the vet can treat her...I don't want bad news. I've never dealt with such a fragile kitten before...I've always had elderly cats in my life.. Nothing this young or small.
Just venting/looking for hope that the vet can treat her.
Thanks for reading! I've gotten a lot of great advice from this site so I thank you all.
