How many mL of KMR should a 7 week old kitten drink?

My kitten Bubbles, around 7 weeks old is currently dehydrated, weak, and won't eat, she also has diarrhea. On Tuesday night, she was pretty much completely limp, yet she would still get up every hour or so and run around like crazy looking for food, kitten food, adult cat food, milk, she drank kmr with liquid sugar from a bowl. The next day, she seemed to have got her energy back after eating lots, I thought maybe she was just really hungry and tired the day before, she even played with toys, but was still a bit disoriented and tired. the next day, she stopped eating, but was still drinking, this is when the mushy poop turned to diarrhea, and she just laid around. Her gums were also pale. The vet was closed so I had to wait until today to take her, they cleaned out her ears and put ear mite drops in them, cleaned her from fleas. They said she was really dehydrated, so she injected liquid under her skin that would be absorbed for today. They also gave her antibiotics there and some for me to take home in case she is sick with anything. It's been about 7 hours since the vet, I think the liquid they injected is all gone now, her skin is still kind of slow to pull back but not as bad, she still won't eat anything, and I haven't seen her drink. I used a syringe to give her water, and also some gravy sauce in a wet cat food, while waiting for my mom to get more KMR. Well, how much KMR should I give her? I forgot to ask and the vet went out of town today.  Also any ideas what's wrong? I think it's odd how crazy she was for food yet completely limp when she laid down. Now she isn't limp but still lays down pretty much constantly, and isn't interested in any food. I just forcefed her about 7mL of KMR

There are so many things that could be wrong with her that it isnt possible to even hazard a guess.  If she is dehydrated, then you should dilute the KMR twice as much as it suggests on the can for the mixing directions, as the directions are mainly for very small orphaned kittens.  The other thing that sometimes helps is to make your own chicken broth, not the canned kind tht has no nutrition in it, but get some chicken and boil it gently in water with a little salt until it falls off the bone and the bones get soft.  then cool it, remove the bones and skin etc. and give her some of that.  If it's boiled down like tht, it has a lot of protein AND they usually like it.  If she will eat it you can add some cooed rice to it.  If not you may want to give her  a little extra sugar to get her blood sugar up.  It sounds like she should be going back to the vet.

I got some Gatorade and force fed her that, she's now drinking milk from the mom and also drinking water, she tried to eat some hard cat food but I guess she was too weak to chew it, I tried giving her 4 different kinds of wet food, I rubbed it in her mouth and she still wasn't interested in it. She's still sleeping a lot but not hiding. I think the antibiotics are working. 

Rather than Gatorade, you should feed her plain baby Pedialyte, the clear one.

Yes, use pedialyte not Gatorade. Try some gerber turkey baby food. Most cats love it. Let us know how she is doing tomorrow.

I would have used Pedialyte, but the only store open at the time didn't have it. I'm going to get some when I can. 

@LordOfTheCats   I copied this from another thread.  To make up for the missing minerals, you can use mineral water if you have it.

Regarding homemade, I had a vet once tell me that the home recipes were incomplete because they were lacking all the minerals (for example, potassium), but that it will be okay in an emergency.

I just did a search for recipes and a lot of sites give this formula, saying that it's from the World Health Organization.

* 1 cup water (boiled then cooled)

* 2 tsp sugar

* 1/8 tsp salt

* 1/8 tsp baking soda

So, I searched the WHO site and it has a different recipe, one that has potassium and citrate (and is more involved):

To answer your original question, a kitten needs 8ml/cc per ounce during a 24 hr period.  Since you are also feeding wet food you'll need to adjust depending how much you are feeding.

I just buried her  I thought she was getting better since she was drinking milk and water fine, but yesterday morning she vomited brown liquid with what looked fuzzy hair in it, she didn't vomit anymore after that though. I gave her about a 1/6 of a pepcid AC, after reading about stomach ulcers. She never got better, and last night she couldn't hold herself up and couldn't even open her eyes. I knew it wouldn't be long then I don't think the vet even cared much since she was a kitten, she just said she was acting this way because she was dehydrated, even though I told her she was dehydrated because she was sick, not the other way around. The assistant even said her gums were white but the vet insisted they were still pink. 

LordOfTheCats said:

 
I just buried her  I thought she was getting better since she was drinking milk and water fine, but yesterday morning she vomited brown liquid with what looked fuzzy hair in it, she didn't vomit anymore after that though. I gave her about a 1/6 of a pepcid AC, after reading about stomach ulcers. She never got better, and last night she couldn't hold herself up and couldn't even open her eyes. I knew it wouldn't be long then I don't think the vet even cared much since she was a kitten, she just said she was acting this way because she was dehydrated, even though I told her she was dehydrated because she was sick, not the other way around. The assistant even said her gums were white but the vet insisted they were still pink. 

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Im very sorry to hear this.

Tx for your caring for this little sis of ours, and giving her love and care!

RIP little one.

Re the peculiar vet answers.  I think he gave up hopes, and waited for the end which he saw was nearing.  But by some reason, he didnt dared to say it straight.

He prob though, she wasnt suffering, and could fade on her own...  A pts wasnt necessary.

To say the truth, human doctors have often difficult to say the end is nearing now.  I have heard examples told, when the relatives being at the hospital saw the death was coming, and it was just to phone arount the relatives to come to the death bed, and take the last farewell.   But doctors pretended; oh tomorrow we shall do this examination, and next week this.    A true example told by one of these relatives....

I'm so sorry Bubbles didn't make it.  You did everything you could for her. 

I'm so sorry Bubbles died and feel for your heartbreak.  It's possible she had panleukopenia, which is fatal for most kittens.  The symptoms she had including the pale gums sound exactly like it, and the way she passed suddenly is typical of that disease.  If she was not yet vaccinated against it, that's very likely.  Once they have it, there is very little that can be done to save them when they are that young, so it may help you to know that there's nothing more you could have done to change the outcome.  She had a short life, but she knew love.  You may want to write a memorial to her in our Crossing The Bridge forum when you feel up to it.

So sorry to read this news. The TCS team offers our condolences on your loss.  We will close the thread now as a sign of respect.  Please consider posting a tribute to your little one in our Crossing the Bridge forum:  http://www.thecatsite.com/f/19/crossing-the-bridge