Runt Kittens

O.k. so I have a micro kitten that I have been taking care of he is super tiny I haven't been having problems until today. Something kept telling me something wrong he still nurses on his mama but I also bottle feed at times he doesn't seem to want to eat and he just started hiccupping and it seems like it hurts him. He whines after each one. How do I help him

I have a kitten that is having issues right now he seems to be what I thought was having hiccups but it's not it looks like he's gasping for air I don't know what to do he's the micro Kitty meeting that he's extremely tiny runt what can I do I have no way to a vet

I'm afraid he may pass away. [emoji]128533[/emoji]

When a kitten is gasping for air it is a very bad sign.

There isn't much that can be done, unfortunately. It sounds like this tiny runt has problems that it was likely born with. I'm so sorry.

Please comfort the kitten as best you can. It sounds like he's with his mama.

M mandy t1981

Your kitten may have inhaled formula into its lungs. That results in pneumonia. It particularly happens in these tiny kittens. Or he may have a virus. Either way, he's having difficulty breathing and it's very painful.

He would need antibiotics to fight it, and he may not be strong enough. Can you get to a vet in the morning if he makes it through the night?

You can wrap him in a blanket and hold him in a steamy bathroom for a few minutes to see if it offers relief for the breathing.

How old is the kitten?

Mandy t1981 said:

I have a kitten that is having issues right now he seems to be what I thought was having hiccups but it's not it looks like he's gasping for air I don't know what to do he's the micro Kitty meeting that he's extremely tiny runt what can I do I have no way to a vet

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If it is pneumonia - which both SArthur and me suspect - it wont take long with such a small and weakish kitten.

But if he shall have any chance, sometimes they can be saved by a antibiotics.    You can perhaps find a vet whom is villing to prescribe you the antibiotics per telephon?  Phone in the recipe to nearest pharmacy, or such...  Especielly if you already were to the vet, perhaps with the momma...  You being thus his customer, if not his patient...

Otherwise, you had got very adequate advices...

Pneumonia by inhalation - very easily happens - or its him being micro which got him.  Many / Most micros dont make it, there comes a collapse sooner or later.  But if they reach adulthood, they may live many good years.

Please come with reports however it goes.

M mandy t1981

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