Very ill Feral Kitten

Hey Everyone,

This evening a kitten, my guess is 8 weeks old, was found outside my barn hiding under something, at first we thought he was dead but he did make slight movements when we started to move him. He is in VERY rough shape, he is horribly skinny , he did soil himself and sadly there was a small amount of red blood in his stool this was a very small/runny amount of stool, his bum does not look right at all, and he does seem to be leaking from his rear a bit, a clear mucasy fluid? we have brought him to the house and given him some water that had kitten kibble soaking in it with a straw, his gums are pale and his feet are cold so we set up a heating pad underneath him. he is extremley listless, not much eye movement, he breaths and swallows and occasionally rolls his head, after the fluid he started to move a bit more and even made a few faint noises. is there anything else I can do for this little soul? I know chances are very low that he will survive the night but I want to do everything I can. I am also worried this is a contagious illness rather than injury (as there are no visible signs of trauma other then maybe the small amount of blood in his stool) because I also have 3, 5 week old kittens in the house that were found under a cottage near by, we have kept them seperate in another part of the house, are very diligent about washing hands and even changing clothes to avoid possible contaminaton.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thank you

Sadly he passed away shortly after I posted this  Living in the country there are many feral cats and I hope I never find a kitten in this condition again but if I do I now know how to better care for it, thank you again

Michelle Epping said:

 
Thank you for your response, Sadly he passed away shortly after I posted this  Living in the country there are many feral cats and I hope I never find a kitten in this condition again but if I do I now know how to better care for it, thank you again

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Warming up, and doing what you did - including strict qarantene - was good.

A couple of more advices in such cases: 

pedialyte is always useful.  bought pedialyte; best is a flavorless pedialyte for babies.

Home-made - best is if it contains glucose sugar and different salts.  If its difficult for you to get real glucose sugar, honey is fine.

And easiest way to get a blend of different nice salts is to have a bottle of minerale water!  Its on the label what salts it contains...  But in a pinch common kitchen salt is OK to begin with.

So,  you take a 33cc  bottle of minerale water, mix in  it a soup spoon of honey, so its vaguely sweet, and voilá!  You have a terrific basic homemade pedialyte.

Such pedialyte is useful for both humans and cats, every time they have diarrheas, and or much throwings, or are weak or even dying...

Smear a little of thick glucose water / honey water on lips and gum - it gives quick energy to a weak, letharic kitten...   As glucose goes into blood already from the mouth, it doesnt need to be digested.

If you have access to goats milk, is always useful.  Raw is best, but bottled / powdered are OK...

These recipes wouldnt save this poor soul.  He was too far gone.   But such recipes, and vigorous loving attitude, may turn around surprising many badly sick cats and kittens.

Anyway, this poor kitten got love and care the last hours of his life.  And now, tx to you, his soul rests in peace.

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