Kittens;)

Ginny said:

 
What about unflavored Pedialyte?  Is that ok to use with kittens?

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Yes.  Good idea.  

They don't  have a   mom!!! Theyre     orphans  saved  from the   street!

pumpkinkitten said:

 
They don't  have a   mom!!! Theyre     orphans  saved  from the   street!

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I was afraid of that.  You are doing a great job so far.   Ginny is right that they might need to eat more frequently than they are now.  They should be fed every two hours round the clock if they are very young.  It's an exhausting thing, bottle raising kittens but the rewards are great.  Bless you for taking these little orphans in and working so hard to save them.  

One bit of advice I've heard from the Kitten Lady on youtube is to use a hand sanitizer frequently especially with the tiny ones because their immune systems haven't developed yet.  I'm not sure if that would help in your situation with the same illness being passed from one kitten to another, but it can't hurt.  Maybe use different nipples with each kitten?  If you can...

Do you weigh them daily to make sure they are gaining?

Are they going pee and poo regularly?

They all did   like  after  every meal or  when woke up ive  changed loads o f   sheets they peed on!! even  peed  over me !!

Poo too?

You mentioned milk coming from their noses in your first post, am I reading this correctly? Did this happen while they were eating or shortly after? What position are the kittens in when you are feeding them..belly up or down?

Yes  this is how  the  weakest  died  second  day but he didnt eat anything  as much as  i tried in first place.....!!  had this issue  milk comming out  no appetite, not moving not  crying...he didnt  survive...otherwise  a  whole  wek  was  ok  kittens  ate so far  sadly  the other   baby just  crossed the rainbow  bridge  died in the sheets...the girl whosn   third  weak shes      still   pulling thro  ates     and  doesnt get milk out of the nose...  2 others  are still strong but  these are the biggest ones..the  strongest  trio!!!!!

using heating pad  and  many towels  so they can snuggle   in  ..baby girl whosweak gets under my  robe, she   pooped over me but i dont worry about that...other  2  survivors  are  still acting normal  eat  good   walk around  and play with my hair...their body temperature is       warmer than the  weaker  girl  so trying to keep the  weakest       one     more  wrapped     

What position are they in when you feed them? Belly up or belly down?

however the other kittens  are sneezing too    even the  biggest  msot healthy boy who  today also had  his first piece of  chicken..cooked  chicken  that i left for  the big   cat and he  diidntt  eat...so the  biggest  kitten .he had  a very   small few  pieces...h started  eating by himself!ive took care of  babies before but ive neve r had  so amny getting  weak in sucha  short time

I have concern that the two kittens that have passed aspirated milk. This would explain the milk coming from their noses and the fact that they went down hill so quickly.

weakest ones  down on  their  belly  while  wrapped up in the  towel..., strongest ones   go up and  able  to stand now .. stilll and  they dont  choke or have  problems  so far..never had   the  healthiest ones. the biggest one  even    could jump  a  bit to the  edge of bed and climb up to  me    to steal  the   bottle...girl is doing better  shes warmer now and  had some milk...

I see things that might be going wrong.

The first one is when milk comes out of the bottle too fast, they will inhale some, even a drop inhaled will cause pneumonia and death.

So first thing is be sure the milk does not come out too fast.

If you hold a full bottle upside down does it come running out?

If so, the hole is too big.

At their age it can come out in drops, but NEVER more like a stream.

The next thing is, you should never allow a kitten so young tell you they don't feel like eating. They are still very fragile and will go downhill in a day of not enough food.

Standard amount needed daily can be measured by weight of kitten. For every ounce of weight, kitten NEEDS 8 mls of milk, per day.

So a 10 ounce kitten will need 80 mls per day to provide adequate nutrition.

They should have a warm place to sleep and snuggle, a heating pad on low covered with a towel works well, especially when put in a box, keep one area unheated in case they need to escape the heat and cool off.

Now, sneezing means mom, who by the way did not abandon them, she is likely feral and hiding from humans, who came across her babies and took them thinking they have no momma. Not true at all.

Mom likely has/had a uri which they will now have.

They will all get it but to different degrees.

If a kitten gets a stuffy nose he will not eat. Sorry baby, you're eating anyway. If stuffy you can sit them in a steamy bathroom for 10-15 mins to loosen up their noses.

While a uri is a cold and a virus, young kittens are vulnerable for it going bad and becoming bacterial/pneumonia.

This is why they should get clavamox, it will keep that bacteria from invading them and keep pneumonia away, while their little systems work on the virus, which they are not so good at just yet due to age and very immature systems.

Often times kittens with uri's have a mild bacterial infection in their eyes.

This should never be ignored, it easily gets out of control and becomes a big threat to their eyes.

So i went to the  vets  and they had to have  IV  righ  away  later vet  said its some kind of  virus  that  might have   affected kittens  slowly and all off sudden  they would of  die..The  vet gave me  antibiotics i can add to  daily  milk...  2 died..3  survivors..2  still strong...last   baby barely pulled  trho...she  can only survice  with loads of     heating pad   ...but she  already went  from   not eating to slowly  eating..so  i hope  you  guys  keep  prayers up and good wibes to the  baby who still struggles. the vet also said this virus   can kill kittens and  affect other cats too..and  for very young kittens it cna take a few hours no matter what you do...;/

only  2  left    alive  even   with meds..vet  said  the  weakest  had 50/50  tp   survive  kept  him        warm but he   ate  so less his  weight  droped very  fast  he  got  2x  smaller  than others  i  feel like a  kitten  murderer  now;/    3  dead  in   2  days........

Gosh I'm really sorry another kitten died.  You've tried your best though.  I'm so sorry.  I hope the other two will make it!  

They must eat whether they resist it or not, when they are weak they don't want to eat I know, but it's too easy for them to die otherwise.

Needing an IV right away tells me they needed to be pushed to eat. It takes time and patience to force feed a kitten when they don't want it, because forcing doesn't mean the way it sounds, it means continuing to syringe small amts in to their cheek area sometimes over a half hours time, slowly and continuously.

If they have the panleukopenia virus which is the cat version of puppy parvo, they will likely all die, did she mention this virus?

Only  2  babies  left  but they seem to be  doing well! Theyre  eating  a  lot and seem to be active as well...Some praysrs needed  that they will be able to  fight the  illness. Vet said they are able to  pull thro.

Hello!  my  kittens a  few  days ago started to lick milk froma  plate,  but then stopped and  went back to the bottle  feeding (theyre  both   4weeks old  and  they know how to eat froma  plate but for some reason wont  lick the milk up..besides they keep destroying nipples all the time...i have no idea tried  to   put some in their   mouth they lick it off idk spoiled or  lazy or  both?  and  why if they were able to drink  why stopped?