4-5 week old kitten advice

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Alright! Made the switch! She seems to like it but I'm gonna keep a close eye on her for a while to make sure it sits well.


She drank to here from about right in between 45ml and 30ml. Should I refrigerate the rest in the bottle for now and heat it up when she seems hungry again or is it okay sitting in my room?

Should I look out for anything? I really hope this settles well with her tummy.

PS. the purple blanket is on her because the milk dropping on her tends to make her fur wet and dry hard and sticky! :)
 
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You should refrigerate it and re-heat it when she's hungry again. She should not have any problems with the switch.
 

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It is allitle liquidy. Kittens have very sensitive stomachs and you just switched to a richer but better formula, it's not uncommon for their to be allitle bit of a runnier stool after a switch in formula. It's still.got some shape to it and she's going regularly so I wouldn't get to worried yet. Keep an eye on it though and make sure your weighing her and charting a positive weight gain. Any switch in food when their that young can cause their stool to be allitle off but it's still not a bad looking stool for her age.
 
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It is allitle liquidy. Kittens have very sensitive stomachs and you just switched to a richer but better formula, it's not uncommon for their to be allitle bit of a runnier stool after a switch in formula. It's still.got some shape to it and she's going regularly so I wouldn't get to worried yet. Keep an eye on it though and make sure your weighing her and charting a positive weight gain. Any switch in food when their that young can cause their stool to be allitle off but it's still not a bad looking stool for her age.
Okay thank you :) I'm letting her try 1 teaspoon of moist food and a couple squirts of milk to see if she would eat it and it looks like she's eating it up


Everyone- should i have waited to do this or will she be alright?
 

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She should be fine! She is probably hungry for solid food. It will be good for her. She needs it.
 
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Hi! Me again, Luna has been farting a lot lately, pretty smelly stuff, is this normal?
 

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I may have missed this, but has she been dewormed?
 
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Kittens are usually wormed at 8 weeks unless they need it earlier.
 
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Hey guys! Are her eye boogers normal? They look like red to me in real life but the vet told me don't worry until it turned green but eye discharge was normal. I don't want to have to go back because it was so much money but this almost looks concerning.
 
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She pooped again too ! Looks more formed than the last one. I don't know what that black thing is though. It looks like really dried out poop but I have no idea.
 

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Use a warm, damp cloth to clean the discharge from her eyes. It should be fine.
 

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With spring here now you might see this because the plants are coming out. Many cats have airborne allergies that are not really something to be worried about.
 

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Also do you crate her when you leave and when you sleep at night? If you don't she might have eaten a piece of plastic or something that's all I can think of for the black thing.
 
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Also do you crate her when you leave and when you sleep at night? If you don't she might have eaten a piece of plastic or something that's all I can think of for the black thing.
I don't! But she usually stays in bed with me unless she has to go to the litter box. I've been vacuuming a lot too so I'm not really sure what she could've gotten.
 
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With spring here now you might see this because the plants are coming out. Many cats have airborne allergies that are not really something to be worried about.
Even with her being an inside only cat this'll happen?
 
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