Hello! I'm an experienced foster mama. I have bottle fed and raised many kittens, anywhere from a week to 8 weeks old. Being the only person at my job (I'm a vet tech at an inner city shelter) willing to take orphaned kitties home and raise them, i was not surprised when one of the drivers handed me a baby kitten. The moment I unwrapped her from the towel, I realized this is the youngest kitten I have ever had to raise. Her umbilical cord still attached, eyes closed and being half the size of the palm of my hand, I estimated her (I'm pretty sure it's a her) at being 1 - 2 days old. It's now day three of me taking care of her so she's about 5 days old. Now for my question............
She is doing really well so far, eats about every three hours, maybe 4-5 mLs of KMR each feeding, has a little bit of a runny stool............and this is where I run into a small problem...It is really hard to stimulate her. I expected the runny stool ( KMR does that to a kitten) so I give her about 3Mls of fluids three times a day. But she's still not peeing as much as she should be. And she gets sooooo upset if I stimulate her, wiggling and mewing. I put olive oil on her bottom, thinking it might be irritated with no result. My dear vet friend sees nothing physically wrong with her. I just don't know........I use a warm cotton ball, stimulate her after she eats. I just have never had this problem before. So, if anybody has ANY suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of fact any suggestions about kittens this young would be cool. Thank You ;-)
She is doing really well so far, eats about every three hours, maybe 4-5 mLs of KMR each feeding, has a little bit of a runny stool............and this is where I run into a small problem...It is really hard to stimulate her. I expected the runny stool ( KMR does that to a kitten) so I give her about 3Mls of fluids three times a day. But she's still not peeing as much as she should be. And she gets sooooo upset if I stimulate her, wiggling and mewing. I put olive oil on her bottom, thinking it might be irritated with no result. My dear vet friend sees nothing physically wrong with her. I just don't know........I use a warm cotton ball, stimulate her after she eats. I just have never had this problem before. So, if anybody has ANY suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of fact any suggestions about kittens this young would be cool. Thank You ;-)
