Need info help ASAP!!!!

Today when my son went out to feed and water Bandit(our pup) he came runiing into the house hollering.It scared the you know what out of me.First thought,pup was hurt or worse......second there was something dead in the yard.
But, guess what I saw as soon as I walked out the door and looked?2 sets of eyes!!! LITTLE eyes!So, on further looking, there were 6 KITTENS in his dog house. OMG!!! Where is the Mommy?I am 99% sure she is the cat that we saw laying beside the road dead.
These babies are soooooooooooo young!!! I mean old enough to have JUST opened their eyes and started walking.They're about the size of my hand.
I know NOTHING about raising orphan babies.Only what I've read here.I got some goats milk,eye droppers (store was out of bottles),pouch kitten food,hard kitten food-which I added warm water to,a small litter pan and some litter.They are in my garden tub with a pillow to lay on,foods and water with them.I will feed them every 2 hours?!Right?
What else should I know?I'll add some pics in a few.I have to add them to my photo bucket first.I brought them in the house,bathed them as they were fly larva INFESTED,towel dried them. Fed them and now they are resting all snug in a ball.
ANY help will be VERY VERY much appreciated!!!!

OK, first of all, take a deep breath.

Then go straight to www.kitten-rescue.com . There you ill see lots and lots of information on how to care for these little ones.

I'm guessing it is hot where you are at the moment?

Home-made Pedialyte
1 cup water (boiled then cooled)
Small pinch of baking soda
Small pinch of Salt
2 teaspoons of sugar
Mix all ingredients well. Make sure the mixture has been slightly warmed before feeding to your kitten. The mixture will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Feed 1ml (1cc) every half an hour for the first two hours using a dropper or feeding syringe. Also make sure your kitten is on his tummy and not his back when you feed. Feed very slowly so the fluid does not go down the wrong tube and choke your kitten.

If you can take a picture and maybe post it, I will be able to help you out with how old they are.

Home-made kitten formula (Kitten Glop)
8 ounces water (boiled then cooled)
1 envelope Knox unflavored gelatin
8 ounces whole evaporated milk (not skim)
2 tablespoons mayonnaise (not low fat)
2 tablespoons plain yogurt (not low fat)
1 large or 2 small eggs yolks (raw)
1 teaspoon clear Karo syrup
* 1-3 drops liquid pet vitamins
* 1 capsule acidophilus
* 1 drop Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE)
* Optional, though very beneficial.
Boil the water, add the gelatin and mix well. Add the following ingredients in order, mixing well after each addition:

1/2 of the canned milk
Mayonnaise and Yogurt
Rest of the milk
All other ingredients

You can substitute canned goat's milk for the canned evaporated milk, if you prefer it. This mixture will keep in the fridge for up to four days. It is jello-like in consistency in the fridge so you can just scoop out as much as you need and warm. It can also be frozen in ice cube trays and defrosted as needed. You can find pet vitamins at a pet store or your vet, and acidophilus and GSE in the liquid form at a good health food store.

If you prefer, you can use this recipe permanently, instead of a commercially available kitten formula. If you are using a commercial formula, add a quarter of a teaspoon of full fat yogurt to the first bottle of each day. This will aid in your kitten's digestion.

If they are just old enought to have opened their eyes, they wil not be able to eat the pouched food or dry food (even when made into a moosh with warm water) for a few weeks yet.

I am betting they have fleas. Fleas can be deadly in young kittens. When you get a minute LOL, check on the colour of the kitten's gums. If they are whitish, greyish or a very light pink, they may be anaemic because of the fleas. Once we work out how old they are, you can click on the link on the web site or here: http://www.kitten-rescue.com/parasites.html to see how to treat fleas.

Donb't forget, you will need to stimulate them to go to the toilet. They may have full bladders and bowels. Click on the link called Pooping and Peeing on the web site to see how to do this.

You mentioned a litter pan and litter. It sounds like they are too young to use that for now. Just a note, make sure that when they do start to use the litter pan that you only use non-clumping clay litter or a wheat or newspaper based one. Part of their learning means that they will eat the litter as they explore it, so it's important to use a litter that won't harm them.

Their poor little gums are light pink.There looks to be 2 runts.As far as we can tell, there are 4 girls and 2 males.
grey tiger stripped-with little bit of Calico on it's face (girl)
2 mostly black with some Calico in them (girls)
darker grey-almost black with Calico on it's face (girl)
2 all black (males)
As soon as my stupid dial up down loads the pics, I'll add them!!

Thank you SOOOO much for your help!!!

You're welcome. They sound very sweet.

I only use Tidy Cats Multiple cat litter.
Here's one of the black boys

girls



I'll post the rest of the pics in another post.

Yes, it is VERY hot here!!! With the heat index, it's about 105.I don't see fleas, but they had fly eggs all over them,They were dirty and are burr covered.So, I sit and slowly try to get them off of them.

They look to be 3 1/2 to 4 weeks old. They will be ready for the litter pan.

I'm not familiar with tidy cats litter. What is it made of?

Needless to say,Blaze (who is spayed) and Neela (also spayed) are NOT too happy about having Corwin (to young to neuter--8 weeks old) here and now I add in these orphan babies.
We saw a cat dead on the road on Friday!!! Surely these babies couldn't have gone that long without food/water/milk?!!
I was so suprised to see these babies in the pups dog house.He must have found them and tried to care for them.Or they saw him and thought he would feed them

Make sure that your babies and these little ones are kept separate so that they cannot pass anything on to each other.

It's a none clumping cat litter. Not sure what it's made of?

All of my babies are not allowed in our room right now.I have the bathroom door and our bedroom door shut.As I'm still trying to get Blaze and Neela use to having Corwin here.We just adopted him yesterday

Ahhhh, that makes things a bit more difficult!

With the litter, as long as it doesn't have deodorisers and isn't perfumed, it should be OK.

Thank you sooooo very much for your help!!! I sooooo appreciate it
I am new to this and want to do right by them.

Any time. If you need to, you can e-mail me at [email protected] .

I'm sure you will do fine. It's not easy but very rewarding.

Thank you!!! I will probably take you up on your offer if I should have any more questions. I am hoping they thrive and can find them wonderful homes when they are 12 weeks old.
I can't thank you enough.Thanks again!!!

With it being so hot, make sure you keep their fluids up so they don't get dehydrated. They will need about 3 dropper-fuls of water or that home-made pedialyte every 4 hours, as well as the formula. Feed the formula first and then the water.