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...yesterday was a GREAT day for the kittens. Both my male and female who are starting week 6 today had gotten the hang of eating soft food from a bowl. The female has 100% litter-pan accuracy, the male about 60%.
They ate a soft food meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner and a small bottle (1 TBS) before bedtime. They had gained to 13 ounces and are now on the lower-level of "normal". They were seriously malnourished after their mother left them sometime during week 2 or 3.
This morning, they soiled the nest in a HUGE way. I can't believe all of that diarrhea came out of 2 tiny kittens. They were de-wormed last week and were making solid stools at this point.
They ate soft food for breakfast, and again at lunch. Dinner time, they were not interested in eating. They climbed up my lap and each one took turns getting down and squirting into the litter pan. Each one "went" about 3 times each in within that 1 1/2 hour time period. They just layed in my lap, clearly uncomfortable.
They have perked up a little in the hours since and were wrestling in the nest. But, they haven't left the nest all day.
I weighed them and they had each lost 1/2 ounce since last night.
I offer water in a bowl and in a "hamster water bottle". I've never seen either of them drink in the 3 weeks since I found them.
Should I give a bottle tonight? Should I go back to the bottle in the morning or keep on with the soft food?
They ate a soft food meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner and a small bottle (1 TBS) before bedtime. They had gained to 13 ounces and are now on the lower-level of "normal". They were seriously malnourished after their mother left them sometime during week 2 or 3.
This morning, they soiled the nest in a HUGE way. I can't believe all of that diarrhea came out of 2 tiny kittens. They were de-wormed last week and were making solid stools at this point.
They ate soft food for breakfast, and again at lunch. Dinner time, they were not interested in eating. They climbed up my lap and each one took turns getting down and squirting into the litter pan. Each one "went" about 3 times each in within that 1 1/2 hour time period. They just layed in my lap, clearly uncomfortable.
They have perked up a little in the hours since and were wrestling in the nest. But, they haven't left the nest all day.
I weighed them and they had each lost 1/2 ounce since last night.
I offer water in a bowl and in a "hamster water bottle". I've never seen either of them drink in the 3 weeks since I found them.
Should I give a bottle tonight? Should I go back to the bottle in the morning or keep on with the soft food?