Help! Newborn Kitten Pooping Blood

[SecondChance20]

We run an animal rescue and got in two newborn kittens 3 days ago. The little girl is 112 grams and was eating 3ml every 3 hours. Today we upped it to 5ml every 3 1/2 hrs. I just went to feed her and she is pooping out blood. Really need help. Thank you

 

[abyeb]

Can you take her to the vet? She would need to be seen immediately if it is a lot of blood, according to this article: http://kittencoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NKC-Fast-Facts_Poop-Chart_5-2017.pdf

 

[SecondChance20]

Can you take her to the vet? She would need to be seen immediately if it is a lot of blood, according to this article: http://kittencoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NKC-Fast-Facts_Poop-Chart_5-2017.pdf

No it is 12:04am here. There isn’t an vet open around us

 

[GoldyCat]

Is she still eating and active? At this point I think the best you can do is clean her up and keep her warm.

Do you have a vet nearby where you can take her first thing in the morning? Save a sample of the poop to take with you if you can.

 

[StefanZ]

We run an animal rescue and got in two newborn kittens 3 days ago. The little girl is 112 grams and was eating 3ml every 3 hours. Today we upped it to 5ml every 3 1/2 hrs. I just went to feed her and she is pooping out blood. Really need help. Thank you

Keep her warm. Massage her. Pray.

Give her lotsa of pedialyte!

This may buy you time.

 

[Sarthur2]

How much blood? Is it mixed with poop? She probably has a bacterial infection and needs an antibiotic. Let’s hope it’s nothing more serious.

Which brand KMR are you using? Is it the Powdered? The particular brand you are using may not agree with her.

Try full fat goat’s milk. It may be gentler on her system.

S SecondChance20

 

[SecondChance20]

How much blood? Is it mixed with poop? She probably has a bacterial infection and needs an antibiotic. Let’s hope it’s nothing more serious.

Which brand KMR are you using? Is it the Powdered? The particular brand you are using may not agree with her.

Try full fat goat’s milk. It may be gentler on her system.

S SecondChance20

Yes the blood is mixed in with her blood. It’s a reddish brown color. She is on the petAg formula. We are calling the vet as soon as it opens. We read that it might be worms.

 

[SecondChance20]

Keep her warm. Massage her. Pray.

Give her lotsa of pedialyte!

This may buy you time.

Ok thank you. We are calling the vet as soon as it opens

 

[SecondChance20]

Is she still eating and active? At this point I think the best you can do is clean her up and keep her warm.

Do you have a vet nearby where you can take her first thing in the morning? Save a sample of the poop to take with you if you can.

Yes she is active and still eating really good. We went back to 3ml every 3hrs, we thought maybe we gave them too much too fast

 

[SecondChance20]

 

[Sarthur2]

Newborns will not have worms, but she may have parasites transmitted from the mom. I doubt it’s the amount of food. She may need a tiny dose of an anti-parasite medication.

Let us know what the vet says.

 

[SecondChance20]

Newborns will not have worms, but she may have parasites transmitted from the mom. I doubt it’s the amount of food. She may need a tiny dose of an anti-parasite medication.

Let us know what the vet says.

Ok thank you. Yes I will let you know what the vet says.

 

[SecondChance20]

We just got back from the vet. They gave us a little dose of dewormer and antibiotics.

 

[Sarthur2]

That’s what I expected. Good you took her in and hopefully this will resolve this precious little one’s issue. Thank you for letting us know!

 

[catsknowme]

Welcome to TCS! Bless you for taking in those tiny babies . Please let us know how things are going. Prayers and vibes for healing & thriving