This is very important. Kittens cannot go to the bathroom unless you help them. Use a cotton ball or cloth damp with warm water and rub the genitals like mom would lick. You have to do this before and after each feeding. Do this until they go. If kitten is with mom sometimes, mom may help too.
Kitten does not have to be upright. Unlike feeding this can be done however is comfortable.
She's been going to the bathroom fine so I didn't realise I had too, but will definitely do that now then! Thank you
I've just done as you said and she peed straight away, thank you for the advice will continue to do this after every feed
Thank you, the support means a lot I really appreciate it and hopefully she is lucky enough to pull through this!
I don't mind not having much sleep as long as she gets better, it's difficult with work etc but I genuinely don't mind as long as it means she has the best possible chance of survival. I've tried putting her back with the litter but she just gets stuck underneath them all and isn't strong enough yet compared to the rest of them. Thank you for the advice, I'll try putting her back again I just don't want a repeat of last time I'm just worried about her but I'm hopeful that she can pull though this! The advice really does mean the world to me as I wouldn't have known what to do with her going to the toilet and all the other extremely helpful tips I've received. Thank you so much again.
I've been putting her with a sock filled with rice now all day and have been putting it in the microwave to keep it warmSorry I've been away working nights now so really having to adjust my sleep patterns and needless to say my senior girls are not happy to have their feeding schedules thrown off!!
Just wanted to add, wrapping in a blanket does not keep the baby warm, that will once they are able to hold their body temperature, but until then will drop temp down to room temp, so it must be a heating source, heating pad, rice filled sock heated, hot water bottle, etc.
I do think that the only thing you need to be doing is the feeding, then put back with mom and sibs, watching to make sure he does not end up off on his own, that mom is tending to him just as much as the others
I have tried putting her back with mum but she seems to get stuck under the pile and pushed around by her brothers and sisters because she's so weak.. I'm going to try again though and then just take her for her feeds! Thank you for the help Sorry I've been away working nights now so really having to adjust my sleep patterns and needless to say my senior girls are not happy to have their feeding schedules thrown off!!
Just wanted to add, wrapping in a blanket does not keep the baby warm, that will once they are able to hold their body temperature, but until then will drop temp down to room temp, so it must be a heating source, heating pad, rice filled sock heated, hot water bottle, etc.
I do think that the only thing you need to be doing is the feeding, then put back with mom and sibs, watching to make sure he does not end up off on his own, that mom is tending to him just as much as the others
thank you!
Definitely will do that, where should I keep her separated just with some blankets in a basket or something with a heat source? She has a heat source with her now but it's in the bed with her and her mum. And definitely! Thanks
thank you so much that means a lot! I already love her so much and have such a special connection with her I'd be so heartbroken if the worst was to happen I really would! And thank you for your appreciation it's lovely to feel like I'm actually helping her because that's all I want to do!Poor little thing, thank goodness you are looking out for her. Keep up the great work. If she makes it you two will have a very special bond. Sending you and the kitten good vibes
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You are going to have to meet her needs. that said her being with her siblings and mother if they are not hurting her is better even if she has a separate heat source. She may have been pushed out of the way enough that she is no longer seeking her mothers nipples. Nature on it's own often culls the weakest in a litter or herd. That doesn't mean we can't intervene and help them out.I've put her back in the litter but she just seems to be completely distancing herself from the others and her mum. She's cuddling up to the heat source (sock filled with rice) but isn't attempting to go near mum or the other kittens. Is this okay? I'm just really worried that putting her back will make her as bad as before
