Questions About Orphaned Kitten

[ultranerdcat]

I have a question. The vet told me to start mixing a tiny amount of canned kitten food in her milk. So I did (by did I mean less than 1/2 tsp) and since then she has been puking every single time I feed her. I went back to just her formula and now she is only eating a small amount. I fed her about an hour ago and so far she is keeping down what little she did eat.

I have an appointment for her in the morning. But what should I do for her in the meantime? She is clearly weaker from not eating and not wanting to play as much as she usually does.

 

[Sarthur2]

Continue feeding her on the regular schedule as you usually do. She should begin to eat more as her system calms down.

I would not put any more wet food in her formula at all. She's six weeks old and will wean to soft foods on her own schedule when she is ready. I would not force it on her.

 

[ultranerdcat]

Okay, thank you! I didn't think she was ready but the vet kept telling me to try her on a small amount of canned food in her formula because she laps her formula from a dish.

I will just keep giving her the regular feedings and give my older cats the opened canned food.

 

[Sarthur2]

Sounds good!

 

[ultranerdcat]

So it's been quite a while since I updated on the little kitten. I ended up naming her Little Miss accidentally lol. She is 4ish -5ish months old now and OML is she a handful! This is the most hyper kitten I have ever seen in my entire life. I don't think she ever sleeps until she completely wears herself out and my other cats and then crashes for hours on end. She has a vocal malformation which is why she makes a weird chirping sound instead of meowing according to the vet. She weighs right at 4 lbs and is loooong. She's not a great eater and the vet wants her to put on a bit more weight since she is so active so I am trying some high-calorie foods with her.

But here are a couple of pictures of her goofy self

Her and my disabled cat Tiger arguing over a box

Snoozing in the window... Of course, it is sideways...

Spidercat!

 

[krisrath11]

Oh how adorable! It's nice to see the baby getting along so well.

 

[ileen]

Is she climbing a screen, or is she somehow scaling smooth glass?

 

[ultranerdcat]

Is she climbing a screen, or is she somehow scaling smooth glass?

She may be skilled but she's not quite that skilled. It is a screened window. She spotted a family of foxes that hang out near my house and launched herself at the window.