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I have a 3 week old kitten that was abandoned by his mother. I have another cat who had given birth 3 weeks prior and I used her to nurse the three abandoned kittens. She took to them and they took to her but this one kitten is not growing. He's slow, not alert, doesn't move around much, but he loves to eat! Every time the mother cat comes into the box he's the first one up to get his nipple and he'll nurse until she gets bored and leaves the box. After feeding his belly isn't getting big and fat like the other kittens so I started feeding him pedealyte from a bottle and tonight I got some kitten replacement formula and a medicine dropper and fed him that way. You think this cat never ate before! He sucked down two full medicine droppers of formula (2 teaspoons) and his belly got so full and fat! I tried to get him to eat some more but he was clearly full so I put him back in he box and his whole body started shaking. Like tremors. I thought he was cold but his temp was warm and his paws weren't cold. His mouth is pink it's not pale or bluish which is a good sign I think. I'm not sure what's wrong with him. I pick him up and put him on his back in my hand and he wriggles to get turned right side up which I read a kitten that doesn't do that is in trouble. He's just so "out of it" all the time. It's like he's not all there in the head. I had a kitten in her 6th week of life suffer from fading kitten syndrome and after I took her to the vet they said she had neurological issues and wouldn't survive because she wouldn't know how how to eat or keep herself wasn't. She died the next day. I know all about fading kitten syndrome and have been watching this kitten for signs of those but he eats like a horse, he knows how to eat, he suckles, and he cuddles with his litter mates to sleep. He doesn't want to be by himself away from everyone and the second that momma cat comes back he's first to the nipple line. And he loves his "juice" (the pedialyte, we call it his special "juice" lol) and when I tried him on that medicine dropper he gulped down two full ones! He's breathing ok, and everything else I've checked appears to be ok. But he's just not developing like his two other siblings. They're twice his size and weight, and I know there's such thing as the "runt" of the litter, but he's more than just small, he's slow, doesn't move around much, doesn't play or start figuring out he has paws and can clean himself with them. His eyes are blank like he's not looking st anything. All he does is eat and sleep. I was glad to see his belly filled right up with the formula but it just doesn't seem like he's developing right. What should I do?!?! Please help if you have any advice for me! I can't stand to lose another innocent kitten who deserves a chance at life!!
I have a 3 week old kitten that was abandoned by his mother. I have another cat who had given birth 3 weeks prior and I used her to nurse the three abandoned kittens. She took to them and they took to her but this one kitten is not growing. He's slow, not alert, doesn't move around much, but he loves to eat! Every time the mother cat comes into the box he's the first one up to get his nipple and he'll nurse until she gets bored and leaves the box. After feeding his belly isn't getting big and fat like the other kittens so I started feeding him pedealyte from a bottle and tonight I got some kitten replacement formula and a medicine dropper and fed him that way. You think this cat never ate before! He sucked down two full medicine droppers of formula (2 teaspoons) and his belly got so full and fat! I tried to get him to eat some more but he was clearly full so I put him back in he box and his whole body started shaking. Like tremors. I thought he was cold but his temp was warm and his paws weren't cold. His mouth is pink it's not pale or bluish which is a good sign I think. I'm not sure what's wrong with him. I pick him up and put him on his back in my hand and he wriggles to get turned right side up which I read a kitten that doesn't do that is in trouble. He's just so "out of it" all the time. It's like he's not all there in the head. I had a kitten in her 6th week of life suffer from fading kitten syndrome and after I took her to the vet they said she had neurological issues and wouldn't survive because she wouldn't know how how to eat or keep herself wasn't. She died the next day. I know all about fading kitten syndrome and have been watching this kitten for signs of those but he eats like a horse, he knows how to eat, he suckles, and he cuddles with his litter mates to sleep. He doesn't want to be by himself away from everyone and the second that momma cat comes back he's first to the nipple line. And he loves his "juice" (the pedialyte, we call it his special "juice" lol) and when I tried him on that medicine dropper he gulped down two full ones! He's breathing ok, and everything else I've checked appears to be ok. But he's just not developing like his two other siblings. They're twice his size and weight, and I know there's such thing as the "runt" of the litter, but he's more than just small, he's slow, doesn't move around much, doesn't play or start figuring out he has paws and can clean himself with them. His eyes are blank like he's not looking st anything. All he does is eat and sleep. I was glad to see his belly filled right up with the formula but it just doesn't seem like he's developing right. What should I do?!?! Please help if you have any advice for me! I can't stand to lose another innocent kitten who deserves a chance at life!!