Baby kittens eyes crusted shut?
My 2 kittens are a day less than 2 weeks old. They opened their eyes about a week old. Now for the past 2 or 3 days one, one of their eyes (on each kitten) is crusted shut. I've tried to wipe it clean with a wet q-tip, and tissue but I don't want to hurt them. What should I do?
Can i get rabies from a baby kitten?
i found this baby kitten about a week old (now about 3 weeks old) in the street , i decided to take care of him but i can't get the idea of him might having rabies out of my mind . he used to scream alot but now he is more calm , he is eating normally and got no signs of anything just a little shaky so should i be scared until he grows up or is it ok since he stayed like 2 weeks with me with no signs of illness? note: i'm taking good care of him so please stick to the question and don't worry about the cat.
Do all baby kittens have worms?
No. The kittens have worms only if their mom has worms or if the kittens got into something dirty and acquired it.
Should I keep the father cat with his baby kittens at home? Would he kill them or love them?
At first, yes. If the mom and dad weren’t on friendly terms (not counting estrus), absolutely, and I mean like 8 weeks.However, once they start looking like kittens versus rats, the dad won’t kill his own kittens, and often not other males’ kittens. (Sometimes they will, however.) I’d definitely keep them apart until the kittens’ eyes are opened, supervised visits at 3 - 4 weeks and then future access based on how that previous step went. Keep an eye on momcat’s reactions.Here’s a picture of a cat family: dad (ginger), mom (calico) and newborn kittens. I wouldn’t have done it, but it went well for them.I had a neutered male who adopted a 2.5-week kitten I brought in for bottle feeding. He actively protected her from anything in her environment that could harm her. He was so sweet. None of my male cats bothered this kitten (there were five). The only thing they were worried about was that her mother might be around, and they *really* steered clear of that kitten until she was older (about 3.5 weeks) and they were sure Momcat was nowhere around. Moms can be extremely protection-aggressive.I know one person who observed males serving as helpers to females with the colony’s kittens (helping corral when a threat presented) and read of a second person who observed helper behavior in his colonies. Colonies function as groups and protect their kittens.Here’s another great story: a neutered male feral who gives his time and love to all the new kittens that come into the rescue.Grandpa Mason: Ancient battle-scarred feral cat falls in love with rescue kittens
What do I do with an abandoned, stray kitten?
Now that you know about it and have given it some care, you can't just abandon it.Never mind that the shelters you called said they can't help you. Don't leave the kitten out there to die, which it will without warmth, food and care. Take it to a shelter. But keep in mind that unless it's a No-Kill Shelter, they will put it down. Kittens that young have to be hand-fed every couple of hours, which is a lot of time and work that most shelters can't afford to spare. They usually are forced to euthanize them unless they have volunteers to foster them.It's a sad fact. We got our cat Chance at three weeks because a friend who worked at a shelter called my husband to tell him they had several tiny kittens that would be put down unless we wanted one. My husband drove nearly two hours to the shelter just in time to save the last one. He brought him home for me because I was still grieving for an older cat we had just lost, and we had to wean him ourselves, feeding him and getting him on to solid food.If you can, I would say to adopt it. It's crying because it's lost, alone, scared and hungry. Who knows what happened to the mother that ended up with it all alone. Take it in, give it a warm bath, warm it up with a gentle towel massage, and keep it in a separate room from the dog until it gets used to the new smell. (The dog may even love it - you'd be surprised at how maternal some dogs can be with kittens). Get goat milk and wet cat food for kittens, mix it (2 parts milk for every 1 part wet food) and feed it every few hours. Every week lessen the milk and increase the wet food. If you decide to keep it, take it to a vet and have it de-wormed, checked for fleas and get its first round of shots. (Don't give it a flea bath at home - the chemicals are far too harsh. A simple warm bath, a pair of tweezers, a fine-tooth comb and some time in the bathroom can get rid of the worst of it. Drop the fleas in a container of soapy water. And do it in the bathroom - tile is much better than carpet for this, believe me.)Many cities and counties offer services that will cover a large part (or all) of the cost to get pets spayed or neutered, so check into that, too.But please don't just leave that kitten out there. Go get it right now. Please.
Can kittens drink cows milk?
I have fostered nearly a hundred baby kittens, so I have a lot of experience with this question. The short answer is no, don't feed a kitten cow's milk. Cats in general do best with only the foods specifically for them. Most cats are lactose intolerant, and can't digest the lactose in cow's milk. So the kitten should never be given cow's milk. Kittens' digestion is very delicate, and they will get diarrhea very easily and dehydrate. A dehydrated kitten is in big trouble and needs veterinary help, they can easily die from that. So do avoid cow's milk when feeding a kitten, stick to the foods meant for kittens.If you're feeding a tiny kitten too young to eat solid food, then ideally, the kitten should nurse from its mother and then graduate to solid food. If there's no mother cat to nurse the kitten, there are commercial kitten formulas sold at pet stores as well as pet bottles. There's lots of information online about how to bottle-feed kittens, it's doable but you need to inform yourself about it. You can also Google homemade kitten formula, sometimes called "kitten glop," to bottle-feed a kitten. A kitten old enough to eat solid food should be fed only cat food, both canned and dry, plus water. Anything other than that should only be fed as a daily diet if recommended by a vet. This is the best way to keep your kitten healthy.
CAN U FEED 2 MONTH OLD BABY KITTENS TUNA??
I'd feed them canned cat food. I brought mine home at 3 weeks old (abandoned by their mother or their human parents...found on the side of the road) they were turned over to my vet at about 2 weeks old. She was bottle feeding my little girl and the boy was eating canned IAMS from the beginning. They both ate the moist food for a while, but I did offer dry food, as I'm not home a lot and I didn't want to leave too much moist food out to go bad. The boy started eating dry food shortly after I brought them home. The little girl took a little longer. I try not to feed them people food though. They both got out in the trailer park we used to live in and I lured them back in with a can of tuna, and the girl almost took my arm off with her back claws! (front claws don't exist in my house)
What and how do baby kittens eat when they're 2 weeks old?
My cat just turned 15 years old this month. When I found her, she could only crawl, and still had a bit of umbilical cord. I fed her with baby formula and an eye dropper, then found a baby bottle at a pet store. After about a week, I started mixing in tiny amounts of baby food. Each feeding time I had to force her to start feeding before she started sucking on her own.Kittens actually are able to suck just like human babies, so that is how they “eat” when they are born. Part of the eating cycle, though is the evacuation of waste. The way the mother stimulates that process is by licking each of her babies behinds. After about two to three weeks, the babies learn how to evacuate solid and liquid waste on their own.This can be simulated by a human, using a paper towel dipped into warm water then rubbing the kitten’s behind. Some people think, “Ye-e-e-iu-w-w-w!” But, if you want the kitten to live, it is one of the things that you have to do. If not done, the kitten will die a rather uncomfortable death as the toxins will build up in its body and kill the kitten in about 3 or 4 days time. You know when the kitten has learned to use those muscles when you see small bits of waste in the kittens bed box.
How do I keep a newborn baby kitten alive if it has no mother? What should I do?
The mother probably won’t come back if it’s been a whole day. She may have been hurt, or gotten lost, or not realized she had another kitten to move. Sometimes moms abandon kittens that are sick or have congenital defects.Newborn kittens need three things:WarmthFoodPotty carePutting the kitten in a warm box with just blankets won’t be enough. You have to actually keep the kitten warm. For now, put it inside your shirt, next to your skin; that’s the easiest and quickest way. I had a friend who kept a newborn kitten inside her bra, seriously. Prepare a hot water bottle for the kitten to snuggle up with; you can also use a rice heater. Make sure it’s not too hot. Kittens this age can’t keep their own body temperature up, and need a heat source; yours is most likely chilled.Your kitten can’t drink cow’s milk; it’s hard on its digestive system and it can’t get the nutrition it needs from cow’s milk. It needs kitten formula, the sort you would get from a vet or a pet store. You need a bottle with a small nipple. The kitten probably will not eat until it’s properly warm. You can put a bit of sugar water in its mouth to give it a bit of energy and get its appetite going; don’t actually feed it sugar water, just put a little on the kitten’s gums and hope the sugar helps it get the energy to suck. They need to be fed OFTEN; yes, you’re going to lose sleep.Your kitten also can’t go to the bathroom on its own. At this age, Mom stimulates it to go by licking its bum. You can do this, after feedings, by wiping its bum with a damp cotton ball or soft washcloth.If you cannot get your kitten fed within an hour, put it in your shirt again and get it to a veterinarian. At this age, kittens go downhill fast, and a vet is probably its only hope.If you have done everything you could do, and you lose the kitten anyway, remember this: Kittens are fragile; even experienced foster parents lose them sometimes. What you did still made a difference, because you gave that kitten a soft, warm, caring place; without you, it would have spent its last day somewhere cold and alone. You made sure that didn’t happen.Further information and specifics on times and amounts to feed:How to Raise Orphan KittensWhat to Do (and NOT Do) If You Find a Newborn Kitten
How can I feed a 2 week old baby kitten whose mother has been estranged?
You’ll need to purchase some kitten milk. You can buy it at most pet stores. Don’t use cow’s milk or baby formula because it will be difficult for him to digest and may cause harm.Fill an eyedropper with some of the kitten milk, then gently squeeze some liquid onto his mouth until he begins to suck on his own.You’ll need to feed the kitten every four to six hours.Mother cats help their kittens urinate and defecate by licking them, so after every feeding you'll need to use a damp washcloth to wipe the kitten's genitals and anus. After the kitten goes, clean him up with a damp washcloth. Don't use soap.When the kitten is around four weeks old you can start putting his milk in a dish. Once he gets the hang of it, you can start gradually adding dry kitten food to the milk. Over the course of a couple weeks, slowly decrease the milk and increase the dry food.When I was a teenager I rescued a kitten who was only a few days.I kept him on a bed of towels in a laundry basket next to my bed so he wouldn't get hurt. After he was big enough to roam around he slept curled up under my chin every night.The first few weeks of waking in the middle of the night were exhausting and I was so afraid that he wouldn't make it without a mother.He lived to be 12 years old. He was the fattest, most loving, and most spoiled cat I’ve ever known. Raising him from the time he was a teeny kitten was a really special experience.