Advice pls...I'm after finding a teeny tiny kitten, eyes not even open!

[FingersCrossedLegsNot]

Not an aibu...but need advice quickly. As I said in title we found a tiny kitten, eyes not even open totally abandoned. I think we will keep it.

However I'm not sure how old it is or what I need to do to care for it.

It keeps bawling, for its mama I'm sure.

Can I give it milk....what should I do??

[thecatneuterer]

As the others have said. Have a very, very good look for the mother and other kittens.

In the meantime a tiny kitten will need two hourly feeds of special formula - 24 hours a day. A far better option would be to find a rescue with mothers and kittens either at the rescue or being fostered, and then add the kitten to one of those litters.

Be prepared for the worst though. It is a very touch and go thing and it's quite likely that, even if you do everything right, the kitten still won't make it.

Let's hope for the best though.

[Pimpf]

I've hand reared 2 kittens when their mum died shortly after they were born, there were 3 originally, 1 didn't make it.

I'd had no experience. It was hard work but very rewarding.

[MidniteScribbler]

Look up cat forums in the uk and post there. Sometimes people with a litter will take in an orphan kitten and it will be able to be fed by the cat and raised with another litter. We do it a lot with dogs. My retriever had a little sheltie puppy in among one of her litters, it looked so funny, but she accepted it no problem and raised it. Best little retrieving sheltie ever now :)

[DaleyBump]

Marking place, best of luck

[issey6cats]

i know this sounds daft but put a soft toy like a teddy bear in with the kitten as it gives him/her something to snuggle up to, and try to get kitten bottles as they are more natural for the kitten suckling than a syringe, cimicat formula is the one that the rescue i work for uses, and when you feed make sure the kitten is the right way up notn upside down like a human baby as they can choke good luck

[kerstina]

Ah what a lovely thread ! Tears in my eyes reading it. Please let us know how you get on.

[Sallystyle]

Please take it to the vets today. Like others have said, mum could have left it because it is ill. Happened to one of my kittens, mum left it and I tried to feed it but it died a day later.

I hope for a great outcome for your little one but it really does need to see a vet as soon as possible.

[loopylou6]

Oooh, how is baba kitty today?