We have accidentally a 5 weeks old kitten

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We live in the countryside and we were walking when we found the tiny one. I took her to the vet straightaway to get her checked. She has nasty diahorea but is quite bright otherwise. They gave me a deworming, a probiotic thingy...I try to give her kitty milk but she is not keen. She drinks water and some specialised food that I bought from the vet. I'm planning on offering food every 3 hours : milk-food-water...she is asleep on heating pad on low. What else can I do !? I'm really worried she is not drinking the milk :(

Just to say - my own Oneago was abandoned by his mother more or less at birth and was raised, along with his male littermate, to adulthood by his breeder. It can be done.

She just ate loads but refused to drink. She drank then pooed and it stinks ! I cleaned her bum as well as I could but she hated it. She is now back to sleep. She loves the heating pad. She is on the dewormer for 3 days, it should be alright afterwards I hope.

Oh op she's adorable! I have no advice but well done you or whatever's more appropriate!

I would definitely wake her for feeds

Is it a wet food she's on?

That looks like such a cosy bed set-up! I agree she will need frequent feeds and drinks at that age, and with the diarrhoea. Poor little mite.

Good luck!
She's so lucky you found her

What a lucky little kitten...I've got nothing useful to add but I hope she starts improving soon

Get well soon kitty!

I want to sleep and she wants to play 😩

Fully awake

Oh Lordy. She's so small!

Playing will be good for her.

I wonder what colour of eyes she's going to have?

The diarrhea is most likely because she'd not had food for some time before happening across you. Then the worming, vet visits etc.

Sleeping-wise, I second Cozie, that you have an inbuilt radar not to roll over on a small being. One of my cats was tiny as a kit, (small breed) and a very deep sleeper. He would sleep between DH and I and never got squished. Even now he's an adult, I have an inbuilt "catdar" that if I roll over, I check where he is in the bed, without registering.

She's lovely, and going to be quite a floofy little being, if that ruff's anything to go by!

Keeping posting updates. Who'd've thunk would do interested in the progress of kitten runny tummy.

I followed your advice and I "slept" with a kitten underneath my double-chin 😂. She is now having some wet food. I think she is a very sweet nature, can't believe how affectionate she is already at such a young age !

Lovely update

She looks adorable. We rescued a cat, similar age and circumstances, many moons ago. She turned into a lovely cat and was so affectionate - albeit a mischievous one! She always wanted cuddles. She lived to the ripe old age of 17 before sadly we had to have her pts last year.

She is gorgeous. Have you decided on a name first her yet?

Awww she's bloody lovely!

Man that's one cute cat.

she is so sweet :) you are going to be knackered

So fluffy! Does she have a name yet?