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 :(

Kitten in the tshirt

Twolittlejobs-she ears regularly with regular water. So glad you are saying milk is not a big deal...I have tried the syringe, the bottle feeding, let her take it...nope no interest !

I keep popping back for updates, and pics. She is so gorgeous!

OP, you are a star! Beautiful Bella fell on her feet when you found her, and I am so happy she did.

You sound like you're doing everything right! Keep us updated lol. She's as cute as a button

:)

How have your other cats taken to her?

This is just lovely, you're doing the most brilliant job! Great experience for the dc too.

Thank you for being so kind. She is a sweet little thing, it's hard not to get attach to her. She looks in good shape and I'm hopeful but you never know. I just hope the test on the poo is ok and that she is not ill. I haven't showed her to our other 2 cats yet as the vet said not too in case of she is carrying disease !

My experience with young animals is that if they're not going to make it at an early stage, they show it by 'going into themselves' - they stop eating and playing etc and become quiet and reserved. She's not like that, though, I think?

Maybe just keep a weather watch on her eyes? Young kittens often get eye infections when they're feral born - which she likely was. They're treatable but you don't need to leave it too long.

Did you look for the rest of the litter at all?

I need to stop looking at kitten threads.

I'm not getting any more animals until SoupDogg and FatCatSlim have moved on.

In many many years time.

Cozie - we are constantly watching her and I regularly offer food and water, I hope I won't see those signs 😢. She is going to the vet for another check up and I will also give them the poo sample. I signed her up for pet plan insurance too.

Soup dragon - we looked for her family and they were no signs.

Poor little abandoned kitty! The late SoupKitten was found abandoned in a gutter as a tiny, ill kitten and I felt she needed extra love to make up for it.

Do mother cats dump ill kittens to protect the rest of the litter?

We are definitely keeping her :)

So cute!!!!!!

No pics since yesterday, need my daily kitty dose please

I heard a purring !!!!

Kitten scarf

Oh man, she's just lovely, her coat is going to be awesome. Have you named her yet?

Oh just read Bella!!! I wanted to call dd Bella, got vetoed

I'm a bit worried, she is not eating much this morning. Last time she had wet food it was 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. She had water, she did a big we (clear). She had her med, just doesn't want to eat.

How is she now OP? X

Well she had a bit of mix of wet food and kitty milk a couple of hours ago. She is not having so many poos, her wees are clear.I guess she is ok. Thank you for asking x

Maybe she's working out that food isn't scarce anymore so she's just calming down. She's such a poppet. Are you keeping her?