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Looks very bad. It simply will not eat. Or drink the homemade pedialyte. It simply shakes its head and sends it everywhere. Have you tried baby food? Without onions. If it is getting weak, at this point I would try to feed it just about anything that it would eat, maybe potted meat or something similar, they tend to love the smell. I'm sure it's not good for their tummy(so please, nobody fuss at me), but at the starvation point, I will try anything with a little one. I think your biggest concern should be getting it to drink. I found with mine, I had to wrap her in a cloth very tight so that she couldn't wiggle, and hold them as close to flat on the belly as you can, if necessary hold it up until you get it to take the formula, then quickly change it's position. Once you have them wrapped up, wait for the crying to start, then use the bottle, or whatever to drop milk in its mouth. Once might tasted it, I had to literally take the bottle away when she had enough. You may have to let it play and wear itself out, I have found that with an older kitten that has been with its mom, it is their instinct to fight you. Check for dehydration by pinching the skin gently at the back of its neck and pulling it away from the neck(very gently!), if it doesn't spring right back withina second or two, the kitty is dehydrated, forget about formula, and get as much of the pedialyte into him as you can. I have also known kittens of this age to greive themselves to death because of the loss of their mother. You also do not know what it might have been exposed to, it may have gotten something from the mother. Sometimes there is simply nothing you can do. Definitely get it to a vet, but if he doesn't make it, don't blame yourself. It sound to me like you have done just about everything you can. |
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Judith,
I'm so sorry to hear about your kitten. We recently lost a kitten that I had tried so hard to save -- it was heart-wrenching. The kitten would have been much worse off had you not rescued it. You gave the kitten a chance, and he or she knew someone was there to help. If you wouldn't have fed it, you would have questioned yourself later about whether you could have save it. We just have to do our best. Take care, Rhonda Judith Umbria wrote: "Samantha G." wrote in message m... Looks very bad. It simply will not eat. Or drink the homemade pedialyte. It simply shakes its head and sends it everywhere. Have you tried baby food? Since the vet opened this morning I tried nothing other than what I had already been doing. The kitten died at the vet. The vet said there was never anything I could have done as it was sick from the start. It's body temp had dropped beyond salvation in spite of the hot water bottle and something was white, though I didn't catch what. I feel rather sorry that I forced it now. |
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Judith,
I'm so sorry to hear about your kitten. We recently lost a kitten that I had tried so hard to save -- it was heart-wrenching. The kitten would have been much worse off had you not rescued it. You gave the kitten a chance, and he or she knew someone was there to help. If you wouldn't have fed it, you would have questioned yourself later about whether you could have save it. We just have to do our best. Take care, Rhonda Judith Umbria wrote: "Samantha G." wrote in message m... Looks very bad. It simply will not eat. Or drink the homemade pedialyte. It simply shakes its head and sends it everywhere. Have you tried baby food? Since the vet opened this morning I tried nothing other than what I had already been doing. The kitten died at the vet. The vet said there was never anything I could have done as it was sick from the start. It's body temp had dropped beyond salvation in spite of the hot water bottle and something was white, though I didn't catch what. I feel rather sorry that I forced it now. |
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