Help with caring for newborn kitten

Brandy Alexandre wrote:
My cubicle neighbor found a kitten that is about two or three days
old.
She's going to try to raise it and if anyone has any advice or
encouraging words, I'd like to pass them along.

She said she saw the kitten in the grass and decided to watch for a
bit
in case the mother was moving kittens in stages. After more than 30
minutes and no mama cat, she picked it up and took it to the vet to
get
it checked out and get some supplies. The kitten apparently had fly
eggs on it already, so it was probably alone for a while. She said
it
won't take the bottle, but she's using a syringe. She said he had a
little cough and I'm concerned about pnuemonia, but the vet probably
would have heard that. The vet did tell her his chances weren't
great,
but she wants to try. Advice appreciated.

--
Brandy Alexandre=AE

There are some how-to websites on raising orphan kittens, so I'll just
pass along a couple of things. Her vet I'm assuming probably already
gave her some tips. One important thing is, tell her not to hold the
kitten on its back to syringe-feed it. Try to copy the position when a
kitten nurses naturally--it will lessen the chance the kitten will
inhale milk into its lungs. It will need to be stimulated manually to
poop after it eats. You just get a paper towel or gloved finger and
rub, like the mother kitten was grooming it. There are "surrogate"
mother cats available at Petsmart--it is a stuffed cat with a
heartbeat. Tell your friend good luck with the kitten. They really are
tougher than they look. It isn't hard to raise an orphan kitten.

Sherry