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   About 3 days ago around 6am I was sitting outside waiting for my bus and a woman walked a few feet passed me with a box, she sets it on the ground and then walk away. Being the curious person that I am, I had to look. Inside was a single kitten no more than a week old. So without hesitation I scooped him and the blanket he had up and took him with me. I went out and bought some KMR and was able to feed him once that day but he hadn't pottied the whole time. After the second day of nothing, I took him into the vet where they gave me some constipation meds which fortunately I only had to use once. I feed him about every 2-hours or so and he's been going potty maybe twice a day. The problem is, that it isn't solid and its sort of a deep orange color. I don't know if its because how young he is, or the formula but im worried and a little piece of mind would be great. I plan on doing everything I can to assure he stays alive so any advice on what to do for baby Tokyo would be great.

   Thanks!

   Posted 2 years ago by DarlingTokyo #

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   Hi, DT, welcome to TDK and thank you for rescuing this tiny baby, you are a star. I'll give you a few websites on hand-rearing kittens, which are great. The first site, recommended by a fellow TDKer and experienced foster mum says:
   "Kitten faeces normally has the consistency of toothpaste and be yellow-brown in colour. Loose, yellow diarrhoea is a sign of over-feeding or feeding a too rich milk mixture." So if yellow brown and toothpaste-y sounds like your baby's faeces, then you're probably all right. If it really is a deep orange colour though, I think I'd ring your vet and just check whether that sounds okay.

   The second website also has a section called The Poop on Scoop but remember that your baby is just on formula at the moment, so his faeces won't be the same as those of a weaned kitten. Okay, here are the websites:
   www.­messybeast.­com/­handrear.­htm
   http://www.kittenrescue.org/pages.php?pageid=15
   http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/orphans.shtml
   http://www.feralcat.com/raising.html

   There are a lot of experienced kitty foster mums on TDK and I'm sure they'll jump in so keep on checking back. Good luck with wee Tokyo and we would love to see pix!

   Posted 2 years ago by jcat #

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   Bless you for taking on this important job. Several TDK'ers have had experience at hand-feeding and raising kittens. Give them time to get on this morning and they will have lots of advice and information for you.

   Posted 2 years ago by LadyKat of IA #

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   Posted 2 years ago by paulajeanne #

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   Thanks so much for the links. Also, his eyes are starting to peak open in the inside corners. Is there anything im supposed to do when they open as far as cleaning them?

   Posted 2 years ago by DarlingTokyo #

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   As long as there is no discharge you won't have to do anything. If, after they are fully open, they have a yellow crust you need to get him to the vet for meds. Sounds like he/she was lucky you came along--Bless you and hope the baby grows into a healthy cat. A pox on the person who dumped him!

   Posted 2 years ago by Sheba's Mom in Raleigh, NC #

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   Hi DT,if the potty is a deep yellow hue then he is not getting enough fluid. Can you purchase something called Pedialyte(unflavored) and add it to his KMR feedings. Keep it in his feedings and give the feedings as often as possible because there should be no color to the pee.Also he can't regulate his temperature at all so when you put him down please put him by a hot water bottle(with a towel around it or get a heat pad but make sure there is a place that he can get off the head pad when he is warm.
   Sorry if I repeated anyone's info,everyone is quite knowledgable here.
   Thank you so much for helping out this baby. Please tell us how you do,somebody is up almost all the time. :)

   Posted 2 years ago by Buttercup #

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   I've been doing the water bottle thing and he seems to like it.
   But just one more question. About 30-40 minutes ago he started making this weird sound. Sort of likea sneeze and a cough put together. Is this something to be worried about?

   Posted 2 years ago by DarlingTokyo #

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   um yes,he will most likely need to see a vet for some antibiotics. When you feed him is he laying with his stomach to the floor not on his back right? Just checking. You have been doing so well for this baby.

   Posted 2 years ago by Buttercup #

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    Yeah, all feet on the ground and I keep the bottle tilted so his lung don't fill with liquid.

    He's seemed to stop the noise for now but im afraid when I go to feed him he'll start back up.

    If there's any other things I should know about newborns id love to hear them.

    Posted 2 years ago by DarlingTokyo #

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    Another site you might want to check out - http://www.messybeast.com/handrear.htm.

    Posted 2 years ago by Skyron #

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    Posted 2 years ago by Dee #

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    Welp, the funny noise stopped. He's "poo" is a brownish color, he's eating more and his eyes are almost completely open. He's had a busy day. And now he's snoozin away in his box next to me. Thanks for all the info and advice! And here's tokyo..

    http://i35.tinypic.com/2hhlhyw.jpg

    Posted 2 years ago by DarlingTokyo #

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    OMG! So sweet DT. Bless you for looking after this wee cutie. Keep up the fantastic work.

    Posted 2 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #

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    Squeeeeeeeeeeeee! He's ADORABLE. You have a beautiful baby. Smooch that little Tokyo nose for me :)

    Posted 2 years ago by jcat #

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    another good place to go is; http://www.cats-kittens.com/health/pet-diarrhea.html

    Posted 2 years ago by dmanga #

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    How is tokyo these days? I noticed to put this topic up 3 weeks ago? I hope he's striving... He's an adorable boy, what kind of beast can dropped him off just like that?
    I used to have a tokyo too... :) but he ran away from home :(

    Posted 2 years ago by dionnewb #

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