i got a kitten that was abandoned he is about 9 days old i am doing everything i know to do i make him potty about every hour and i feed him he was the runt of the litter i have had him for 5 days and he was doing really good now he is kinda cold i put him in my shirt next to my boosum and try to get him warm now i have warm water bottle in box with him he just keeps crying usually he purring and sleeping i have an 8 month old baby also and am single mom what do i do i am scared to take him to the shelter but i might have to but what can i do to comfort him for tonight
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im scared my abandoned kitten might die
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Posted 1 year ago by angelashook16 #
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Hi Angela Do you by any chance have a heating pad? Can you put in on low,cover it and place it where it covers part of the box or carrier where you have him now. Place him there and when he warms up he can crawl off.One thing kittens cannot do is self regulate their temperature. I just wanted to state that first.
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I am adding pink tags up at the right that you can click on.
Thank you so much for taking in this kitten,you must really have your hands full.
Here are some sites to look at;
http://www.messybeast.com/handrear.htm
http://www.kittenrescue.org/pages.php?pageid=15
http://feral-kitten-rescue.blogspot.com/2008/10/feral-kitten-how-to-story.html
http://www.kittenrescue.org/pages.php?pageid=15
http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/orphans.shtml
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If you can keep him next to your skin, that's probably what he's crying for but what also sometimes works is to put an unwashed shirt or Tshirt or soft sweater in his box with him, if it smells of you it will comfort him and might stop the crying. Bless you for looking after him. These are great websites on helping abandoned kittens and also click on the pink tag BC added, orphans, in the top right hand corner, for previous good advice.
Oops, BC's already added the websites so I don't have to. Thanks, BC!
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i have 5 kids and none of them cried this much he is still crying i tried the bottle thing of hot water in a towel but he still crying he wont take his bottle and i already love him so much my baby sleeps in the bed with me but i am scared to let him sleep with me i might crush him or roslynn might get him thank u guys all for the advice its 315 and i am still up with him lol i just dont know what to do i never raised a kitten only puppys i want to take him to the shelter tomorrow and see if they can help but i am really poor and they will charge me to take him i just dont know what to do i want him and i want him to live happly and long life if u can say a little prayer for us i am so stressed i am crying as i type this i already love the lil fellow or lil girl i havent named it yet so thanks i am going to try to sleep but i dont see it happening he is pooping good and all but he feels a little cold i dont have heating pad i put warm bottle in with him but i guess i might go ahead and let him sleep with me i am in south carolina and its not cold here but to him it might be or could he miss his mom
Posted 1 year ago by angelashook16 #
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Hi, again, yes, he probably is missing his mum, if you let him sleep by your head on your pillow (which they usually like anyway because your head is one of the warmest parts of your body), you are less likely to roll on him. Has he eaten anything? What are you feeding him? Kitten replacement milk? You are feeding him on his tummy, legs to the ground, aren't you, don't try to feed him on his back like a human baby. You could try smearing a little Karo corn syrup on his mouth/roof of his mouth for extra energy (no big lumps, nothing he could choke on).
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A reputable shelter shouldn't charge you anything to help this little guy but they may not be able to find a foster mum for him, that's the only thing.
The only other thing I can think of is if you know of another mother cat who has had kittens recently and still has milk, she might accept this little one as one of her own. His chances would be much better that way.
You could also try a clock (alarm turned off, obviously) wrapped in a towel in his box, it sometimes helps to replicate the sound of his mum's heartbeat. At 9 days he would normally be huddled up to his mum and his siblings pretty constantly and, as BC says, he can't control his own body temp at this stage, so he may well be too cold. Also watch out because they can also get too hot. Best of luck with him.
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thank u so much for all the advice but he passed this morning it hurts so bad i only had him 5 days but i loved him like one of my own kids i am super upset my daughter dad said stop crying he was just a kitten but that is it he was just a kitten and i loved him he was a stressful thing but he needed me but who knows now he might be with his mom thank u for ur support
Posted 1 year ago by angelashook16 #
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Bless you for trying. These lives are so fragile and hard as it is to swallow, their moms often abandon them for a reason.
At least the little one got to know love and warmth instead of dying alone in the harsh cold world .Posted 1 year ago by ailuromaniac #
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I'm sorry that you lost the little guy. It's very possible that his mama cat abandoned him because he had some sort of birth defect and she knew he wouldn't make it. That happens in nature.
Take comfort in knowing that instead of dying alone in the cold outdoors, your little one was cared for, warm and loved until the end of his life.
Posted 1 year ago by CheetahBoysmommy #
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well on the bright side i found out out of the four kittens one is still alive they want me to take it i dont think i can cause i love to easy i cried for hours and i felt like it was all my fault but i still need u guys i still got a 8 month old daughter to raise lol so any advice is great bless u all and thatnk u for the comforting after his passing
Posted 1 year ago by angelashook16 #
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i so sorry angela. i thought by sharing with you about my experience with stalia, my kitten who just passed it may help... when i took him to the vet he was pooping white and very lethargic...but the vets assesment helped me to know i had done my very best... my baby was pooping white because his liver was not working. probably born with liver problems...he had genetic anomolies and abnormal genitals...a definate sign something was wrong from the start... sometimes when a momma kitty has a sick baby and she knows hes sick (they can tell) she will reject the baby... also, because he was weaker and had so many litter mates he may not have gotten his first nutritional needs met. my vet suspects that he was probably squeezed out by his littermates when they fed from their momma that first few days before they were abandoned... both instances end up with a kitten who has not gotten collustrum (spelling?) from the mom, which is basically the immunities they get from the mom to help their immune systems develop... altho there are kitten formulas out there with collustrum, the window for them to absorb what they need is very small...like the first 3 days... the 1st day their system is open to absorption of collustrum...2nd day that percentage decreases and the third day their system is almost to the point of where thay cant absorb any more... so if your kitten had any of these factors...things that were out of your control...that could have been the cause/ causes... its a hard pill to swallow but i thought it may help to hear.. much love!
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yes it makes me feel much better to know that they are so many people around the world that really cares about gods little angels and the big ones too did u think about what i said about having him creamated i know its a hard decision to do some thing like that but then u dont have to worry about him floating or something digging him up and u can keep him forever i know a woman that had her great danes creamated and she had the pics of them on the urns and she said it brought her so much closer to having them and loosing them than never having them at all i dont think it cost very much to do some thing like that
but how are the other babys and i am so sorry for ur loss it hurts so bad i still cry when i look where his lil box was and yesterday my 8 month old daughter was leaning over me looking for him she didnt understand but i told her he went to heaven it made me feel better telling her that than just saying what really happenedPosted 1 year ago by angelashook16 #
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I'm so sorry to hear the loss of your kitten.....it's always hard to handle, but you did a fine job when he alive because he knew love, and happiness and was taken care of for, and that's the sweetest thing you can do for an animal. You took him off the streets and kept him safe and warm. I know that what we're saying now may not help right now, but in the long run it does. [[[[[angela]]]]]
Posted 1 year ago by Duchess&&Gabriel #
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