Hi, I'm a new member in need of encouragement and advice! If you're interested you can see my introduction in the Introductions section.
Five days ago, my brother gave me a kitten, I think about 2 weeks old, who had been separated from its mother on the patch of land surrounding my brother's workplace, where a lot of feral cats live. Since he was not the first person to find the kitten, he isn't sure if (she, I think) was orphaned, maybe by the wind storm, or found while the mother was in the process of moving the litter. The first person who found her, for some reason, put her in a box by a dumpster.
I've had a bit of experience raising kittens too young to be separated from their mother; I raised my 2 male cats from the age of about 2 weeks, but that was a long time ago. I feel like I have a pretty good handle on the situation, but I am starting to get worried because the kitten hasn't pooped yet.
She eats well from a bottle, every 3 hours or so except during the night. She has a total 3-4 Tablespoons of KMR a day. She also sleeps well but isn't lethargic. In fact she cries very loudly for her milk upon waking and tries to scale the sides of the box. I wipe her little kitty bottom with a warm washcloth after each feeding, but still only pee so far. Her belly also seems very large and round.
She also worries me a bit with how much she cries, which is just about constantly when she's not sleeping, eating, or sucking on my fingers. I don't remember my boys either sucking on my fingers or crying so much. Could this be because they had each other, and she is alone? Even when I am holding her, she cries continuously unless she's sucking on my fingers.
Thanks for your help in advance.
