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spinbaby

(15,361 posts) Mon May 30, 2022, 10:11 AM May 2022

Need kitten help stat [View all]

I don’t have experience with very young kittens. Yesterday the hoarders I’ve been working with handed me a litter of kittens. They’re four to five weeks old and completely unsocialized—hissy spitty little things. I stashed them in a bathroom and offered a variety of soft kitten food including strained chicken. A day later this morning, they still hadn’t eaten anything, so I fed them strained chicken slurry from a syringe. It being a holiday, I can’t get any professional help until tomorrow. Should they be eating on their own? Should I get kitten formula and bottles? How do I keep them fed?

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Need kitten help stat [View all] spinbaby May 2022 OP

Read the posts from MuseRider May 2022 #1

Get some KMR from grocery or Walmart and mix it and give it to them. CurtEastPoint May 2022 #2

Can get this at Petsmart too--get KMR2 rather than 1. spooky3 May 2022 #4

Hey, sounds as if you're doing fine here, baby!! Leghorn21 May 2022 #3

I agree. If they let her hold them despite being wild and terrified, spooky3 May 2022 #5

Get kitten formula Tree-Hugger May 2022 #6

Madoc's litter was 4 weeks old and full of hiss and spit Siwsan May 2022 #7

I'm on my way to Petsmart spinbaby May 2022 #10

Kickin' Faux pas May 2022 #8

Hmmm, also baby Leghorn21 May 2022 #9

Got some milk replacement I to them spinbaby May 2022 #11

Try eyedroppers until you can get a bottle. tblue37 May 2022 #12

First things first ... Try to spend some time in the room with them. MichaelSoE May 2022 #13

At their age, they're so used to mom's teat, they'd probably reject a larger, harder rubber nipple. Karadeniz May 2022 #14

An update spinbaby May 2022 #15

Sounds like things are going well. 3catwoman3 May 2022 #16