I found a baby cat what should i do next.?

Answer 1

Take it to the vet ASAP.

Answer 2

Take it to a vet as soon as possible. DO NOT give it milk, it can cause loose stools or diarrhea, which can be fatal to a kitten. If the kitten is very young and its eyes are still closed, you can buy a special nursing bottle and mother's milk replacement from stores like PetSmart or Petco. Your local feed store may be able to provide that, too. You will have to feed the kitten every two hours and rub its stomach gently with a dry washcloth when it finishes eating to help it digest its food and go to the bathroom. If you have an older kitten, go to the grocery store and buy kitten food, dry and canned, a litter box, litter (clumping litter for wee kittens is not a good idea - it can block up their intestines if they lick it off their feet), a couple of cat dishes, a flea comb, and a cat bed (not really necessary since any warm wadded up blanket or sweater makes a nice bed). You should also get some kind of cat carrier.

Check your kitten for fleas and comb it with a flea comb. This is very important because fleas can literally kill a kitten. Do not use flea sprays or spot ons unless they say they are safe for kittens. The package will usually give an age under which the spray or spot on should not be used. NEVER USE ANY KIND OF PRODUCT MADE FOR DOGS ON A CAT OR KITTEN. There is a good possibility that it will make your kitten/cat very sick or even kill it.

Feed your kitten small meals. You can give him/her an unlimited supply of dry food, if you wish, but make sure it's made for kittens, not cats. Purina and Friskies both make reasonable dry foods for kittens. Do not give it "people" food.

Your kitten will need to have a thorough exam by a qualified vet and have its shots. Do not let your kitten outside. It can get lost very easily.

Good luck.

Lucy - owner of many kittens over many, many years. Dogs, cats, kittens, horses, chickens and fish, too. Phew! Or maybe that should be Pew!

Answer 3

When I acquire a foster kitten, I go through a series of steps. First, the very very first thing is, I leave it alone, and observe for several hours to see if a mother cat returns. Usually they don't, but sometimes they do. Then, I estimate the cat's age. If the eyes are open, the cat is over 14 days of age. If the cat can retract its claws and scratch around in litter, it's over 28 days of age. Age helps you decide. Before 4 weeks, you absolutely need to be bottle-feeding with kitten formula. After 4, the cat may take to canned food within only a few days. Orphaned kittens have about a 45% chance of living through the process of weaning to dry cat food. The older the cat, the more likely it is to make it.

Then, I ask myself... right now, can I afford to spend $30 a week on this cat, plus 1-2 vet visits, from now until it is 12 weeks of age, and old enough to be adopted? Do I have the time to feed this cat every four hours, every day, until 6-7 weeks of age? Do I have the time to sit with cotton balls and rub the cat's lower abdomen for 15-20 minutes, 3+ times a day, to get it to go to the bathroom? Can I deal emotionally with the screaming the cat will do, and the clawing? Can I deal emotionally with a near 50/50 chance of the cat dying in my care? If the cat dies, will I know that I did everything possible to prevent it?

Those are very hard questions, but they're important because fostering a kitten is a serious task. If I can't honestly say yes to every last one of those questions, I contact my local animal rescue groups, humane society, 24-hour vet, anybody who can direct me to a group that can take the kitten. If I think I CAN do it, then I notify my vet, and get KMR kitten formula, bene-bac, and a bag of cotton balls.

I have a foster kitten now, born about 28 days ago, in my custody for 8 days. She was thrown in a dumpster at about 20 days, and in emergency care before I got her. She has cost me $215 so far to raise, including one emergency vet visit, and she's not even on canned cat food yet. It's a rewarding thing to foster a kitten, but it is hard work, and we often need the help of professionals to do it right. I don't know if any of that helps, but that's what I do when I am presented with a baby cat.

Answer 4

if the baby kitten's eyes are still closed then it is only a few days old. It needs to be fed with a little bottle and kitten formula kinda like baby formula. Be prepared they eat all the time even in the night. You can purchase these things at a pet store. If its eyes are open, but does not really know how to eat from a bowl it still needs to be fed with a bottle. If it can eat from a bowl then give it soft dry kitten or canned food, but watch out to much can food can give it loose stools. Try to alternate between can and soft dry food. If you can it is best to take it to the vet to have it checked out.

Answer 5

You have not said if you want to keep the kitten or not. I would keep it then take it to the vet to check it over to make sure the kitten is fine. Its up to you if you want to keep the kitten or not. If not call the RSPCA. They will help with that. Good Luck hope the kitten is ok. Dont forget to give the kitten some water. I guess you wont have cat food but if you have some tuna give the kitten some untill you know what you are goign to do.

Answer 6

locate your nearest animal shelter and see if a nursing mother cat is available to take care of this one. Make sure the baby cat was truly on its own. Mama may be around with other kittens. Get the kitten into expert hands if possible. If this is not possible, talk to an expert and make sure you have the proper knowledge to raise this kitten yourself. It takes a lot of hard work and patience, but using formula that can be purchased at a pet store, and I repeat, input from the most knowledgeable people (shelters, foster groups, sanctuaries, etc...) but you can save this kitten's life.

Answer 7

Feed it lactose-free milk (available at most vets and pet stores) through an eye-dropper if it doesn't eat tinned food yet, and take it to the vet for a check up,make sure to provide it with a warm bed with some old blankets, Take him to the litter tray every hour or so(so he won't mess on the floor),get him some kitten food from the local pet shop.


Hope this helps :)

Answer 8

Take it home with you. Put up missing cat found signs and call around to the shelters and ask if anyone has called or come in looking for a kitten with the one you founds discription. If noone clames it then you can either keep it or take it to a shelter.

Answer 9

The best way is to use a dropper and give it baby milk. If you don't have that handy give any milk including evopered (sorry can't spell) milk. Needs a lite bulb above it to keep it warm but not right now it. aclock for heart beat. under towel near. Put a little blanket and maybe small stuffed animal like it is with other animal.

Answer 10

check its teeth see how big they are and check there color see if his eyes r glossy (that's a good thing) get some kitten formula not dry food nor canned don't use a baby bottle get a kitten/ puppy bottle when he starts to chew on you introduce him to canned food later on mix canned and dry later after that start to use dry food if you want to you don't have too just let him start too adjust never spring a new food on an animal ITS NOT HEALTHY show him love but set boundaries give the cat some alone time to get used to the family wright back if you have n-e other Q's

Answer 11

If it's not weaned yet then you need to get a can of cat's milk. Seriously that's what it is called and feed it either with an eyedropper or if it can drink out of a bowel that is good too. Good Luck....the rest is simple when that cat gets bigger then put it on soft or can cat food.