my cat's newborn kitten won't eat what should i do?

Question

I tried feeding it with one of those little kitten bottles but he won't bite it or anything.

Answer 1

Is he unable to latch onto the momma's teats? Hun, if he won't latch onto momma, and is refusing to bottle feed, you need to take the tiny darlin' to the vet.

Answer 2

try putting him to his mom breasts if it won't help you will have to nurse him yourself.

try first giving him somemilk with a syring to let him get used to the taste, he still doesn't know how to nurse.
and take him to the vet(with the mom) to make sure his not ill.
his he an only kitten?

What the kitten needs is babycat formula. Several companies has that the two best are royal canin and KMR. I recommend royal canin it comes with a bottle three bags of formula and a small bag of dry baby cat food for later on.

Now to how to take care of him

Food:
mix Two-tea spoon of powder and four-tea spoon of warm water. Feed every four hours.
There will probably be extra milk in the bottle, when he will finish to eat just put it in the fridge and use it next time warm it for 20 seconds in the microwave and let it cool for about a minute.
Make sure to massage his belly after each meal it will help him digest his food batter.

In another week and half start mixing with his milk some canned A/D of science diet do that for a week and each feeding increase the amount of A/D and decrease the amount of milk here you can start feeding him every six hours.
Get from you vet a 10CC syringe you will need, as the food will get thicker with each feeding.

After one week stop with the milk and mix the A/D with some royal canin baby cat dry food, you can stop with the syringe and give it to him on a flat plate or a flat box top each day decrease the amount of wet food and increase the dry food within a week or two he should eat dry food alone. Make sure that he will have dry food in a small bowl all the time now, as he will get used to eating only that. Buy him royal canin babycat 34 it’s the best kitten food for kittens at his age.

Warming him:
Take a big towel and fold it a few times in the top fold put a water warm bottle. Change the water with each feeding, in about month you can stop with the water bottle.

Excretions:
Wet some cotton in lukewarm water and squze it to get most of the water leave it moist. Gently before each meal rub the kitten rear. Make sure to do that above some toilet paper or he’ll do his things on you.
In about two weeks prepare him small low box with some cat sand to do his things in it. They just learn alone. Instincts.
If he hasn’t done his needs in over two days take him to the vet.

Answer 3

Leave the kitten alone if it is just born. It should feed from the mothers nipple. If the mother won't feed it, call a vet.

Answer 4

Make sure the kitten is warm, if they aren't warm they won't eat. Wrap it in a tiny blanket when you give it the formula. Take it to the vet in the morning.

Answer 5

if he starts to get really weak and cant move force pedialyte into his mouth through a syringe, when he gets his strength try to get him to drink his mother's milk by encouraging him and putting him with the other feeding kittens so he can see what they're doing

Answer 6

try getting it some canned food, but don't worry if it doesn't accept it right away once it is hungry enough it will eat. (sorry for calling yout kitten an it i don't know if it is a boy or a girl.)

Answer 7

You should really call a vet