why doesnt my kitten go poop?

Question

i found a 3 week old kitten last week he's now 4 weeks and since he has been in my care he pee's alot but he wont poop. How do I get him to poop? I've tried everything cotton ball, veggie oil nothing seems to work. I've been giving him 2 percent milk and mixing it with water. He seems to take to that nicely, my second question is should I start giving him can food at this age and how? Considering his back teeth are coming in.

Answer 1

You need to take your kitten to the vet, this can be a very serious condition. An enema or two may be in store for the little kitty. Being such a young kitten, he really should still be with his mother. Since he can't be, he needs proper replacement nutrition. Feed a good-quality milk replacer specifically formulated for cats. You can get this from a pet store, I know PetsMart carries it, or your vet might have some you could try. If he drinks from a bottle now, keep on with the bottle and milk replacer for another week or so, then introduce solid foods. Right now you can mix canned kitten food and formula to make a gruel that the kitten can eat, if he can lap stuff up off a plate yet. Slowly change to a mixture of canned and softened dry kitten food (mix 1 part warm water with 3 parts kitten food and let sit for 15 minutes), then just softened food, and finally hard kitten food. Make sure when you feed, it's kitten food, since it has the proper balance of nutrition for a growing cat and more fat. This should be fed until the kitten is a year old. I highly recommend Purina kitten chow, but alomst any kitten food will do. On a side note, you should probably take the kitten to a vet regardless of whether he poops or not. He most likely has some sort of worms, and the vet can give you a treatment for this, as well as getting him started on vaccines as soon as he's old enough. Goodl uck with your kitten!

Answer 2

If you have been giving the kitten cow's milk and she still doesn't poop, you need to see a vet. Cow's milk causes diarrhea, so you should have seen some poop by now. Some kittens are born with birth defects, and if the mama left it, chances are it's defective. Mama cats know these things. Sorry to be so negative, I could be wrong.
If you have a dog or another pet, well, kitten poop is pretty tasty, so make sure it's not being dined upon by another pet.

You can start giving him meat baby food or canned kitten food. Get the smallest Tupperware/Gladware lid you have. Mix a little of the chosen food into a tablespoon of warm water. By little I mean a fingertip full. It needs to be warm liquid. Drip a little on the kitten's lips or wait until the kitten opens it's mouth and drip it on his tongue. When he laps at it, put the lid under his tongue really fast. It will make a mess, but he will catch on.
As he gets better at eating, decrease the amount of water until you don't add any. Then start adding kibble. Don't expect him to eat it right away, but he will eventually.
Good luck

PS. extremest is NOT a vet. I doubt he has even worked in the vet field or with animals, please ignore him.

Answer 3

you should never feed a cat cows milk. It can give them worms. Go to the pet store and get some cartons of a liquid milk like drink for very young cats. I don't thin you should feed him regular cat food until he is minimum 6-8 weeks and even then it has to be specifically for kittens, they need different amounts of nutrients, don't skimp on that as he is already nutritionally deprived. He won't poop until he is getting enough nutrition going in first, he basically has nothing to poop out yet because of only drinking watered dwon milk.

Go to some place like Petcetera, pet smart or even your local pet food store and ask them all the questions you have, if they know what they are talking about they will be able to asnwer anything. It is their job to know these things.

Answer 4

This may sound wierd, but it worked for a tiny kitten I rescued several years ago. He grew into a very large and litterbox trained cat :)

Take a damp cotton ball or damp washcloth and gently rub his rear end for a moment. Momma cats usually lick their kittens to get them to go. Be really gentle, and make sure you clean them up really well once they go.

After about two weeks of that, my kitten began to go on his own and within a week after that he was using his litter pan without too many troubles.

Here's a site that says the same, wanted to find a site just to back up what I'm saying :)

http://www.kittencare.com/askKC_LittleKittens.html

Scroll down to the constipated / not urinating section.

Answer 5

The kitten needs stimulation in order to poop. Usually, the mom does this by licking the kitten's private area. You can get a warm damp washcloth and gently rub the kitten. That should get it to poop.


Also, cats usually like to do their business in hiding. Maybe your kitten does poop, you just don't know where.

Answer 6

he probably is in one of your shoes or in some secret corner and you just haven't found it yet - I don't know how old you are so I'll take a chance and just come out and say it -Your cat is an animal, it isn't a baby, cats are semi-domesticated but are only a nudge away from being feral and would probably have a go at eating you if you fell asleep or died and didn't feed it, take the kid gloves off just be sensible and don't give it chicken bones

Answer 7

MILK IS NOT GOOD FOR KITTENS ,NOT OUR KIND OF MILK ONLY THE MAMA CAT'S MILK. SINCE SHE IS WEANED FROM THE MAMA CAT YOU SHOULD GIVE HER DRY PURINA ONE IS GOOD AND IT TELLS YOU ON THE BAG HOW MUCH TO GIVE HER. LOOK, TAKE HER TO THE VET FOR A CHECKUP BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT ANYWAY AND GET HER VACCINATIONS TO GET A GOOD START AND TELL HIM/HER ALL YOUR CONCERNS. GO TO THE LIBRARY AND GET A CAT BOOK IT CAN ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND GIVE YOU TIPS ALSO. IF THE KITTEN EATS , HE'S GONNA POOP, UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THE VET IS THE BEST QUALIFIED FOR THAT. YOU COULD INJURE HIM BY TRYING TO FORCE HIM TO USE THE BATHROOM (I AM PRAYING FOR HIM DESPERATELY IT BREAKS MY HEART. PLEASE TAKE HIM TO THE VET SOON.

Answer 8

You should take your kitten to see a veterinarian immediately! That kitten is too young to be without its mother unless in the care of a person who is experienced at raising orphan kittens. You should not be feeding it cow's milk. Please take it to a veterinarian who can check the kitten's health and educate you about the proper care and feeding it requires.

Answer 9

you relatively shouldn't in any respect exchange something a pair of cat's litterbox, they dont adapt to alter nicely in any respect. She is basically rebelling against the recent clutter. This shouldnt be a situation, as long as she remains making use of her litterbox. this is recommended to bypass back to the previous clutter, and initiate introducing the recent style of clutter which you're making use of gradually, until eventually she is used to the recent clutter. sturdy success with your kitty!

Answer 10

It's because it's only 3 weeks. In time the little kittin will poop. My puppy did the same thing. It's becuase the age they are.