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I have two 2 week old kittens, whos mother has been gone for a day and a half, they crying non stop, how can i keep them alive if tehre mother doesnt come back? how long can they last withought their mother before they might die?

2007-04-14 07:50:51 · 15 answers · asked by Chizzle 1 in Pets Cats

15 answers

You can bottle feed them yourself.
Get some kitten formula and small bottles from your vet or a pet store. They will need to be fed every 2-3 hours, but you should be able to sleep through the night without any harm to the kittens.
You will also have to stimulate them to urinate and defecate after they eat by rubbing their bellies and down between their legs with a warm damp cloth after eating. This will go on for about the first 3-4 weeks before they learn to void on their own.
At 4 weeks old or so, start adding some canned food to the formula until it becomes to thick to be delivered through a bottle, then start teaching them to eat from a dish. Once they are eating from a dish, start switching them to dry food by adding it to the wet food (well moistened) and gradually adding less water and canned food. By the time they are 6 weeks old, they can be completely on dry food.
I rasied a kitten this way from 5 days old and she's now a healthy 2 year-old - although completely spoiled and totally fearless.

2007-04-14 07:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by searchpup 5 · 2 0

This become probable what's spoke of as fading kitten syndrome. Many kittens have genetic anomalies and what surpassed off is unquestionably very hassle-unfastened. i'm sorry :( As for the different 2, i won't be able to say if this is going to take place to them. each so often one dies, each so often greater effective than one. If the face regarded humorous it could have had some style of deformity that saved it from getting sufficient nutrition which includes a cleft jaw or palate.

2016-10-02 23:49:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

as pretty much everyone else has said, use kitten formula from a pet store. they will also probably sell feeding bottles for this. couldn't hurt to have a vet check them out or at least call your local vet if you have any dire emergencys with the kittens.
good luck

2007-04-14 08:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by Dirk 2 · 0 0

You need to keep them warm and feed them warm milk with an eye dropper. Be sure to clean it thourghly before you put the milk in. Give them lots of love and cuddles. If you aren't home all the time put a ticking clock near their bed. The ticking is like a heart beating and makes them feel safe.

2007-04-14 08:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

ok, what you need to do is fill a syrenge(no needle) with water and surger, and give the kitten 1/3 of it every week. also feed it by a baby bottle filled with worm milk. let him sleep with a stuffed animal(any type)on a heated pad on low. Do this until aobut 3 weeks when he or she can eat food.

2007-04-14 12:48:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Read Searchpups answer and copy it down! She has it right. I had to do the same thing with newborn kittens-5 of them-when their mother abandoned them. It is hard work, but worth it. Good luck.

2007-04-14 08:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by magix151 7 · 0 0

Go to a pet store an get some pet falumal an bottles an feed them every two hour if you wont to keep them but it takes time

2007-04-14 08:00:44 · answer #7 · answered by Kat 1 · 0 0

You can get kitten formula in the pet shop and feed it to them in little bottles. If mom doesn't come back you can raise them yourself. It just takes time and patience, and you have to feed them every couple of hours like babies.

2007-04-14 07:55:36 · answer #8 · answered by true blue 6 · 0 0

I was given a sick cat that was 3 weeks old because the mother died. I fed her soft cat food and she made it. But then again she wasn't a typical kitten.

2007-04-14 08:02:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

well without mom theywill strave to death you need to feed then. get kitten milk replacment from the store walmart carries it and kitten bottle and feed then, by 3 weeks you can ween them to kitten food moistened with alot of replacement, they need to be feed every 3 hours right now!

2007-04-14 07:57:17 · answer #10 · answered by tresses_undone 3 · 0 0

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