I found a baby kitten outside today. her eyes are still closed! i don't know how to take care of a baby cat.

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I found a baby kitten outside today. her eyes are still closed! i don't know how to take care of a baby kitten. i've never had a cat before. i have a dog and 3 birds. feeding will be a problem because i am still a student and there is no one else that can care for her while i'm gone. i don't know what / how to feed her. please help ASAP! i don't want the kitten to die... =(

I found a wild baby kitten outside today. her eyes are still closed! she was left in a parking lot....i don't know how to take care of a baby kitten. i've never had a cat before. i have a dog and 3 birds. feeding will be a problem because i am still a student and there is no one else that can care for her while i'm gone. i don't know what / how to feed her. please help ASAP! i don't want the kitten to die... =(

Answer 1

Ok, well first, take the kitten in and keep it warm. You should find a nice laundry basket or box and put lots of blankets and towels in it. Put the kitten in the box and let it rest, as soon as possible go to a pet store, or Wal*Mart, and in the pet section there is milk in a can that is made for kittens that you have to bottle feed. Either use a baby bottle(not reccomened because it can be too big) or else go to the pet store and find a bottle for kittens. When you get home, take the kitten, very gently, lightly use your fingers and hold up its head a bit and take your other hand with your thumb and your pointer finger, very gently push on the part of the jaw bone that moves(where the two parts of the jaw top and bottom meet like on the side if you push by your mouth you can feel your jaw move up and down.) and lightly push up until its mouth starts to open. Take the bottle and put it in its mouth, but not too far and squeeze the bottle very lightly until a couple drops come out and the kitten tastes it,if she starts coughing take the bottle out right away and let her get it down. (Dont ever force it down, and dont keep her head up to much she could choke) then hopefully she will take it and keep sucking. You must do these actions very gently or else you could harm the kitten, when shes done eating put her back in the box and pet her. Watch for accidents, you can't train kittens to use the box this early. So if she does go on the blankets, just talk to the kitten. And wash the sheets. She can't see the mess. but she will know its uncomfortable to lay in a puddle of her own mess. if it gets on her, take a washcloth. a warm one. not hot not cold, just warm enough. skin warm and wring it and wipe her off, and if you have dogs, don't dare keep the kitten near the dogs, even if they like cats. The kitten cant walk yet and if the dog tried something she wouldnt be able to get away. After a while take the kitten to the vet to get checked out to make she is disease free and too see how old she is. If your lucky you will proboly get to keep her.
hope i helped email me if u can and tell me how she is doing pleez cats are my life

Answer 2

Well, My Sister Found A Baby [newborn] Kitten Outside. And It Still Needed Help Going To The Bathroom, And Still Needed To be Feed. The Kitten Didnt Even Look 2 Weeks Old. And We Broght It In And Cared For It. To Feed It, She Went And Bought A Kitten Botten At Like Walmart, Kmart Ect. And Regular Baby Food Or Kitten Food. And Feed It About Every Few Hours. After Feeding It, Warm a paper towel, and wipe its Behind So it can pee or poop. As A Mother Cat Would Help the kitten do the same. And Our Kitten. Is Now Healthy, And Still Alive. Hope This Helped!! Good Luck

Answer 3

go to your local petstore or even wal mart, to the pet section theres some kitten formula milk you can buy there, you'll also need a little dropper, they should have those too, directions will be on the can as to how much to feed her. It's been so long I don't remember how much I had to feed my cat. You do have to feed her every 2-3 hours, this is only for the first 3-4 weeks then the kitten will start eating kitten food. If it's so young the eyes aren't even open it's only a couple of days old. Feeding will be critical for it's survival, you'll also need to keep her warm & pet her a lot, this will help stimulate blood circulation too. I also recommend calling your vet.

Answer 4

I would call the local animal shelter or humane society or some vet clinics. They often are in contact with people who have experience raising kittens this young or have cats who are nursing a litter and will accept another kitten.

Hand-raising a kitten this young can be done, but it's not easy and it's time-consuming -- they have to be fed every two hours around the clock -- and it would be very difficult for you since you're a student. You're obviousy a kind-hearted person and it would be heartbreaking for you to have the kitten die.

Answer 5

The kitten needs to be bottle-fed. If you can't, call a vet. They sometimes know of a cat that just gave birth. The mother cat will kind of adopt the new kitten and feed it along with the rest.

Answer 6

Well a baby kitten is very time consuming... I would take her to a vet asap in the morning.. they will give you directions on how to care for her.. and possibly the name of some people or organizations who can take the kitten and care for it.

Answer 7

I know that you can go to any pet store and buy a nursing bottle. Ask your local vet,but I raised two kittens from that stage giving them goat's milk. Just like human infants they will want a feeding every few hours.
They were happy and healthy. Hope this helps.

Answer 8

You should have left it where it was, mama cats don't stay with their babies 24/7, she may have been off finding food or in the process of moving the litter to a new location. If its eyes are closed, it's only a few days old, and will need to be bottle fed every 2-3 hours around the clock. And they don't go to the bathroom on their own, you have to rub their bottoms with a warm damp washcloth to make them pee and poop after every feeding, they should pee every time and poop at least 1-2 times per day. If you can't care for her, take her to the humane society ASAP.

Answer 9

Do not take it to a shelter - they will euthenize it, since it's under 1.5 lbs.

Call your vet in the morning. You need to get a kitten bottle and Kitten Milk Replacement (KMR) and you have to warm the milk (WARM not hot)

Put the kitten on a warm heating pad. You will also have to stimulate the kitten's genitals with a cotton ball with warm water - every 2-4 hours til it's eyes open. You also have to bathe the kitten daily to avoid urine burn (use children's tearless baby shampoo.)

CALL YOUR VET!! :)

Answer 10

you could try to dropper feed it kitten formula that pet stores sell, if you cant take care of it , if its feral cat ( one born outside in the wild, ) probably a better idea would be take it to the pound since they can carry diseases like feline leukemia , rabies, and such