5 week old kitten?

Question

my kittens 5 weeks old he wont eat and has gone really weak and breathing really strangely, i rang the vet and they to keep him at home because we would be able to take better care of him i feel helpless because i think hes going to die.what could be wrong

Answer 1

dont call, take him into the same or a different vet hospital.

Answer 2

Assuming there is some good reason why you have taken the kitten away from its mother at least a week too early and can't take it back for another week or two then:
You need to find a proprietary replacement for mother's milk. make sure it has plenty of fresh water and feed it with that from your finger or a dropper. I don't know which vet one of the other posters works for but stay well clear of them boys!
Tinned cat food is not a good idea. It will only give the kitten the squits and it can't digest the stuff, thus making it more dehydrated than ever.
And never, ever, ever take a kitten away from its mother until it is at least six and preferably eight weeks old. Some species need to be about 12 weeks.

Answer 3

Are you giving your kitty milk replacer? A 5 week old kitten may still need milk, or at least canned food; so if you're giving him dry food, that could be part of the problem. Otherwise, any number of things could be wrong, but a veterinarian would usually diagnose something called "Fading Kitten Syndrome"- where kittens start to fade and die without any obvious cause.

Answer 4

your kitten still NEEDS to be with its mom until its 8 weeks old if you cant get it back to its mom feed it premature baby fomula out of a kitten bottle or a eye droper once every 4 houres and twice at night till its 6 1/2 weeks old then feed it wet cat food then as it gets older mix in dry cat food soon it can eat all hard food.

Answer 5

I hate it when vets say **** like that. Call a different vet and insist the s/he see the animal. I had a vet tell me that my kitty had just sprained himself and not to bring him in the next week I took him to a different vet and kitty had to be put down.
GO see a different vet

Answer 6

that doesn't sound right...take him into the vet. He could have a virus or cold. Not good for a kitten...especially if he's not eating..he will die if he doesn't drink or eat...especially drink. For your sack..and especially the kitten..get him physically to a vet to get tested....good luck.