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Anonymous asked in PetsCats · 1 decade ago

Newborn kitten won't drink mother's milk?

My cat gave birth a few hours ago. There is only one kitten. I'm not surprised because the mother is young, but what I am wondering is why the kitten won't drink from it's mother. I've tried redirecting the newborn to multiple nipples but he is still uninterested and will not feed. Is this normal? It's really worrying me.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    it is normal for the runt but the runt usually dies unless humans step in to help you need to get a medecine dropper and go to petco and buy cat formula feed her like you would a baby several times a day and at night you might also want to squeeze on your cats nipples so that she will still be producing milk if you don't they will dry up and you will be forced to keep feeding the newborn kitten till it eats kitten food just feed her for a few days till she gets stronger or till she starts feeding off of her mom

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  • 6 years ago

    mine wont either and I am really scared that it might die and its so small , smaller than a normal newborn kitten I have directed it to the nipple but just doesn t drink the milk what should I do because some people said it was a miracle that the cat even lived

  • 1 decade ago

    you shold rlly put your kittin on a bottle u have to get formulated milk though ask ur vet :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    leave it alone with its mother for a while, and see if it drinks when you are not there. then, if it hasn't, you feed it(but do some research though).....

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  • 1 decade ago

    you really need to get it to the vet fast take the mom to it could die. and i don't think its good that she only had one the min is 3

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