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Jai M asked in PetsCats · 1 decade ago

3 month Kitten keeps puking and passing stool. Help!?

Hi All,

Need help regarding my kitten.

History -

- Separated from mother at about 2 days after birth. Has been reared by hand since then. Fed a diet of milk formula initially for 6 weeks, and then cerelac ( infant cereal ), rice formula. Had started her on a diet of boiled mashed fish with rice about a week back ( one meal per day, accompanied with the cerelac and milk formula in other meals of the day ).

- She has been given deworming once from the vet at about 6 weeks.

Gave her cat food "whiskas" or something ( made in S.Africa ). Processed meat cutlets in gravy. Mashed them up so she could eat em properly.

After about 12-16 hours, and after taking one meal of cerelac and also milk formula, she started pooping a lot, and passing a lot of urine. All normal in color.

Now she has puked roughly 5-6 times, and at all times whitish froth is coming out. The last she puked i saw a few chunks of the cat food ( very very small ).

Her last stool was quite watery and loose, Other all were normal.

She is looking really de-hydrated, and extremely exhausted with the puking. I tried bottle feeding her some milk formula, but she would not take it, so i dint want to exhaust her more, and have left her to rest.

Please advise, is it just a reaction to the cat food? ( because the cat food was given before also, when she was about 8 weeks, but only twice and in much much lesser amount ).

Should i not feed her anything for the next 6-10 hours and let her system clear itself up, or try and give her something??

- This is the first time handling a kitten, and that too from day 2-3 of birth of the kitten. Have experience with dogs from 2 weeks old, but not with a kitten.

Update:

@Natalie - The kitten was not separated from the mother by choice, but by fate. You think any sane person would separate a baby at 2-3days??

Update 2:

I cannot take her to the vet for the next 10 hours atleast since its midnight here at this point of time.

So need other ideas/suggestions. Thanks for the quick replies though!

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Take Her to the vet!

  • 1 decade ago

    Her greatest risk of death at the moment is through dehydration, so make sure she gets fluids. Syringue feed her if she shows no interest. Make sure she is passing urine and that when you pinch the skin on the back of her neck that is goes back down. You shouldn't use any food or milk products designed for humans in case they contain soya or cow's milk. Feed water, kitten formula and mashed kitten food, minced cooked chicken, or raw lamb or turkey mince. Sadly, hand-reared kittens are more prone to immune and digestive health problems, but hopefully her upset tummy will return to normal. Good luck.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Sounds like worms to me. I always worm my kittens the same as my puppies. My vet has me use nemex wormer. It is labeled for dogs but is safe for cats and does a good job. I have wormed them as young as 4wks. I would get the wormer immediately as the worms can do damage.Worm every cat at the same time the same dosage as what it says for a dog per pound. Repeat in 2 wks.I buy it from jeffers vet supply as they are the cheapest.

  • 1 decade ago

    you aren't supposed to take the kittens away from the mother until they are 8 weeks old. take her to the vet now!!!

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