Orphaned kitten "urgent"

Question

my kids found a very young kitten in the street

it is so tiny with eyes still shut and i don't know what to feed it

we don't have kitten formula so can i give it human babies formula or will it hurt it?

please help asap

Answer 1

If you have a 24 hour emergency vet in your area call them.  They will sell little bottles or droppers and milk you can feed it.  

Answer 2

no dont do that. I would take it to the humane society or vet if you want to keep it (immediatly!)

Answer 3

hiya

there are recipes you can use

Here is the recipe for Kitten Formula

# 1 cup whole milk

# 1 tablespoon white corn syrup

# 1 egg yolk

# a pinch of salt

Mix in a blender and mix it up far enough in advance so the bubbles will have time to dissipate.

Warm over medium heat. Heat the formula so it feels slightly warm to the touch.

got it off the internet, never used it myself. there are other vairents so maybe search this yourself.

I am currently hand feeding a 4 day old kitten.

I have had to force feed him with a syringe; the pet bottles are no good for us they dont work. Use a childs medicine syringe etc if you have one or try to get one from a parmacy,

Or even an eye dropper.

If the kitten is too weak to suck then force the syringe into the mouth and drop by very very slow drop- giving it chance to swallow after each drop- get some in. feed it every hour or so until he will take 2 mls per feed (w full childs medicine syringe) then you can take it from there but if it does that for a couple of days- through the night also- hs'she should have gained some strength. good luck!

Answer 4

search the neighborhood, and ask around for the kittens mother.

the mom was probably trying to move the kittens to a better location and left the kitty there to go get another.

Answer 5

why are you asking us! while you wait for an answer it could be dead! take it to a 24 hour vets now! don't say there isn't one near you because everyone has one close.

Answer 6

call a VET.......... PLEASE CALL A  VET, when it's this important, why would you ask a bunch of people on here, why would you trust anyone on here?  call a vet!

Answer 7

Any type of milk will do. I feed my previous small kitten this way. Since they have's open their eyes yet, u might have to buy a baby bottle to feed them. They'll thought that it's the nipple from female cats. When it's a few months old, or when it has opened their eyes, feed them from the bowl will do.

Answer 8

Call a vet, other then that  try the formula.

- God Bless