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hi, I'm new to this forum
I have a kitten which is left by his mother a week ago, and since that time I have to feed him and make sure he feels comfortable. from what I've read from the book, I shouldn't feed my kitten with milk produced from cow because that only makes the kitten have diarrhea, but I have no other choice. commercial milk for cat is hard to find here, and I've been feeding my kitten with ordinary milk. but since 2 days ago, everytime I feed my cat, he only drinks about 5 tea spoons of milk (usually, he can drink about 10-12 tea spoons of milk) and he's shaking. and now he's really having diarrhea... I don't know what to do. right now my brother's looking for a commercial milk for cat in the biggest pet store in my town, but I'm not sure he'll find it. it's really hard to find a vet too... what should I do? thanks for the help...

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This site will help and I added some info just to help out. Good luck, Please let us know how things went..
http://www.2ndchance.info/orphankitten.htm

If there is no mother around or the kittens have been orphaned by the death of the mother cat, then the following formula should be used to feed the kittens:

ORPHAN KITTEN FORMULA

4 oz. evaporated milk
4 oz. water
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon corn syrup (or substitute pancake syrup)
1 capsule cod liver oil

*REFRIGERATE any unused formula and make fresh formula if all not used within 48 hours.

FEEDING:

Warm formula but make sure it’s not too hot ! Use a plastic feeding tube – a 3 cc size is best but you can use a 1 cc size and you can obtain a tube from a vet or pharmacy. Orphan kittens need to be fed every 2 – 3 hours until they are 4 weeks old. At 4 weeks old, you can introduce some canned cat food mixed with the baby kitten formula but supplement with the feeding tube until all kittens are fully able to eat enough on their own. They should be weighed on a kitchen scale each day and their weight recorded in order to make sure they are gaining. Consult a veterinarian if the kittens fail to gain weight, have diarrhea, continually vomit or sneeze.
ELIMINATION:

Orphan kittens need help to eliminate their bowels until they are 3 – 4 weeks old, after which time they will begin to eliminate on their own. Until that time, after EACH feeding, use a warm, soft cloth and gently tap or rub their anal area until they pee/poop. This action simulates the mother’s rough tongue washing which, in a natural situation, helps her kittens eliminate. Be careful not to rub too hard as the skin is very tender on their rear ends when they are tiny kittens.

SAFE CARE

All baby kittens should be kept warm and out of a draft in a cardboard box in a safe area away from small children, dogs or other animals. All interaction with small children should be supervised as tiny kittens are very vulnerable to stress and handling.

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Can you get goats milk instead(it does not contain the lactose found in cows milk), and add eggs yolks, corn syrup, and fish oil to that, or call a vet they may have a milk replacement

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Can you not find KMR anywhere? Or order it online? If now, you could make your own. Here is my recipe that I used to use when we raised "orphan" kittens or kittens the barn cats or cats ppl left off at my grandmother's home - this was in the 60's and there was no such thing as KMR so we had to make do:

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. Without exception, every Kitten I have tried this with refused to swallow the formula if it was too cold or too warm. The same is true granted for KMR.

You can also ise evaporated milk and sugar but the corn syrup is easier on
their tiny and queasy to begin with digestive systems. Here is an alternate recipe for kitten "glop" with evaporated milk:

* 13 oz water (Pedialyte also works well here, esp if you live in a rural area with uncertain water)
* 1 envelope unflavored plain gelatin.
* 1 can 12 oz evaporated canned milk (not condensed) Regular, not the low fat. They need the fat.
* 2 Tablespoons plain live culture yogurt (I have made it without this when no culture was avail or added an acidophilus capsule)
* 2 Teaspoons Karo syrup (light)
* 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
* 1-4 egg yolks (no white)

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat water
2. add gelatin until completely dissolved
3. Remove from heat
4. Add 1 can regular evaporated canned milk
5. Add 2 Tablespoons plain live culture yogurt
6. add 1-4 egg yolks
7. Put in blender or whisk by hand until completely mixed
8. Pour into an ice cube tray and freeze
9. When frozen, pop the cubes out and store in a zip-loc plastic bag in the freezer
10. Or refrigerate if using completely within 3 weeks
11. To serve, microwave 10-15 seconds
12. refrigerate when not in use

Heat will kill the yogurt culture and curdle your eggs, so they must be added after the gelatin/water mixture has been cooled with the milk. Use live cultured plain yogurt. Pasteurizing/heat kills the live culture.

Even at room temperature, this mixture will "gel". It liquefies when warmed. The mixture works very well and the kittens seem to like it a lot.

In the refrigerator, it sets up rather like mousse and lasts for up to 3 weeks as a gel, and can be rewarmed at low in the microwave. In the freezer, it lasts indefinitely.

As a "jello", this also makes a good weaning formula.


Good luck!!

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