Expert: Kate Tilmouth - 8/3/2009

Question
i have a 2 week old kitten whom im having to hand feed because the mum was unable to feed her, she gave birth to 4 but 3 died, im not sure what of because 1 minute they were healthy and the next they were weak and limp and died. The kitten i have now has real bad dioreah and urinates from the simplest touch, some times she does it herself whilst sleeping in her bed, momma cat does clean her but she doesent make her go the toilet. Im worried incase momma cat has given her an infection. Aswell some times after feeding the kitten has a sort of rattley sound, a bit like a baby that has a cold and you can hear all the mucus on the chest when they breath, but the kitten only does it on the odd occasion when feeding, shes been purring since she was a week old so its not that, also she has pooped on her own once and that was a normal poop. Heres a wats wrong today, weak, diohreah, a sort of chest sound after feeding, constant urinating. Any ideas what i should do to help her? And should she be rushed to a vet? Thanks. Shes my lil baby and i dont want her to die

Answer
Hi
please take this kitten to the vets as soon as possible. Kittens can die very easily and diarrhoea can cause dehydration very quickly.

She may have a cold or even cat flu or some sort of infection. All of which have to be treated by a vet urgently.

I hope she pulls though

best wishes Kate
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