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Kittens do not necessarily eat a full meal at each feeding if they are not hungry.

How much does she weigh now?

How much and how often are you now feeding?
 
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She weighs about 184... she ranges from 183-188 like she did in the 170s. I feed her every 2 hours and she eats about 5ml.
 

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Continue along with what you are doing. She needs to continue gaining weight. Do not give her wet food yet.
 
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Okay I will do that. She doesn't like eating the 5ml. The only thing I can get her to do willingly is drink water. It is from a syringe but she loves water. She's never hungry at her feedings.

She has one more dose of albon. I know we need to wait to see if her poop clears up then as it should but her poop today has been looking like it has some form but then clear liquid comes out with it. It's looks runnier than mucus though.
 

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Please post a picture of her poop when you can. Also, let her get hungry. Wait longer between feedings.
 
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Okay I will do that. So should I try every three hours?
 

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Yes, even every 4 hours. She is older and can surely go every 4 hours.
 
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I know she can... I just don't want her to lose any weight. I will try every 3 and see how it goes and if not, I will try every 4 hours.
 
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Okay I will! I'll see how it goes. Sometimes she wakes up and cries though.
 
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Oh I know! I will try that out and see.

Do you know why she starts to gain and then will peak and stop gaining? Her weight then will go up and down for a while before she gains again
 

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No, I do not know why. She needs to gain steadily each day. Let's hope that begins to happen soon.

Weighing her constantly is not necessary. Once a day is enough for now.
 
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I know. I'm trying to stop weighing her so much because it stresses me out. I know it's not needed but I do it to put my mind at ease.
 
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That looks a little different than it did but this was just on her when I picked her up.
 

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It's like pure mucas
 
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Okay! I'll just keep an eye on it. I got her to eat off the bottle!!!!! The 4 hours worked. I don't know exactly how much she ate... because I didn't measure. I didn't think she would take the bottle and I usually measure as I feed her with the syringe. She ate for a while but I don't know if she ate enough for 4 hours. She was full though, I tried to give her some more and she refused and I tried with the syringe.
 

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Okay! I'll just keep an eye on it. I got her to eat off the bottle!!!!! The 4 hours worked. I don't know exactly how much she ate... because I didn't measure. I didn't think she would take the bottle and I usually measure as I feed her with the syringe. She ate for a while but I don't know if she ate enough for 4 hours. She was full though, I tried to give her some more and she refused and I tried with the syringe.
Are you giving her enough time to burp? You can put her on your shoulder and gently, smoothly jiggle her up and down. Kittens usually don't burp loudly but you might be able to feel it as a tiny "gulp". One of my last year's crop needed burping right up until she was weaned off the bottle.
 
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Yeah I burp her.
 
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