Last Wednesday my husband and I took in 3 kittens that were about 2 weeks old. (Posted thread "2 week old kittens"). In order to draw attention to the specific issue I am having though, I am making a new post.
We have been stimulating the kitties to get them to pee and poop after each feeding. For the first couple days they were pretty regular with peeing every time they ate and pooping once a day, a couple days they pooped twice. On Friday and Saturday, we found poop on the blanket they have in the bathtub we have them set up in so one went without our help but we don't know which one....we have an idea though.
They all grey one poops for us and has (from what I have read, normal poop) at least once a day. One of the grey/white ones poops for us also, same as the all grey one. The third kitten is the runt of the three, smaller, eats less, when we got him seemed in worse shape then the other two. His behind area is always wet and scraggly looking-but we realized that the other two kittens try to nurse off his behind, and he has peed and pooped in the tub from that. However, since finding poop in the tub yesterday morning, the other two have pooped for us and the little one has not. We try to stimulate the area using a warm wet washcloth but he just cries when we do it. His appetite is still normal but I am worried about him not pooping again yet. Also, is it normal for the other cats to only go once a day? They are still on only kitten milk replacement from the petstore, but is there anything I can add to it at this young age to help them poop? I am trying to avoid a vet visit since they are so little but if I need to take the little one I will.
They all have their eyes fully open now and weigh right about 10 ounces. We are not sure of the age, but their eyes just fully opened within the past two days.
We have been stimulating the kitties to get them to pee and poop after each feeding. For the first couple days they were pretty regular with peeing every time they ate and pooping once a day, a couple days they pooped twice. On Friday and Saturday, we found poop on the blanket they have in the bathtub we have them set up in so one went without our help but we don't know which one....we have an idea though.
They all grey one poops for us and has (from what I have read, normal poop) at least once a day. One of the grey/white ones poops for us also, same as the all grey one. The third kitten is the runt of the three, smaller, eats less, when we got him seemed in worse shape then the other two. His behind area is always wet and scraggly looking-but we realized that the other two kittens try to nurse off his behind, and he has peed and pooped in the tub from that. However, since finding poop in the tub yesterday morning, the other two have pooped for us and the little one has not. We try to stimulate the area using a warm wet washcloth but he just cries when we do it. His appetite is still normal but I am worried about him not pooping again yet. Also, is it normal for the other cats to only go once a day? They are still on only kitten milk replacement from the petstore, but is there anything I can add to it at this young age to help them poop? I am trying to avoid a vet visit since they are so little but if I need to take the little one I will.
They all have their eyes fully open now and weigh right about 10 ounces. We are not sure of the age, but their eyes just fully opened within the past two days.