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Hello, my husband and I just adopted a 9 week old kitten yesterday and he has not eaten or drank anything in almost 24 hours. We cannot get him to eat dry or wet and he won't drink any water. We are planning to give him a milk replacement (KMR) as a last resort, however do you think this is an emergency? I feel this is an emergency but I'm not sure if some kittens just don't eat as much. We thought he might have had a big meal at the shelter but now that it's the next day and he's still not eating or drinking we are very concerned. And we don't know if he had water in the middle of the night either that's why we're lost on what to do. We feel he may be sick because when he swallows it is very exaggerated. We think he has a sore throat. We made a vet appointment right away but the soonest anyone can see us is this Thursday but we believe that's too far away. If he doesn't drink this milk replacement should we take him to emergency? And even if he does drink the milk should we take him to emergency anyways? I do think his throat is sore and I am sick with worry. All he wants to do is sleep and snuggle and suckle so that makes me think he does not feel well. When you put him on the floor though, he walks around and plays and acts curious. I'm worried he's starving and extremely dehydrated but it's hard to tell because I don't know if he ate and drank at his shelter before we picked him up or not. Please help, thank you.