I have a set of foster kittens that are about six weeks old (brought in as orphans so actual age is not known). They are having diarrhea. One of them is particularly messy. He will poop and then sit in it immediately after. I am home and with them most of the time so I usually can get to him to clean him quickly but when I get up in the morning he's covered in dried on feces. I've been using warm moist paper towels to clean him but it's really not removing the dried on poop on the underside of his tail and bottoms of his hind legs.
This is my first time with kittens this young that did not have a mother around to do round the clock grooming. I'm very nervous about bathing a kitten that young. Is there a middle ground? A way to remove this poop without soaking the body of the kitten? I don't even want to fully wet his back half.
This is my first time with kittens this young that did not have a mother around to do round the clock grooming. I'm very nervous about bathing a kitten that young. Is there a middle ground? A way to remove this poop without soaking the body of the kitten? I don't even want to fully wet his back half.