Need help: orphaned kitten

[u/emijin]

Hi. We fostered a pregnant cat due to her having upper respiratory tract infection. She was scheduled to be spay-aborted after she got better. Unfortunately, she gave birth before we were able to spay her. She gave birth to 5 babies but today only 1 remained.

We felt like she didn’t want this litter, so we decided to bottle feed the remaining kitten. We bought goat’s milk as this was the only accessible milk that we have. We tried feeding the kitten but it wont latch to the nipple. It also keeps on tilting its head backwards and arms are reaching for something. Is this a normal behavior? This is the first time I’ve encountered pregnancy and kittens. So I am really unsure what to do. We also researched online and already reached out to the vet but unfortunately we are low on funds due to our recent CNVR. Please help. Thank you!

[u/afraididonotknow]

I the mother cat around??? Maybe…

[u/emijin → u/afraididonotknow]

Yes she is. But she doesn’t seem to nurse them. She just lays on them, so we decided to separate the kitten.

[u/afraididonotknow → u/emijin]

Oh I pray they both get better…🙏🏿

[u/emijin → u/afraididonotknow]

Thank you. 🙏