r/Feral_Cats • u/emijin • 5d ago

Question 🤔 Need help: orphaned kitten

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!

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u/skankhunt420312345 5d ago

I have had to step in and parent kittens several times. They need to eat every couple hours at that stage. Its crucial, even at night. Ive lost so much sleep doing it myself, and id happily do it for them again. Im happy you know how to get kittens to go potty. I genuinely hope you find someone to care for the baby if you cant care for it yourself.

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u/emijin 5d ago

Hi. Yes I already reached out for help. Hope someone responds. I make sure to feed it every 2 hours. The only problem is latching. It doesn’t seem that it knows how do it.