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We just found two abandoned baby kittens in our garden, left in the rain during a thunderstorm, so we took them in. After weighing them we assume they are about 4 weeks old (272g and 284g). Does anyone have any experience or tips how to care for them? (Especially since all major stores/vets/animal shelters will probably be closed tomorrow bc Sunday)

I am a bit lost and really any tips or even links would be super helpful.

If you have a WalMart near you there's a good chance they will stock kitten formula. It's not recommended for long term, but will do for a few days. If they are truly only 4 weeks old and not yet eating solids they will need feedings every two hours. You can use an eyedropper or a syringe to feed them.

They will also need to be kept as warm as possible, and may need to be stimulated to poop by rubbing their bottoms with a warm, wet washcloth (as this function would normally be taken care off by mama cat licking them).

I am not in the US, so Walmart is not an option. In my county all stores are closed sunday, so... I have regular cat food and some sites said I should mix that with water, so yeah.

But thanks for the other tips. :D.

Yogurt and water is also an option, as long as it is plain and unsweetened natural yogurt. Kitties are lactose intolerant, but a lot of the lactose in yogurt is removed by the fermentation process.

Blended water and cat food is really only something you should try if you can make it an extremely fine slurry, as their little stomachs will become quite upset if they aren't yet used to eating solid food.

I don't know if this is a possibility for you, but sometimes co-ops that sell livestock feed/supplies will also carry kitten formula.

You can mix a very little cow's milk with an egg yolk. It'll hold them for a day or two.

http://www.feralcat.com/raising.html

Find a general store and get some soft cat food. Kitten milk replacement if you can as well. Mix the two up and feed them to the kittens. If they can eat it by themselves, great. If not, feed it to them at the end of an eye dropper or straw. Keep them warm. Put newspaper down unless you have a litterbox or can get one.

DO NOT FEED THEM COW MILK!

I cannot recommend this brand of milk replacer enough: http://www.amazon.com/KMR%C2%AE-Powder-Kittens-Cats-12oz/dp/B0002ASS0M

Last year, my friend who was in town for business picked up a kitten in an alley while wandering around drunk. She couldn't have been more than 2 weeks, was ridden with fleas and lesions, and by the time friend called me over, hadn't eaten anything in at least 24 hours. I've had several cats but had never hand-reared one before and it was pretty shaky going at first. She couldn't bottle-feed and could only sip at droplets of formula from my fingers.

The powder version is so economical and goes a loooooong way. Baby pretty much bounced back over night, and if you see her now you wouldn't believe it's the same cat, she's so effing gorgeous.

You need a burlap sack, a brick, and google maps directions to your nearest river.

0/10

Subtlety. Learn it. Know it. Live it.

You need to fuck off tbh.

Since you say you have cat food already, I assume that means you have cats. It's important to keep the feral kittens isolated from your own pets, so nobody catches any diseases from anyone, and wash your hands well before and after you handle the kittens.

Thanks to everyone that replied (except that one person I guess). I'll try some of your suggestions. If anyone has further advice I'd be thankful.

Baby food -- the meat types -- make good first kitten foods. At four weeks they are old enough to start transitioning to basic food. At six weeks they can be weaned off milk replacer/milk entirely.

Cottage cheese is also a useful food source, mix it 50/50 with minced/ground beef. (Cooked and drained of fat.)

If nothing else, you can use cat kibble that has been softened with beef or chicken broth, or cow's milk. Despite the comment above, it is CATS that are lactose intolerant, not KITTENS. Like all babies, they can manage milk sugar just fine.

My mom once rescued a kitty from the road on a weekend day. She just kept her in our house for a while (sequestered away from the dog), left a bit of borrowed cat food in a bowl, and made sure she was comfortable.

I don't know what kinds of food are best for a 4 wk cat, but I'd say make sure they have someplace soft to sleep and something to eat and water to drink and just make sure they're safe until the vet opens again.

(also post pics? :P)

Edited 2016-05-28 21:43 (UTC)

A lot of cats have given birth around this time of year. You might be able to find someone with a momma cat that can nurse them. We did that when we had to find a way to feed two orphaned baby kitties once.

Here!!

Edited 2016-05-28 22:25 (UTC)

Awwww!

Awwww. You are doing a good thing, anon.

Oh what sweet little nubbins! They should be about 4-6 weeks old from the looks of them. Nurse them as much as possible if their mama cat doesn't come looking.

Are you sure they're abandoned? The mother may still be looking for them. Make that your first priority, that they mom is out in the bushes, hunting for them.
(Unless you mean, found them in a box or something.)

This site explains how to take care of abandoned kittens!

Orphaned Kitten Emergency Milk Replacer Recipe
Another site with another recipe for kitten milk replacer
And another one

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