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Originally Posted by wrinkles
I am hoping you can all give me some advice. I am currently hand rearing a 3 day old kitten, her mum unfortunatly rejected her at birth. I am feeding her Royal Canin Kitten milk, every 3 hours {day and night} I stimulate her before and after each feed. She is weeing really well, but seem's to be constipated. when she does finally pass poo its very hard, and has even caused slight bleeding. should i water her milk down? or is there something i can give her to sofen her poo?? any advice greatfully recieved, she is such a little fighter and i am desperate to do everything possible to help her make it.
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Is RC kitten milk just like other kitten milks (like felix or whiskers) or is it specially formulated for hand rearing kittens?
You should really go to your vets and get some proper formula milk for her (I don’t think it will be expensive) failing that, you can make up a mixture, with I think 4 parts water to 1 part condensed milk and a drop of honey. (don’t quote me on the recipe though, hopefully someone will be along soon to confirm or correct it).
You also need to stimulate her going to the loo, you can do this by licking her bum like her mum would do… only joking, get a moist piece of cotton wool and wipe her bottom with it.