Thank you all so much for all the info, I will keep my eye on her feeding, and will see about getting her some kitten milk too, I did want 2 from the same litter but there was just 1 left, so will have to look at getting my second kitten from another litter, I will give it a couple more weeks yet.. oh and will add a photo if I can find out how to do it !!

Hiya I said my cat Elvis missed out, so next time Id rather spend the extra £10 and give them more vits it makes lots of milk anyway so it prob actually works our cheaper & is better for them!

Elvis has 2 life long illness as he was probably weaned at 3/4 weeks I was only 14 when I got him so I didnt know about cats/kittens I just thought 'kitten yah'! lol!

Elvis is now 12 and he has never ever drunk water, the same as your cat, thats weird & both were 5 week when we got them? I wonder if that is a 'normal' thing for younger kits? Mine care drinking water though, but maybe he missed his milk? or didnt know how to lap it? He drinks 50p worth of milk per day Thas alot of milk!!

As he gets blocked up he has to have the milk for extra fliud no dry food as a hand full of biccis blocks him up and his on lax everyday of his life He is also allergic to Everything! from all plants, grass house flys, dust to carrots most food!! Although Elvis is from 14-21lb! All muscle lol!

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Indy still enjoys his milk though thankfully he now drinks water, was half weaned at 4 weeks because Mabel (his mamma) was starving to death herself and couldn't make enough milk for him
Maybe I got away with the tescos milk because it is goats milk with extra nutrients and vitamins added? was recommended by my vet as a substitute milk rather than formula... but despite being thin Indy was a robust and tough lil fella... varies so much cat to cat I suppose.
I'm glad Elvis got you though... I hope his siblings got as good owners

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aww thanks lol, his the most 'expensive free cat ever' as we call him as his total is now around 18k........... sadly no insurance...........and out of my daddys pockets!!! over 12years though......it still works out loads!!

My best mate got his brother & the sister we saw was very ill aswell, but being kids arpound kittens you dont think logically do you!! we jsut saw kittens & I took one & so did my mate, our parents didnt even know, well my dad did when I got back to the car and her mum did when she got home!!

No I think its still good I didnt know about the cimi until I bred anyway but I just thought if I had a younger kit it might be worth it? ITs prob just as good as the one you got anyway!

I use whiskas/sainburys & tesco own for Elvis, he wont drink any others! fussy sod!

that is so sad about the mums cat how awful

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Hi and welcome Darkly's girlBecareful giving any milk to your kitten as some kittens are lactose intolerant and it may make her loose,tbh i'd stick with water

that's why we were on about the proper cat/kitten milk without much lactose though also said it was if the kitten *wouldn't* drink enough water... Indy at that age would not drink water at all, after 24 hours we gave him the kitten milk for the food and fluid value as he wasn't properly weaned.

Now he happily drinks water and only has cat milk/goat milk/cows milk as the odd treat and never has an upset tum from it.

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Hi, I was gonna agree with SK on this one too as kittens from 6-7weeks do actually become lactose intolerant, that's why some kitts at this age when weaning can get diarrhea as they are still feeding from mum. It's not the food that gives them the runs but the lactose in mums milk, which will be in the milk you make up too.

I asked a vet, few years ago now 'so why do they make cat milk' I was talking felix whiskas here his response laughed then said ' cos it makes them money' so unfortuantely they are all a con imo

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