hello everyone,
i just got my first kitten ive had cats for years but never a baby, everytime he goes to the toilet he cries. I have also never seen him drink and i have had him for a week now. ive tried milk and water but he wont touch any of it. if anyone knows if this is normal or if i should be worried thanks
sparkly55

Crying going to the loo I have seen before, its like they are saying 'help mum where's the litter box, I need to go'. Unless of course he has got poo stuck to his bum and can't go if so he'll need a bum bath. Just check to see all is clear and that the poo's he's doing are ok.

Also avoid milk at all costs and just put water down. Milk is too rich for their digestive systems. If the kit continues not to drink water its quite urgent, nip into your local chemists and get a baby medicine syringe and get it down him that way. A cat can only survive so long without water He will get very weak very quickly unless you get fluids down him

PMSL....BUM BATH ive done a few of those! maybe hes drinking when your not looking.

Hi

Suggest you add a little warm water to his wet food (presumably he is having wet food) so you can increase his liquid intake that way. You could try him on a litte diluted evap milk but this should only be once in a while not every day. It may be worth popping him a long to the vets for a check up if this continues to make sure he hasn't got any UTI's.

Good luck - hope he is better soon.

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Kaz

For kittens, joy is for the asking and smiles are for the giving

thanks evryone for the replies
i took him to the vets who said he is a bit dehydrated but seems to be okay. so i think he was just drinking when i wasnt looking. other then worms he is healthy, thanks evryone its a weight of my mind

It was the dehydration I was a bit worried for, for you. They have to take on board water even if you have to syringe it down, that's what I was trying to get at. Always handy to have a baby syringe in the house but hopefully your kit will be drinking on his own bat now