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4 week old kitten; pupils and some other things I'm wondering about.

The other day my younger sister brought home a very small kitten that she claims she found at the mailbox. She's sticking to that story, so we decided to just care for it. I've cared for young kittens before, but I'm guessing this one is about four weeks old.

The odd thing about this little tyke, I've just noticed today is that one pupil doesn't dilate at all, the other functions normally. While I expect kittens of his age to be wobbly, he's just down right shakey. Sometimes he shakes just sitting there. I'm not sure if he has brain damage or if it's nothing to worry about.

Also, he doesn't seem to care for formula at all but it quite keen to cat food, so we've been mashing it and wetting it to keep him from choking on anything, is this okay?
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Re: 4 week old kitten; pupils and some other things I'm wondering about.

First thing that needs to happen now is a trip to the vets. Everything else follows afterwards.
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Re: 4 week old kitten; pupils and some other things I'm wondering about.

vets asap, dont think anyone can give any advice apart from this
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Re: 4 week old kitten; pupils and some other things I'm wondering about.

Yes, concur with advice given. Please take the kitten to the vets as soon as you can. Do let us know what they say.
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Re: 4 week old kitten; pupils and some other things I'm wondering about.

You heard the ladies... vets vets vets.

And updates please
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