New kitten

On friday I became 'mum' to a new kitten!!

She was found on a building site - no sign of mother at all the kitten is not very old given the size of her.

She can eat meat but prefers milk has since friday night drank 3 pints of goats milk.

Whilst i have had cats all my life i have never had one this young - how old would a kitten be to stop being so dependant on milk - she seems to prefer milk to meat.

thanks for all your help
09:23 Tue 21st Aug 2012
 
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What colour are her eyes? This is a good indicator of her age.
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Dark blue
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Sorry how rude of me

thanks Annie
Have she been checked out by a vet?
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No not yet - I have checked her out as i know the signs of dehydration - worms and cat flu etc - will run her up next week as i did not want to traumatise her more that she already is - as I said we have had cats all my life and even had litters of kittens but i have never had to look after one so 'young' without mother being about.
No prob. If her eyes are blue, she is less than six weeks old as that is when they change colour.
I would offer her small amounts of slightly warmed wet kitten food. The warming makes it smell a bit more.
Whilst working at a vet years ago I fostered a 4 week old kit who had been thrown down stairs by a toddler! He had some head trauma and at 5 weeks old had to have his right front leg amputated as a direct result of the brat's action.
Anyway, the little and often thing worked with warm food but I also gave Hill's A/D which you should be able to buy over the counter at your vet. You can make it into a paste or a liquid with as much or little water as you think. Just to get her started. Good luck.
Forgot to say Gordon is now 5yrs old and a wonderful 'character'!!!
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Cheers Annie,

Piper does eat meat but just seems to prefer milk - she also ate some Iams kitten food last night!!

She is a gutsy little blighter!!
Fair do's. A pic would be good if you can do one.
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will do Evian will try from my mobile if not it will do it tonight
Cool. Although I probably shouldn't look as I'll just end up wanting another one. Glad she found a caring home. Hate to think how she got there or what would happen to her withouth being found.
Have you tried soaking the food in milk? that way she gets the goodness from both - then you can slowly reduce the milk until she feeds only on the meat? I had to raise three orphaned day old kittens and found this extremely effective as a transition method for all three. Hope this helps and good luck :)
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Deesie - she is now eating meat and kitten biscuits with no problem but is still vert dependant on the milk - will always fill up on the milk first and then eat the meat.

She is doing very very well and is the most loving little critter going.

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