Saved! – 10 Day Old Lost Kitten
This dear little kitten was found all alone, mewing for his life. It appears that his mother was moving her litter of kittens to a place that felt safer to her and he became lost in the process. This sometimes sadly happens when stray or feral mother cats have given birth outside as they frequently move their kittens to different places of safety. A tiny lost kitten is extremely vulnerable and needs to be found quickly for any chance of survival.
The farmer who found him, left him where he was for some time, but his mother didn’t return. It was clear that he was becoming weak, so he took him indoors and looked after him overnight. However, the next day he contacted us as he was worried that he wasn’t responding and was so very tiny.
We brought him into our care and after an initial touch and go 24 hours, we are happy to say that he is getting stronger day by day. His care entails pipette feeding him the correct kitten formula milk every two to three hours, keeping him clean and making sure he goes to the toilet. Kittens are unable to do this for themselves until they are around 4 weeks of age and in the absence of his natural mother, we have to help him with this. We also keep him massaged as his mother would, to stimulate his digestion and circulation.
He is now two and a half weeks old and is a happy and very vocal little chap who we have named Jumbo-Khan. We will keep you updated with his video diary over the coming weeks and have posted the first one below which we hope you enjoy.