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why doesnt my kitten go poop2007-11-25 12:32:29

i found a 3 week old kitten last week he's now 4 weeks and since he has been in my care he pee's alot but he wont poop. How do I get him to poop? I've tried everything cotton ball, veggie oil nothing seems to work. I've been giving him 2 percent milk and mixing it with water. He seems to take to that nicely, my second question is should I start giving him can food at this age and how? Considering his back teeth are coming in.

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You need to take your kitten to the vet, this can be a very serious condition. An enema or two may be in store for the little kitty. Being such a young kitten, he really should still be with his mother. Since he can't be, he needs proper replacement nutrition. Feed a good-quality milk replacer specifically formulated for cats. You can get this from a pet store, I know PetsMart carries it, or your vet might have some you could try. If he drinks from a bottle now, keep on with the bottle and milk replacer for another week or so, then introduce solid foods. Right now you can mix canned kitten food and formula to make a gruel that the kitten can eat, if he can lap stuff up off a plate yet. Slowly change to a mixture of canned and softened dry kitten food (mix 1 part warm water with 3 parts kitten food and let sit for 15 minutes), then just softened food, and finally hard kitten food. Make sure when you feed, it's kitten food, since it has the proper balance of nutrition for a growing cat and more fat. This should be fed until the kitten is a year old. I highly recommend Purina kitten chow, but alomst any kitten food will do. On a side note, you should probably take the kitten to a vet regardless of whether he poops or not. He most likely has some sort of worms, and the vet can give you a treatment for this, as well as getting him started on vaccines as soon as he's old enough. Goodl uck with your kitten!

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What are you feeding your kitten? If you aren't feeding it solid food (and you should be yet) it doesn't go poop.

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Does he ever go outside alone? if so then he poops out there.cats are very shy when pooping peeing.not so much.also dont give him his canned food yet because his front teeth are the teeth that picks up the food.so without them the food will slip out of his mouth.

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It is very serious if a cat is not having bowel movements.there may be a blockage. You need to get that cat to a vet.it could prove fatal if you leave it!

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kittens should not be given milk,ever, never mind the fact that if he is not receiving any nourishment, he will not produce any waste.