Hello ! My cat gave birth a month ago and the kitten is 4weeks old now the kitten use to drink the mother's milk and use to be very healthy since 5 days the mother is not feeding him nor he is drinking ! So is it fine if I could give lactol milk powder ... Coz he is very unhealthy now I could barely see his bones pls help !!! Thank you

Updated On January 5th, 2020

Pet's info: Cat | Persian | Male | unneutered | 30 days old | 330 lbs

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Answered By Stacey Anstaett, DVM

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Poor kitty! You will need to feed a milk replacer that is more tailored to a kittens nutritional needs. Here is a website with a few different homemade formulas. https://kittenrescue.org/2017/03/recipes-emergency-kitten-formula/ . I don't know if KMR is available in your area, but pet stores or Agriculture supply stores may have it. https://kittenrescue.org/2017/03/recipes-emergency-kitten-formula/ Ideally get mamma and baby kitten in to see a vet; I am concerned that she stopped feeding him before he was eating on his own. Also, usually at about 4 weeks of age, kittens will start to eat a little soft food (or hard food softened with milk replacer or with water) and most will drink water on their own. If he isn't doing that I'm concerned he may have an underlying problem.

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