My friend sent me a frantic facebook msg this morning saying that her cat had killed all her kittens ( 4 days old) except one that my friend had saved while she was laying on him trying to suffocate him ( i think its a him) So now i have him. I have been feeding him and doing all the stuff your supposed to do but dont know if hes gonna make it hes has a lot of mucus in his nose i keep suckin it out but it keeps coming back.. I hope he makes it

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Pets are not disposable because your lifestyle has changed." ~ Anonymous

Oh my goodness look at that wee thing!
I have no advice for you as I have never been a kitten mom!

I hope someone can tell you what to do!
Do you have a small bulb syringe the kind you use on newborns?
Maybe you can suction out some of the mucus for him that way.

I think the other major thing would be to keep him warm warm warm!
I hope someone here knows.

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Thank you Jan for the lovely siggie!

Have you seen a vet ?

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as kitty d said warmth is a big factor especially being a singleton .

what are you feeding him ?
feed him every 4 hours and toilet him after , now this may sound silly but with the mucus hold him in your hands with his head facing away from you , make sure you hold him tight enough that you dont drop him and swing him between your legs a few times than check and clean any mucus and repeat , hopefully this works.
i really hope he pulls through for you , sometimes animals will kill their offspring if something is wrong but i myself have rescued kittens from the same background as your little guy and they have grown into happy healthy little cats .

do you know anyone with a litter of kittens around the same age you can put him on ?
cats are pretty good and will not normally have a problem taking on an orphan kitten .

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forgot to ask if you are using a bottle or a syringe to feed him ? if a syringe be very careful not to get it in his lungs , i always use a bottle ,the teats the bottles come with arn't very good they are to hard , if you go to your vet they should have kitten teats , chose the softest ones , i put a hole in the tip with a needle that i have held over heat , make the hole big enough so that when its tipped up it drips out with no hassle .

if you haven't had him to the vet yet i would check inside his mouth and make sure he doesn't have a cleft pallet .

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i was using a syringe .. then i went and got him a bottle for newborn kittens and somemore kitten replacement formula... he didnt make it... he died this morning at 435am in my hands...

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Pets are not disposable because your lifestyle has changed." ~ Anonymous

Poor little thing, Im sorry to hear he didnt pull through.

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I'm so sorry he didn't make it.

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"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France