day 9!

The past couple of days little Lazarus has not been popping well. The little guy absolutely adores eating, so I know that must produce some waste!

Yesterday at work Dr Heather took a look at him with me. He needed to have an enema. I have given many enemas in the past, but never to a teenie kitten. So, after the first one thank God a huge blob of poo came out. I think Lazarus actually had an expression of relief on his face!

After this enema, (I have no idea if I am spelling that right) he was supposed to go back to normal. Of course, he didn't. So I gave him an enema at 6pm, 12am, and 6am. It did work well at the 6pm one, but not the others. Dr said he should be going a tiny bit every two hours.

Well today, Dr looked at this tiny yet fat kitten again. She got on VIN. VIN is my favorite thing ever, veterinarians post everything on this forum type site. However, you must be a vet to access it. Veterinarians post about very odd cases, questions, and opinions. I actually got a Dr I previously worked with to let me on it. Wow, it is amazing.

VIN posts concluded that this is an extremely common issue with kittens on KMR (Kitten Milk Replacer). There is no need to worry unless the little life is not eating or ADR (ain't doin right). Yay!

Now, kitten might have to have an enema every once in a while. He is also on lactose, and apparently mixing sweet potato baby food with KMR can possibly help. He also got dewormed, and I will continue to deworm every two weeks.

I definitely feel like a baby Mama! Of course I love it. He is to be fed every two hours until two weeks of age. Then at 3 weeks every 3 hours, 4 weeks 4 hours. I believe my body will appreciate a full night sleep in a few weeks. :-)


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