where are u located cause if any of them are females then i mihgt want one.

Now with that said, I’ve never given up on a one of these little guys and have always attempted to help them make it thru. This may NOT be the problem with yours – as you said – it had the stuffy nose thing – BUT that young of a kitten should NOT have any medical issues IF it was able to nurse immediately after birth and get the colostrum it needed which has the mother’s antibodies in it. If it did not, it will be susceptable to every little germ around, like the sniffles it got. Getting it to nurse from mom must be of the highest priority – the colostrum is only available for the first few days – usually only for the first 48 hours but she may still have some. If not, talk to your vet and see if he has a source available that you can give the kitten. Sometimes they have it frozen or there are powdered sources you can buy that you can give it. KMR is okay but not one of the best ones to give tiny kittens. Feeding every 2 hours is good but it must be done thru the night too – it’s very trying and you’re not going to get much sleep for a while!! Been there, done that! Plus, if the mom won’t take care of the bowel/urinary issues by licking and cleaning the little guy, you must do so by taking a warm damp cloth and stimulating the anus area after feeding until the kitten urinates and/or passes bowel matter or the kitten will be unable to do so and will die. Plus, you need to clean and pet the kitten (very gently) if mom won’t – gentle stimulation and warmth is important for the baby. Basically you have just become a parent of your own ‘baby’ complete with all the problems except diapers!!

I hope the kitten makes it – taking care of very young kittens is a hard job but you’ve made an excellent start. Please do consult your vet – we all here have a lot of experience but nothing stands in place of good vet advice! Also, may I recommend a recipe called kitty glop for the kittens later on – especially the little guy once he’s past 2 weeks old? It’s excellent homemade recipe for raising kittens on or feeding up a sick cat or kitten. There are a number of sources on the web but the one I like the best is found here -
The first one is the one that is closest to what I feed and I use goats milk as it is the easiest for the cat to digest rather than cows milk. You can usually find it in cans near the canned evaporated milk and pasteurized in some markets. My own vet had me add a teaspoon of the stuff they give a calf with the colostrum in it to the glop – don’t know if it helped or hurt, but the kittens did okay. I also tried to make my glop with organic/natural ingredients and yes, I did use the egg yolks but had a source for eggs that were from a friend so salmonella wasn’t an issue.

I hope this helps – I’ve sure rambled on!! Good luck – raising little ones is a tiring, often thankless job in some ways until you see them become healthy little guys, running around, jumping and playing – then all those sleepless nights and worry is worth every single second of it!!

Good luck.

If they are unwilling or don’t know, then I would give the Humane Society a call as they deal with handfeeding kittens all the time and have a wealth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Good luck with your kitten!

Sounds to me like you are following your instincts and doing a great job with the little guy. I have a feeling you’re going to end up keeping the runt. It’s going to be hard to let him go after all the work you put into him. Have fun getting attached!!! lol!

I hope that’ll help.