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Hello, I need some advice. I picked up a poor little stray (an older kitten) who is very thin. He won't eat anything though. He just drinks. He wants water so badly that he actually walked right into the water bowl at one point, I've never seen anything like it. He's pretty listless but does perk up when he's held and starts to purr. I've had him for about 2 1/2 days and he's urinated three times but not had a bowl movement. This morning he threw up a little too. He doesn't have any kind of discharge from his eyes or nose but his inner lids are always half closed. I don't know what to do. Unfortunately am also in a foreign country (Russia) and don't have the money for vet bills and such. I want to help him if I can. I can't bear to see him die in the cold Russian winter. Please help.

Try getting canned food and water it down a lot. When you said older kitten do you mean older cat? Or that he is a baby just not tiny?
If he is an older cat he may have teeth problems which makes it hard to eat.
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker

I don't know the exact age of kitten to cat but I would say he's about 6-7 months. Not very big. He's almost stopped drinking water now too. I'm pretty sad about it. I tried force feeding him some tuna juice which he hasn't vomited, but that's about all. From my searches online, I'm starting to think it's kidney failure, caused by the starvation? I don't know.

That is sad he is very young. Try posting on the holistic vet forum. The vet their may be of more help them I am.
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Moxie, Gabby and sometimes Tucker