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She seems to be straining while I watch her in the catbox. Sometimes, she poos just one fairly hard turd. Today, she's trying, but not going. She seems to be eating better today (I'm giving her Goat's Milk, which she does lap up from a bottle), but I need to help her poop! What can I do to help this process along?

She needs to be drinking kitten milk replacement which you can get at any pet store. If she is close to 4 weeks of age she can also start on a little canned food and some dry kitten food can even be offered along with the KMR. She will need the KMR until she is 6-8 weeks old at least.
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I don't think it's the goat's milk that's constipating her. She came to me this way. I raised another one of my cat's on goat's milk and she was fine.

I asked the holistic vet about this constipation. He said to feed her some fatty raw hamburger meat. I also heard a couple of drops of Mineral oil might get her moving better.

The story goes like this. Mama kit gave birth to 3 babes on May 10, 2007. Her first born is HUGE - looks more like an 8-week old kitten. Her second born is much smaller, and doing just fine. THIS kit I'm taking care of is very tiny. I've seen her try to get milk from Mom, but she either walks away or doesn't sit long enough for this poor thing to get any, so I have adopted her as my own.

Today she had about 15ml of goat's milk, that's it. I have her in a cat carrier with a stuffed animal and a warm, comfy bed - even put a small towel in there to wrap her in. She does move around quite well. I put her out on to the living room floor and she's all over the place. She is urinating, but not pooping. She strains while in the cat box. I witnessed a poo coming out while she was straining, but then it went right back in!

I'm afraid for her and want to help her - she's SUCH a SWEET THING! I'm going to try two drops of Mineral Oil in her goat's milk to see if this will produce a poop. If not, I will try the fatty raw hamburger meat. Any other suggestions would be most welcome! I want this kit to SURVIVE!

I gave my little "Cinnamon" a bit of Mineral Oil last night after I got back from the store with it. Within a couple of hours, she pooped some mighty big ones! This morning, she is even EATING better - taking her kitty formula much easier than she has in the past couple of days. I'm sooooooooo RELIEVED and HAPPY!