Cats

[bellafina2003]

Hello, I am kind of new to using this but I just rescued to kitten and I need to know how old they are when they start to poop, he only drinks milk his very young but his eyes are open and his not to small.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

They start to poop within a day or so of being born. From where did you rescue it?

 

[Hillaire]

um kittens poop starting at birth but usually takes a day or so... the mother cat usually helps them go to the bathroom by stimulating their behinds with there tongue.... you can do this with a wet (with warm water not hot) paper towel to stimulate them and clean that area

 

[bellafina2003]

Well he does not seem uncomfortable and I did try that and I read somewhere that the cats do not poop till a couple of weeks because the food goes inside them to make them grow but he is only drinking milk.

 

[Hillaire]

no it shouldn't take weeks like I said the warm paper towel trick does the job

 

[bellafina2003]

I have already tried that, we found it in the ditch.

 

[drumstick diva]

I used to raise dogs and they started with momma's milk and had to poo from the start . If I was tube feeding, I would wipe them with a damp cotton ball until they pooped. They would generally pee at the same time. Then I would dry them with Kleenex. If a mother was reluctant to handle their bathroom needs I would put a little olive oil there - mamas seemed to love olive oil. The pups got very thorough cleaning.

Kittens are the same. They need to go from the start.

 

[drumstick diva]

Have you checked to see that it has a proper anal opening. Sometimes the opening doesn't form and a vet may be able to help. Is it at least peeing?