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kitten eating habits

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Question
My kitten is about 1 or 2 months old and named Susan. I am pretty sure she was weeded from her mother. She won't eat. I have tried giving her tuna,water, and kitten milk. What do i give her? Also, when she poops, it's sort of diarrhea and she cries.

Answer
Marian,

At one or two months, the kitten is capable of eating solid food.  I am not a vet, but it sounds like Susan is ill.  I would have her checked by your vet to see if she has a tummy upset. The biggest worry is, if the kitten will not eat, she will become dehydrated.  You might truy a good strained meat baby food (only ingredients are strained meat and broth or gravy) to see if she will eat that.

Please let me know what you find.

Best regards... Norm.