Newborn Kittens Keep Sneezing

They are now 2 days old and setup in my living room with mom cat.

Newborn kittens keep sneezing. Obiviously he doesn t have his mother s milk to help him immune system. If the mother cat is not around you ll need to prepare and feed them yourself. Try not to laugh at. He is probably around 6 or 7 days old.

If the kittens are 1 2 weeks old bottle feed them with milk replacer formula every 1 2 hours. I noticed that 3 of the 4 are sneezing and sound really congested. Problems are considered primary and secondary. Why is my newborn kitten sneezing.

If you kitten is sneezing continually or has sneezing accompanied by nasal discharge or problems breathing this may be a sign that something more than an isolated mild sneeze is going on. Of course newborns can also simply get sick. But i took him in. To care for newborn kittens when the mother cat is still present feed the mother to keep her strength up but leave the kittens alone for the first week to ensure the mother doesn t reject them.

These commonly affect kittens and are usually caused by a virus. This may require sedation nasal flushing and or endoscopy to do this. The herpes virus the calici virus or both. A stray cat has given birth to 5 kittens on my front steps in the rain.

The most likely cause for sneezing and eye discharge is a viral upper respiratory infection uri. Frequent sneezing in a newborn could be one sign of a respiratory infection. He was fine yesterday being active and drinking his milk but today he started sneezing and acting really restless. 4 seem to be eating really well and have fat round bellies but 1 doesn 39 t seem to be.

Sneezing isn t always just a normal sign of a healthy newborn. Foreign objects can be stuck in your pet s nose without you knowing. A vet can check for and safely remove foreign objects. My kitten is sneezing that is one of the most common complaints of people with new kittens.

Whether the little muffin has been adopted from a shelter purchased from a breeder or found and rescued as a feral kitten on the street kittens often develop a sneeze. Sneezing is usually a sign of upper respiratory disease. Kittens reuinted with mama cat kitten can t stop sneezing. At 3 4 weeks old provide.