YES! THAT BABY NEEDS MILK! Yikes. Not to worry you, but she absolutely cannot just live off hay/pellets/water until she is at least 2 months old. It sounds like you have done everything you can to get her to suck. I would keep working on her every day to try and get her to suck (keep doing everything you have been) but she also needs to have that milk in her tummy- even if she doesn't suck it. Call your vet and ask if they have a small animal 'tuber' or a sterile catheter and a 60cc syringe. Basically, you are going to 'tube' the milk straight into her stomach so that she is nourished until she gets the hang of sucking. Once you have it, hold her between your legs firmly and hold her head in one hand. With the other hand, put the tube in the right side of her mouth and gently start sliding it down. You will be able to feel it going down her throat. She is not going to like this! You have to keep a good grip on her or she will struggle free. Listen to the sound that the syringe makes when you have it in her (oh yeah, make sure that you have the plunger part out before you put the tube in her stomach). If it sounds like air is coming out of it when she screams, DO NOT put milk in! If it sounds like that, pull it out and try it again. Usually it (the syringe) will make a sound every once in a while that sounds kind of like gurgling. That is normal. Once you think you have it in, go ahead and pour the milk in the syringe. You should give her about 16oz. in the morning and 16oz. at night. Good luck! I sure hope she starts sucking for you soon. Katherine

'Sorry that you're running out of MW, Susan! If you actually see her laying more eggs, and you want to fool with packing up a few, like less than 10 eggs, I'll take them. I've only got one big tropical MW plant, plus a good bit of honeyvine, but it takes so much to fill up those monarch cats, as you well know. You'd need to mail them off immediately, since they hatch quickly, as I recall. Maybe you can find some roadside MW, like weed30 said - that would sure help! Sherry

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You really need to find a vet you're willing to work with. The other symptoms concern me and she needs more tests run. I think the pedialyte is just giving her a boost, yet she's slowly getting worse. Did the previous vet not comment on her lungs or did he even give her a thorough physical? Do you have a 'cat only' clinic in your area? If not, ask friends or call the SPCA for vet references. I know how frustrating some vets can be.....I went to one that never touched my cat and would point at her with a pen. Needless to say, I never went back to him! But, there are good ones out there........so keep searching.