7 week still on bottle?

Question:
 I have a kitten my husband found about 7 weeks ago left by it's mother. We have been bottle feeding her & she won't try the formula accept out of the bottle. I have mixed can kitty food w/ formula and that's all she will eat only from the bottle. We have put some out on a saucer & she refuses to even smell it. I have also tried putting dry food out w/ formula poured on it. This is the first day we really tried & I felt like we were starving her cause we thought we better stick to our guns or it will be like weaning our daughter from her bottle. Any suggestions??? Thanks!
Answer:
 I recommend mixing some KMR with some human baby food, Beech Nut, Gerber, etc-I recommend chicken or lamb (plain, unseasoned). I don't recommend turkey-it doesn't have as many calories as chicken or lamb. At first, try mostly kitten milk with just a bit of baby food, meat is an unfamiliar taste for kittens that only know milk and it must be introduced slowly. As she progresses, introduce more baby food and less milk. Eventually cut out the milk and thin the baby food with some warm water-make sure it isn't too hot to eat but is nice and warm. After that, try pouring some "gravy" (the baby food mixed with some warm water) on top of some good quality (I recommend Nutro brand) wet kitten food-the kitten will eat the baby food on top and may at first ignore the kitten food, as it is also a taste and texture that is unfamiliar-she must get used to it before she is interested. Eventually she will eat the baby food and when she gets down to the kitten food she will keep eating. Then you will reduce the gravy on top slowly until she is just eating kitten food. Leave a small bowl of dry kitten food around for her at all times. She has learned that you are the food source and she must be redirected before she gets any older. Try putting her in the bathroom with a blanket, a small litter box, a bowl of dry kitten food and a saucer of warm baby food and kitten milk. Close the door and leave her alone for a 30-45 minutes. DO NOT let her see you or hear you during this period-no peeking in the door to make sure she's eating, etc-she has learned that you are her sole food source and when she sees you, she will ditch the saucer of food because she prefers the bottle and the sight of you indicates that a bottle is forthcoming. This is the reason she is ignoring the food you offer her. She may cry for a while at the door-do not feel guilty about doing this, she will certainly not starve to death in that period of time. And as long as the toilet seat is down, she is perfectly safe. After a while she should listen to her the growl of her hungry tummy and she should try the food she finds available to her. Try doing this several times a day, just for a few minutes, not for hours at a time, 30-45 minutes or so should be fine. When you retrieve her, praise her and give her lots of pets and snuggles and engage her in play. After a bit replace her old saucer of milk/baby food with a fresh batch on another saucer and do it again. Hope this is helpful-try it and let us know how it goes.
Answer:
 I am in the process of weaning a kit myself - victim of hurricane Isabel. Sadly, none of us were in the position to take and raise an entire litter so it was fostered out to three people. best would have been to keep them together, but not an option for any of us. She is between 5 and 7 weeks old (she is very small but her teeth are well defined for her size so my vet thinks she is older than I first thought based on that). Now, I bottled her three times a day for a few days and left down crushed dry kitten food all day for her as well. Every few hours, I offered her a gruel of human baby food (lamb/chicken/turkey) and formula - warmed. I would offer her licks off my fingers as well. I would cut back the amount of KMR she would be allowed and then offer her the rest mixed into a gruel in a small, shallow dish (peanut butter container tops from the smaller jars work well as do baby food covers). Yes, she was still hungry and yes it seemed cruel, but with in a day, she started being able to manage a loose gruel in a shallow dish. Then I started thickening it, adding canned kitten food and offering her small bite kitten food dry all day in a small bowl. It has been ten days and she is not taking the bottle at all. This is an excellent resource I have referred to as it has been 7 years since I have worked with a kitten this young (and she also may have a neurological problem) but it came back fast: http://www.catvet.homestead.com/orphan1.html (read all the pages at the botton).