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I am trying to raise a very young kitten who has been abandoned (looks about 1 wk maybe). Just got it last night, and it refused the bottle until just this last feeding, when it did at last participate by sucking. As suggested by another reader, go to: www.kittenrescue.org/handbook.htm Good article. Remove TIE to reply. |
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I am trying to raise a very young kitten who has been abandoned (looks about 1 wk maybe). Just got it last night, and it refused the bottle until just this last feeding, when it did at last participate by sucking. As suggested by another reader, go to: www.kittenrescue.org/handbook.htm Good article. Remove TIE to reply. |
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:24:51 -0500, kaeli
wrote: Take this kitten to the vet. Animals know things sometimes that we don't, and if your normally maternal dog is rejecting the kitten, coupled with its behavior, there may be something physically wrong with it. Mother animals often reject unhealthy young. The vet may find something curable... This is true. One rescue I fostered had seven kittens (and six nipples, needless to say) and although I watched carefully, trying to be sure all kittens got a turn feeding, one day I noticed one kitten was smaller than the others. I gave him to her to feed, then when I came back I saw that she had pushed him out of the nest where she had the kittens. I put him back in, and next thing I knew she had placed this kitten IN THE LITTER BOX. Talk about a strong statement. I took him to the vet, they found nothing wrong. I had them feed him formula every four hours while I was at work, then I took over at night. I had him in his own bed with a heating pad on very low, as the vet suggested. He died at ten days old and it broke my heart. I think the mother may have known there was something wrong with him that even the vet could not yet see. Good luck. |
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:24:51 -0500, kaeli
wrote: Take this kitten to the vet. Animals know things sometimes that we don't, and if your normally maternal dog is rejecting the kitten, coupled with its behavior, there may be something physically wrong with it. Mother animals often reject unhealthy young. The vet may find something curable... This is true. One rescue I fostered had seven kittens (and six nipples, needless to say) and although I watched carefully, trying to be sure all kittens got a turn feeding, one day I noticed one kitten was smaller than the others. I gave him to her to feed, then when I came back I saw that she had pushed him out of the nest where she had the kittens. I put him back in, and next thing I knew she had placed this kitten IN THE LITTER BOX. Talk about a strong statement. I took him to the vet, they found nothing wrong. I had them feed him formula every four hours while I was at work, then I took over at night. I had him in his own bed with a heating pad on very low, as the vet suggested. He died at ten days old and it broke my heart. I think the mother may have known there was something wrong with him that even the vet could not yet see. Good luck. |
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