Date: 8/3/2003 4:51:00 PM
From Authorid: 28848
I would bring it back inside and feed it with the bottle.  |
Date: 8/3/2003 4:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 39737
sounds good to me. But remember if you are doing it right, the kitty will get stronger and it wont be as difficult to care for. Keep in touch with the vet for advice, and buy a book on caring for kittens. Good Luck !  |
Date: 8/3/2003 4:53:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
I think that is what we are going to end up doing Release Me.  |
Date: 8/3/2003 4:53:00 PM
From Authorid: 58078
Usually once a human touches an animals baby the mother will not come back...being you guys were already around it and touched it, I have a feeling its all your responsibility now and the mother will not be back.  |
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Date: 8/3/2003 4:57:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Thanks FairyDust...I hope so!! |
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Date: 8/3/2003 4:58:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Yea IP...thats what I wondered about. I bet its all up to me (and my family) LoL! Thanks! |
Date: 8/3/2003 5:02:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
I've had to wean hawks, dogs and kittens. It is difficult but rewarding. Sometimes the mothers abandon them or won't touch them for some reason. That's when human-intervention is needed. Good luck and I think it's sweet that you're doing that.  |
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Date: 8/3/2003 5:04:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Awww! Thanks You Choose! I hope it works out. Would it be okay if I msged you sometime if I need help? |
Date: 8/3/2003 5:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
awww keep it warm turn on your heater and put it near by it so it can have the warmth it can't regulate it's own body temperature... poor thing... keep a close eye on it  |
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Date: 8/3/2003 5:22:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
I know Midnightly. I don't think my parents would appreciate me turing on the heater though! LoL! But I am doing as much as I can to keep it warm. Thanks! |
Date: 8/3/2003 5:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 54570
heating blanket is one thing. Set it on meduim. The bottle you can alwayd tape to an edge on the blanket as the kitten will feel its way over to it. We used an old inner tube for a car tire for this prupose though. Just place the pad inside of the ring, tape the bottles at a low enough angle for the kitten to find it and build the site up with towels to make it easir for the kitten(s) to find it. Actually you would want to coral them into an small area no bigger than 1 fooot by 1 foot with the bottle(s) inside. This means that you can get some rest in the middle of the night. I mean reall do youthink the mother cat pops her teat into the kittens mouth? Nope the kitten must search and learn where it is at fast. Try it it works for us when we have this problem.  |
Date: 8/3/2003 5:29:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Thanks Joe! I have it in a pretty small box type thing with the bottle in it.
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Date: 8/3/2003 5:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 16705
yes that baby deserves a right to live too. i had to bottle feed 3 kittens when their mother got ran over and doing that made me feel so much better knowing that i helped those angels live. if you were in that kittens place wouldn't you want someone to help you? Hamb918  |
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Date: 8/3/2003 5:49:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Yes I would Hamb. Actually I was going to put that like exact same statement in my post LoL! Thanks! |
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Date: 8/3/2003 5:55:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
We have the kitten inside now and I wll probably be its new mother hehe. Still, I can take any advice! |
Date: 8/3/2003 6:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
Peaches.... No problem, if you need any help at all, I'd be more than happy to try and give you some info.  |
Date: 8/3/2003 7:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 53900
What Smoknjoe said is probebaly the best thing. I would try to rig something up so that he/she wont have to wait for you feed him. I think it is great you are doing this I have done this twice one time the cat did not make it through the night the other time he did and he lived to be a few years old.  |
Date: 8/3/2003 7:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 16916
I dont know if dogs are the same as cats..but my dog had gull sp? stones and she wouldnt feed her pups, so my mom had to take care of them by putting a tube down there throat into there stomachs and connecting a syringe filled with puppy formula to it and feed them that way..maybe the best way to do it would be to give the kitten to the vet, because 2 of 3 puppies died from that litter and the vet knows more about what they are doing..good luck!  |
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Date: 8/4/2003 4:38:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Thanks You Choose! |
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Date: 8/4/2003 4:41:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Really Jellie Bean? Thanks! |
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Date: 8/4/2003 4:41:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
That is what I was thinking Jessica. Thanks! |
Date: 8/4/2003 6:04:00 AM
From Authorid: 44321
They do sell the kiten nurser bottles ,that might be easier than an eye dropper I think I saw them at Walmart,but I do know pet shops have them..sounds like you have yourself a new family member Good luck and I am glad you are caring for that kitten, it will love you for it !  |
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Date: 8/4/2003 8:16:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Really Medusa? Hmm...I might just have to look for one. I know its going to be hard but the reward will be great! Thanks! |
Date: 8/11/2003 8:08:00 AM
From Authorid: 52130
awww hey why didn't you tell me about your new baby kitten?  is it a boy or girl? and i hope it survives!!!!!!!!!!! keep on truckin tess! (you don't need sleep do ya?)   |
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Date: 8/12/2003 6:12:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 58427
Sad news guys...The little kitty died a few days ago We did all that we could do...I think she was just so young and so small... |
Date: 1/16/2013 1:04:00 PM
From Authorid: 53427
I tried so hard to save one about that size. Somebody had left it in a box at the gas station. Cruel people!! It ended up choking on the kitty formula from the medicine dropper and died. It was so sad!  |
