"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:49:44 -0600, "MaryL"
> > wrote:
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>>"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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>>On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:14:14 -0600, "MaryL"
> wrote:
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>>>"Gary" wrote in message ...
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>>>Janet Wilder wrote:
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>>>> She has started taking formula from a medicine dropper. I have to put
>>>> it
>>>> in the side of her mouth and then she will slurp and swallow.
>>>
>>>A plastic syringe is great for hand feeding small animals. It holds more
>>>food than a medicine dropper and is also easy to control the flow. Just a
>>>thought for you. I've used them for hand feeding ferrets when they are
>>>sick
>>>and won't eat on their own.
>>>
>>>Gary
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>>>~~~~~~~~
>>>Good suggestion! My vet gave me several syringes (no needles) so I could
>>>follow a pill with some water when my cat needed to be medicated.
>>>
>>>MaryL
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>>Any pet shop sells tiny nursing bottles with nipples for feeding baby
>>kittens and puppies... I have several, they work very well, never had
>>a kitten that wouldn't nurse from a bottle... a medicine dropper or a
>>syringe is just not normal and the animal knows the difference.
>>
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>>That's what I usually would suggest, but I think the OP said in her first
>>message that this little one will not nurse. That can be quite a problem,
>>and kittens are very delicate at that age.
>>
>>MaryL
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> They are not going to nurse from an eye dropper or a syringe.

Generally no but the idea is to inject it into their mouth.