On 12/6/2012 7:29 PM, gregz wrote:
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:14:14 -0600, "MaryL"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gary" wrote in message ...
>>>
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~
>>> 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
>>
>> 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.
>
> That's what I said, something natural.
>
> Greg
>
Even if I would try breastfeeding her (ouch!), she'd starve. :-))

She is now using a special kitten bottle but even after trying several
nipples, she is a challenge to feed. I can get the minimum requirements
into her, but it's a fight.

She is gaining weight. She hates being held. She is difficult to feed
and difficult to get to eliminate. This is my 4th foster kitten and the
others were not nearly as hard. I am doing my best. We need to pray for
her.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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