"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> We give our foster babies cat milk replacement from the pet store. They
> thrive on it, but it's so tasty that it's often difficult to wean them
> onto regular food.
>
> Right now our little one is eating dry kibble, but is having some
> intestinal distress. Stopped for some kaopectate on the way home and
> dosed her. Hope it works or we'll need a trip to the vet.

I had to give Maui the milk replacer for a few weeks. When I got her, I was
told that she was 10 weeks old but the vet said she couldn't possibly be
that old. Her veins were too tiny for shots. And she was very underweight.
She did not want to eat. I would feed her from a spoon. She liked that!
So when she got old and sick, using the spoon was one way to sometimes get
her to eat a little. And a very good way to get her medicine in her. She
had the milk replacer from a spoon too. Within about two weeks I got her
eating from a bowl. And she quickly put on weight.