Getting in the city apartment of a kitten, people seek to find not so much the good rodents hunter, how many the new family member, the general favourite. The born small lumps look defenseless, the first three weeks all care of kittens lays down on a cat. Then the person has to take the responsibility on leaving, education and feeding of fluffy kids.
Care for kittens
It is necessary to prepare several important things for keeping of kittens: bowls for food and water, a tray for a toilet, toys, laying for a dream. Besides it will be required to you: shampoo for washing, means from fleas, a claw sharpener, a brush for comb-out of pets. Regardless of which breed of kittens, they need to be accustomed since early childhood to combing, bathing, cleaning of ears and teeth.
If you bought a kitten in shop or in the market, then on arrival home let's the pet accustom. Let him gradually study the dwelling. Pick up a kitten accurately, without sharp movements not to do much harm. Care for claws of kittens has to begin from the first days of stay of animals in the house. Accustom pets to sharpen claws in the place which is strictly defined for this purpose. When the kitten is two months old, it is recommended to cut to him claws, it is necessary to do it extremely carefully not to damage capillaries.
Not the smaller attention is required by ears of kittens. Once a month they should be cleaned. For this purpose you need peroxide of hydrogen or baby oil. Moisten a Q-tip in one of the transferred funds, accurately carry out on an auricle, remove all sulfur and dirt. Do not get a stick deep into of an ear not to injure an eardrum. Accustom kittens to this procedure from the first days of stay at you. In eyes at kittens slime, dirt can accumulate. Get in veterinary pharmacy or pet-shop special drops for washing of eyes. Besides daily it is necessary to take standard care for eyes of kittens. Wipe them with the cotton wool moistened in warm boiled water. The following important procedure which is provided by care for dumb animals is a care of teeth. At first remove a raid from teeth and the food remains a Q-tip. It is necessary to do it at least once in a week. When kittens grow up, it will be possible to use a special brush for the same purposes. If kittens are with a cat mom, they do not need to be bathed as she undertakes all care of kids. If you bought a kitten or picked up on the street, it is necessary to redeem him in warm water with special shampoo. Do not soap the head of the pet, water and shampoo should not get into ears and eyes, just wipe a muzzle of a kitten with wet towel wipes. After such hygienic procedure wrap the kid in a towel, dry up under natural conditions. Periodically examine wool on existence of fleas, if necessary use special drops, shampoos or collars against blood-sicking insects. Surely consult with the veterinarian concerning helminthics and inoculations.
Feeding of kittens
If kittens were left after the birth without mom cat, then it is necessary to take all procedure of feeding in hand. Each two-three hours you feed kids from the pipette with special substitutes of cat's milk which are on sale in pet-shop (cow's milk will not fit). From fifth week it is necessary to accustom kittens to firm food. Begin with canned food, give absolutely gradually, mixing with a small amount of water. From sixth week gradually reduce amount of milk. On the eighth week the kittens do not need milk any more therefore have to be accustomed to a certain diet. Special forages of a premium class will become a good source of necessary vitamins and minerals for development and growth of kittens. As the cat – a predatory animal, has to enter a basis of food meat food. It is desirable to subject fish and meat to heat treatment not to draw threat of infection with helminths. Vegetables and cereals, curdled milk or kefir, the crude yolks mixed in milk have to enter a diet of kittens also.