What to do if your cat refused kittens, or you sheltered absolutely helpless little kitten? How it is correct to leave such kid? In such situation you should undertake a role of a cat – mothers and to bring up the kid. The kitten as the child constantly needs feeding and care. And only with your participation such kitten will be able to survive.
Instruction
1. newbornkittenIt is necessary to feed with every two three hours, within the first three weeks. For feeding you need a special horn for feeding and mix. Without special work you will be able to get all this in any veterinary pharmacy. If you do not find a horn, it is possible to use the ordinary syringe, without needle. Mix needs to be heated to 40 degrees, then to pour in a horn or the syringe and to start feeding.
2. Try not to overheat mix, hot mix is more dangerous, than cooled down. To thirds of week temperature of mix has to be about 30 degrees. If to a kitten only put, two, you need 3 cubes of mix, then the quantity needs to be increased gradually, and by fourth, fifth day can already reach 10 cubes. After feeding it will be necessary to imitate licking. It stimulates digestion. For this purpose you need a wet brush or a rag.
3. Lodge for a kitten. The kitten needs to create all conditions what his development would take place without delays. For the baby the warm lodge which can be built from the most usual box is necessary. Cover a bottom and sides warm fabric, whenever possible use a hot-water bottle, it is possible electric. Cover top of a box with paid fabric what bright light inside would not get. In the first week temperature has to fluctuate within 31-32 degrees. Gradually within three weeks it is necessary to reduce temperature, bringing closer it to room. Of course, today there are special incubators for kittens.
4. In process of growing of a kitten the interval between feedings needs to be increased and by third week completely to stop night feedings. And to the fourth the kid already has to eat. To understand whether correctly you lure the kitten, you weigh it. In day the kitten has to add 5 – 7 grams every day, that is 35 – 50 grams a week.
5. Do not forget about hygiene of a kitten. Wash him, you clean his fur coat, pads, ears, a tail. For this purpose usual wet towel wipes will approach. It is necessary to wash a kitten after feeding, and once a day to do the full procedure. It is possible to care for a fur coat a toothbrush, doing massage of all little body to improve blood circulation.
6. To grow up a little kitten you will need four, five weeks of attention and care. And then the little pet will indulge you the rumbling!