Bringing up of newborn kittens without cat – occupation difficult, but not hopeless. For this purpose first of all the patience, care and knowledge of specifics of feeding and care for kids will be necessary.
Artificial bringing up of newborn kittens without cat – often the only chance to save small lives. If it was not succeeded to find the feeding cat ready to assume care and feeding of foreign cubs, then you should not lower hands and the specifics of feeding of kids demand to lose hope – more patience, than specialized skills.
Schedule of feedings
The main problem in bringing up of kittens is a frequency of meal. In the first two weeks the kittens need feeding each 2-3 hours at any time; in 3-4 weeks the night feeding is reduced to once, day is carried out each 4 hours; in 5-7 weeks of kittens it is possible to feed each 6 hours in the afternoon, night feedings, whenever possible, to stop. On the fourth week it is possible to begin to enter gradually solid additives into food and to accustom kittens is independently.
Preparation of mixes
Pet-shops offer a wide choice of ready mixes for bringing up of kittens. As a rule, special small bottles with nipples also are applied to mixes. But if there is no opportunity to use manufacturing forages, then it is possible to prepare nutritious mix with own hand. Universal mix 20% the condensed milk divorced warm boiled water in a proportion 1:5 with addition of bone meal – a teaspoon on milk liter are considered. Mix is filtered, cooled up to the temperature 36-38os. The weakened kittens can be fed with mix from 3.2% of milk (100 ml), one yolk, a half of a teaspoon of not refined vegetable oil and 5% of glucose (20 ml). Mix has to be warm and freshly cooked, storage of the remains in the fridge no more than one day is allowed. Ware for feeding needs obligatory sterilization by boiling.
Technology of feeding
If there is no opportunity to get a special small bottle for bringing up of kittens, it is possible to use the medical syringe with the removed needle or the rubber tip removed from the pipette. In a tip it is necessary to make a needle a small opening and to put on it the syringe or a small bubble. It is not recommended to use the pipette since together with food a lot of air gets into a stomach of a kitten for feeding. During feeding the kitten has to lie on a stomach, the pacifier is accurately inserted to it into a mouth and a little mix that the kid began to suck instinctively drip. The small bottle with mix has to be located at an angle in 45 degrees, milk needs to be served evenly. After feeding it is recommended to take some time of a kitten vertically that he could otrygnut air. For the correct work of intestines upon termination of feeding the kittens need to massage slightly tummies a damp rag clockwise, imitating licking by language of mom cat. Sign of sufficient receiving food – a round tummy of a kitten, addition in weight and its fast falling asleep after a meal. The malnourished kittens behave uneasily, peep, badly gain weight.