Unfortunately, in life can happen so that newborn kittens are left without the mom. In this case huge responsibility on initial care for a kitten and on his further education falls on the person.
Newborn kitten – small live happiness!
It is important to know that kittens are born deafs and blind people, however from the first days they have quite strong touch and sense of smell. The kitten in the first hours of life looks for cat's nipples, and for the fourth day can independently stimulate with pads receipt to himself in a mouth of maternal milk. In it all complexity of initial care for a newborn kitten also is!
The fact is that you will replace maternal milk with nothing, substitution of a cat wet nurse will be the best exit from current situation. But also here it is possible to meet difficulties: many cats refuse to feed foreign kittens, beginning to bite them. In this case the person should bring up, by all means, a little and defenseless being independently.
How to feed a newborn kitten?
As cats are mammals, in the first days of the life the newborn being needs only milk. In principle, in the conditions of lack of a cat wet nurse also the usual packaged milk from shop for this purpose will descend. Only it is not necessary to stint the price – milk of average (2.5%-3.5) or high (6%) fat contents will be the best choice. It is necessary to add to this product surely a sugar pinch (or a honey drop). Then it is necessary to warm up a milk slightly (to 30 wasps) and to begin feeding of an animal. In the first days of life of a kitten it has to eat milk each 2-3 hours, i.e. both in the afternoon, and at night. In each new day the dairy portion needs to be increased by one teaspoon. In 10 days it is necessary to enter porridges into a diet of a kitten gradually. Their preparation is identical to preparation of porridges for newborn children. It is necessary to feed a kitten from a small small bottle with a pacifier. It is not necessary to try to feed an animal with the pipette or in general a spoon at all! In a month the kitten will be able already to digest meat, but it is necessary to feed him only with dietary grades. From meat the ball crumb of the size of a pea then it is accurately put in a mouth to the kid rolls down. It should be noted that strongly it is not necessary to carry away a little kitten meat as it can negatively affect work of his digestive system. It is not necessary to hurry a kitten is, it is necessary to expect patiently until he chews meat. Upon termination of 7 weeks it is possible to transfer the kid to full-fledged kitten food.
Care for a newborn kitten
It is not enough to be able to feed newborn kittens. It is necessary to be able to look after them. For example, the kitten needs to be washed. However, it is necessary to do it not as in a case with the child: sufficient will just wipe his hair with wet towel wipes. Any shampoos! The kitten has to sleep somewhere. For this purpose it is necessary to make special "nest". Some box or a box allowing to maintain inside warm temperature can be "nest", the kitten is still very small and weak, it needs additional heat. It should be noted one more moment: usually kittens are warmed by their mom – they nestle on her warm body. As there is no mom, it will be necessary to use the hot-water bottle wrapped in a towel. There is more: whenever possible, it is not necessary to take a kitten on hands very often as it for him the real stress.