It happened so that on care you got a newborn kitten. Not so important, for what reasons it occurred: whether recently given rise cat died, the baby was thrown by kind people, on the street yours the son or the daughter found the peeping box. Anyway cares on care for the kid laid down on your shoulders.
First of all it is necessary to examine a kitten: whether there are on a damage body, dirt traces and so on whether there is an umbilical cord and whether teeth were cut through already. Of course, it is interesting to define what floor a kitten. Naturally, small wounds need to be processed disinfecting solution, to remove traces of dirt by means of wet towel wipes. You should not bathe the kid as thermoregulation of an animal was not established yet, the kitten can freeze and die.
The umbilical cord separates, as a rule, for 3-4 days after the birth. The pupovinka does not demand special processing. At the kitten who did not reach two-week age eyes are still closed. It is not necessary to touch them, no processing by grass infusions is necessary. Eyes will open for 10 - 14 days after the birth. If it did not occur on the expiration of two weeks that the kid is on your care, see the veterinarian who will correct a situation with the help of simple operation.
It is worth remembering that the newborn kitten is not able to celebrate big and small need. Isprazhnyat intestines and mom cat helps to empty a bladder to a kitten. She licks the rough language appropriate authorities of a kitten and a tummy. You should help the kid, using the cotton tampon moistened with hot water and which is well wrung out for massage. You carry out massage at once after feeding, at the same time slightly press fingers on sides of a tummy of a kitten. Urination happens after each feeding, the animal can defecate once a day or more often. If with it there were problems, show the kid to the veterinarian who will render the qualified help.
What to feed a newborn kitten with
In veterinary pharmacy it is possible to buy special mix for artificial feeding of kittens. In the same place it is possible to buy a special small bottle for feeding. It is possible to feed a kitten and without special small bottle. In pharmacy buy two syringes: small on 2 ml and the syringe for insulin injections or tuberkulinovy, also buy the pipette. From the tuberkulinovy syringe take out the piston (rod), remove a rubber part from the pipette, by means of cuticle scissors make a crosswise opening on a tip of a rubber part of the pipette, put on that part of the syringe where it is accepted to put a needle. With the help of the dvukhmililitrovy syringe milk in our device for feeding will be served.
If nearby there is no veterinary pharmacy or the family is in financial difficulties, it is possible to use mix for feeding of babies. It is allowed to raise kittens to week age cow's milk, it is better integral, but also the store, 2.5% - 3.2% of fat content are possible. In case of use of milk from shop increase fat content by means of a tiny piece of butter. Since 5-7-day age to a kitten milk of 2.5% of fat content suffices, dilute whole milk with a small amount of boiled water. Before feeding warm milk to 37 - 38 degrees.
The kitten at one time of food can eat 2 - 10 ml of milk. In day, respectively, 20 - 100 ml. It is impossible to overfeed a kitten, having gorged on, the kid will push out a pacifier and will enough begin to hum. Wipe a muzzle and a neck of a kitten with a dry cotton tampon, a damp cotton tampon process genitals and an anal opening of a kitten, doing the massage described above.
Place a full kitten in the place equipped for him. It let will be a plastic bowl with high boards. On a bottom put a terry towel or a diaper, put a bowl to heat source, for example, to a heating radiator, inside put a hot-water bottle. The healthy kitten in the first weeks of life only eats and sleeps. In case of any doubts or questions see the veterinarian behind consultation and the help.