Hand rearing week old orphaned kittens

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Re: Hand rearing week old orphaned kittens

Postby janda_grant2 » Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:51 pm

How are things with the kitten - did it survive? (I hope so)
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Re: Hand rearing week old orphaned kittens

Postby oliveview01 » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:53 pm

Kitty is now 4 weeks and 2 days old. She, Mili (neighbor's children had a draw for names) is doing really well. I tried weaning her and she started lapping straight away. Just got to get her to pee in the litter tray and not in the corner behind the bathroom door. Our jack russel loves Mili, fat boy I would not trust yet, he is very wary of Mili. She is too small to run about so after a bit of running about we have to put her back in the bathroom.
The other kitten, Miki, has settled well, the dogs like him, after the first day of hissing and spitting they were all fine.
I hope to get a photo soon of both kitties soon, provided they stay still long enough :lol:

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Re: Hand rearing week old orphaned kittens

Postby crazyred » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:35 pm

Try putting some litter in an old supermarket meat tray and put it in the spot where she's peeing.

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Re: Hand rearing week old orphaned kittens

Postby oliveview01 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:51 am

I have a very clever Mili, She is using the litter tray! She is great :thumbup:

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Re: Hand rearing week old orphaned kittens

Postby gerryh » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:02 am

When our hand reared kitten was about 4/5 weeks old we decided time to start weaning her.
Not interested in lapping milk, not interested in soft kitten food. Only interested in her bottle. Tried liquidising cat food and feeding via a syringe to see if she would get to like the taste.
One day we found her standing in our dog's feeding bowl crunching up his dried dog food.
So she got dried kitchen food after that, along with her bottle and then . She was soon only eating dried cat food and lapping water.
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Re: Hand rearing week old orphaned kittens

Postby janda_grant2 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:24 pm

Brilliant - well done you! Nice to hear some good news for a change.
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