Have tried them a few times with the carnation milk and water. Not sure if Nala's kittens are thick but you swirl their paws around in it and they don't bother! Mum has a great time licking them clean though!

I soaked some James Wellbeloved kibble and mashed it into a pulp and then gently opened their mouths and popped a little in. At least they got a taste. Is it ok to gently feed them like this though?

This is the evaporated milk mixture that I use. And I have used it on babies as young as 24 hours of age and I find that this puts weight on them much better than the kitten forumula's do.




1 tin 400g Evaporated Milk

200g of boiled or bottled water

Mix together in a bowl

lightly beat 1 or 2 egg yolks

Add egg yolk to bowl and mix in

2 tablespoons of honey in a bowl, mix in a small amount of boiling water until the honey becomes a liquid

pour honey into mixture

mix all together.




Pour the mixture into a thermos flask and keep it in the fridge and then just pour out the amount you need for each feed. This way you don't have to keep making up new mixture for every feed.

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Thanks for the recipe May will get that made up tomorrow morning. Thanks for your reassurance as well Selk67U2. I feel like an over anxious mother half the time!!!

Hi May....I just finished bottle feeding a couple of little barn cat babies that were found under a neighbours trailer after the mom had been run over. They were 7 days old. Your recipe differs from mine a bit. The one I use is 1 can of carnation milk to 1 can of water, plus 1 1/3 tbsp of corn syrup. ( cornsyrup can be adjusted a bit to keep their stool the right consistantsy.) Did you use bees honey?? Beeshoney is dangerous for most babies in general....which is why I used cornsyrup. One can also add a raw egg yolk if you are fairly sure there is no saminela. I did not bother with the egg and the kittens are now 7 weeks old. I do not use pablum until they are old enough to lap. Your water, milk ratio differs from mine.....But I guess whatever works for you