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Old 19-12-2009, 03:10 PM
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Good luck with the little ones, would love to see some pics if you have time( not that your gonna be busy or anything lol !!)
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Re: Abandoned kittens - advice on hand-rearing

I didn't have to handrear the kittens I fostered but I did have them from a week old with their mum who was... less than attentive.

I recommend getting syringes and using those to feed them. The ones I had were washed/massaged by their mum as soon as they'd fed so do that every single time you feed them as a matter of course. You're in for a tiring few weeks but it will be SO worth it when you see 4 healthy kittens running around.

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Re: Abandoned kittens - advice on hand-rearing

Yes you can take them with you, just wrap them up warm, if it were me I would wrap them completely in a blanket if the weather is like this. I took a three day old kitten out in winter once as a visual aid for a talk I was doing. I just tucked her up my jumper, she was fine. A carrier or box would be recommended in your case rather than four of them up your jumper!

Swing them - only if they get milk up their nose mind - by putting your index finger so that it supports the head and neck, then you just sort of bowl them overarm, as if they were cricket balls, except of course not so hard and you don't let go! That's not the only way of doing it but it's the way I know.

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