Kitties breeding with
nursing bottle

If a cat, for the reason that is, cannot breed her babies, it is possible that we have to do this. It's o.k. but is required a total dedication during the first weeks. The kitties must be to an average temperature of 24ºc through a heater of infrared or another suitable heat source A bottle of warm water wrapped in a soft and smooth blanket can be a good " mother of rent " in order that the kitties approaching to it .

It is necessary to give of eating to the kitties through a special syringe or a baby bottle, every two hours, day and night. Every animal must take approximately 5 milliliters (a teaspoonful) of milk of good quality, increasing gradually the quantity. It is necessary to have taken care of not allowing that the kitties should drink too fast; if they do it, the milk can go away to the lungs and asphyxiate them.

Q/A Our cat had her kitties in our bedroom, but now she moves her litter to a new "nest" every day. Is there something that disturbs her?

It is a question of a vestige of instinctive behavior, directed to liberating the cats of the predators. Take the original box for the kitties every day to the new place that she is choosing.

My kitty of 6 weeks is eating the sand of the box. What can I do in order for her not to do so?

When weaned to a kitty, there is a phase in which they try different substances, included sand. Dissuade softly to your kitty taking out the sand that can has in the mouth and taking her out of the box, but if you are teaching him to use it; in this case, put it again in the booth.

Clean the sand when he dirties and use good non toxic sand. Finally, if you have not taken the internal parasites from him, do it.

How much time have I waited before leaving my kitties recently born go out of house?

You don't leave the kitties until 7 or 10 days after of being vaccinated. Usually, the vaccines put on them on 9 and 12 weeks, so that your kitties must be inside the house at least up to 13 weeks.

Each time that they eat, it is necessary to encourage the cats to urinate and defecate, imitating the sensation of their mother's tongue. You should use cotton in branch wetted in warm water, to pass it to him softly on the stomach an below the tail.

If their mother continues nearby, it is suitable to give to the kitties at least a portion of mother's milk, milking the mother and giving the milk to her babies. If the kitties could never have sucked of the mother, they will not have received anything of her colostrum, which it is the first mother milk and immunizes to the kitties against some microbes. Without this protection, the kitties are more exposed to an infection. In this case, it is necessary to sterilize carefully all the utensils, especially the baby bottles and the nipples. It is important to vaccinate  as soon as possible the cats breeding with nursing bottle. Normally to 8 weeks. It is necessary to telephone before the veterinarian to coordinate an appointment.