Raising Healthy Kittens
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Orphan Kitten Care
Handling Orphan Kittens
When Are Kittens Ready for Adoption
Kitten Scratching Surfaces
Kitten's First Vet Visit
De-Worming Kittens
Removing Fleas from Kittens
Weening Kittens with Food
Introducing Kittens to New Things
Kitten Play Behavior
Kitten Playing Tips
Kitten Litter Boxes
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Summary: If you have adopted a newborn orphan kitten, learn how to hand feed and stimulate bowl movements in kittens with this free pet care video clip from a practicing veterinarian.
Tracy Carreiro is a graduate of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. She has been a practicing veterinarian for nearly 20 years. Growing up on a dairy farm, she grew to...read more
"This is one of a litter of orphan kittens. They were born and never actually nursed from their mother. There's a volunteer, here, who's helping them along by hand feeding them and they've just gotten baths and been cleaned up which is why he's all wet. But I'll show you about hand feed a baby and what else to do, he really likes this. Getting really excited. OKay, you can hear them suckle and how they grasp the bottle with their feet, like that, and he's chewing on the nipple a little bit. Let's get it right centered so he can suck. There we go! You can actually see the air bubbles going into the formula, there. This is special kitten milk replacement formula. And you can see his little face moving as he's nursing. And, when you see the air bubbles coming into the formula that means he's actually getting formula out of the bottle. Sometimes kittens will have a weak suckle reflex and although they're nursing they're not actually getting any nutrition. So you need to watch for that. After a kitten finishes nursing from a bottle, they'll be sort of full and kind of sleepy. So they should just lay down and have a little nap when they're done, that's a sign that they've had enough nutrition. One of the other things that you need to do with orphan kittens is stimulate them to urinate and defecate. So you take a moist towel and you rub the perineal area, their anus and their urethra area with a little towel to stimulate them to urinate and defecate. This is what mom does by licking them and it's very important because they don't know how to void urine or feces on their own, so you have to stimulate that reflex for them."
eHow Article: Orphan Kitten Care
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