Handling Newborn Kittens

Video Transcript

"Lets talk about handling newborn kittens. The first thing to think about is if the queen or mother cat is present. If this is an orphan newborn kitten you are forced to basically have to handle it. If you are going to handle a newborn orphan you want to be gentle, keep them warm and don't over handle them. And then that's where you move into nutrition and your veterinary clinic can help you as far as feeding newborns and things like that. Now if the queen or mother cat is present you never want to just jump in after the kitten has been newborn and handle them. You want to let the queen kind of decide that for you. In fact most of the time it's best to leave them alone for the first couple of weeks. However, if there is one that's sick or needs veterinary attention and you need to handle it, go very, very slow. You know cause queens when they've had kittens can sometimes be more aggressive because they are protecting their litter. So just go slow, let the queen kind of decide that for you and when you start handling the kitten you know again be gentle, keep them warm and replace them as soon as you can."