Experience bottle baby people..New pic's post 27

[Laura's Babies]

Caramella again. She has the potty thing down to a art and uses it like she has been doing it all her life. She STILL is not interested in eating anything she should eat. Now put down a green bean or a potato chip and she is right on it eating.. NO! I am NOT feeding her those things, I did the green bean because she acted interested and I wanted to see if she would eat it and she did! Today Rie was here and was eating pototo chips and Caramella went right to it and proceeded to take a bite. LOL! That PROVES to me she CAN eat but everything "cat" related she will not attempt to even try.. I have tried canned kitten food, Science diet kitten food soaked in water then milk and she will take it pureed in milk, in her bottle, and I have tried baby food turkey and she will not eat it unless in a bottle, mixed with milk!

She has got to be at least 5 weeks old (?) and she has had teeth for about 2 weeks. I tried putting her in her cage last night without a bottle and a plate of kitten canned food and left her to go to bed. She had not touched the food on the saucer and was sceaming for her bottle when I came in here this morning. I tried to get her to eat from the plate and no luck! I even tried her with the big girls canned food... NOT!

Is she just to young or have I just not hit on something she likes.

I have more time with her, I will not be going back to work with my crew this crew change on the 22nd..... see my thread in other, general...

[columbine]

Maybe if you went the other direction, and gave her a piece of roast chicken or fish? She seems to go for something she can sink her teeth into. Just a random guess, though - I've never taken care of a bottle baby.

Love, Columbine

[Taz_Zoee]

I agree with Columbine. I was gonna say give her dry food. Just try one piece and see what happens. If you think it's too tough for her put water in it but don't let it get all soggy.

[dehlers43]

My little ones just loved Royal Canin Baby Kibble...looks sort of like Grape Nuts...

[Laura's Babies]

I tired it dry and she totally ignored it, tried it soaked in both water and milk first, she wouldn't even sniff those. Only made into puree with milk will she take in but it HAS to be in a bottle! I hope this don't mean she is going to be extremely finicky!

[kittycats_delight]

Laura, why not try the food that is most like human food. In other words try things like fancy feast grilled chicken for example. It is like real pieces of chicken in a sauce. If that doesn't cut it try some tuna in oil and see what she thinks of that. She may very well be a finicky little one and you may have to go through a ton of different flavors and textures before she finds something she likes.

Oh another thing to give a go with it liver. Frost is my most picky eater. Nothing for him but Royal Canin Fit 32 and Royal Canin Sensible 33 mixed together. He will literally starve himself if he doesn't have those exact foods. And he will only eat kibble. But, if I have liver he cries for it. It's the ONLY other thing he will ever eat besides HIS kibble.

Keep trying girl some of the little ones can be really fussy. The answer is to try, try and try again. Different flavors, different textures, different brands and same goes for the kibble different flavors, different brands and different size kibble. Keep us posted.