Grover was the first kitten I ever hand raised like that, when my 18 year old daughter brought her home, I didn't know what I was going to do with, didn't know what I was going to feed her, I started trying to find some recipes on the internet for orphaned kittens' milk, but kept coming up with people saying how hard it was, which scared me to death.

All the things they said you had to do for kittens, and watching everything they do, and I mean everything. They suggested getting orphaned kittens milk from the vets, so I started doing that, and then they said mix the pure meat baby food with that, I did that. I was very dumb about the whole thing. I like to have never taught that stubborn kitty to eat out of a bowl, I thought she was going to be a grown cat having to suck a bottle, which she really didn't want a bottle, she preferred a syringe. LOL.
If only I had known about this place then, I could have asked somebody like you Cass, about raising kittens.

During the time while I was raising her, I fell and broke my foot, and that kind of made it hard for me to get to the kitchen to fix her milk, no help there, my husband hates cats so he didn't want any part of her. Using crutches is not easy for a 50 year old to learn to use. Kids and younger people seem like they can just pick up a pair of crutches and go, but not me.

Anyway I have raised puppies from the day they were born, they were easy to the side of kittens. REAL easy, I worried about everything with Grover, I was afraid that she was hurt from all the kicking she took from the school from being used as a football, the vet kept telling me she was doing fine, but I stayed scared all the time, still worry and she is about 8 months now.

So I just can't imagine raising those little guys you raise by hand, they are so tiny, what do you use as a bottle? It is just such a miracle that you are able to do that. I really admire you guys for being so responsible that you can succeed at it.

My hat is off to you for such a task.

Tray