Look what was dropped in MY lap!~New Pic #30

[momcat]

What a beautiful, precious little baby! I'm happy to hear that her vet check went so well. And a big thank you to Mike for helping you out!

What is wrong with that person? How can she be so insensitive and indifferent to your current problems that she just "dumps" a virtual newborn kitten at you? Why couldn't she take the baby to a vet or contact a shelter herself?

Have you considered calling local vets or a shelter to see if a nursing kitty mom might be available? Just a thought.

[Laura's Babies]

momcat, I would be afraid the shelter would just put her to sleep and that place can be (not saying it is right now but could be) full of disease that could kill her..

I looked at the baby bottle and it is marked by tablespoons, it will hold 4 tablespoons.. I just don't see how that tiny thing could eat that much at one feeding! Since I have had her back at around 3 pm, she has had about 3 ounces and it is 10:30pm now and she looks like she is about to pop! She wasn't nearly this plump yesterday but there is no telling how long it had been since she ate..

Look at that tummy!

[krazyaboutkatz]

She sure is a cutie pie. I've never dealt with a bottle baby before so I hope that everything will go well. Good luck and please continue to keep us updated about her.

[Barbara]

Aaawww- what a sweet little thing.
I hope she eats well and keeps growing.
I am sure I couldn't let her go.

[moosmom]

In my experience with bottle feeding, the kitten needs to eat every 2-3 hours. The rest of the time she'll sleep. Her eyes are open so she's probably about 3 weeks old. Normally, a kitten will eat a couple of ounces at a time. I use the lines on the bottle as a guide. I'd mix two tsp of warm water to one tsp of KMR. Mix is up real good (I used a whisk) to get all the lumps out.

I'm so surprized that your friend put this on your shoulders after all you're going through. Call around to local shelters and see if there's a lactating mama who has kittens around her age. Another week and you can probably start weaning her.

What I do is mix KMR with canned kitten food. Put a tiny bit on a spoon, open her mouth and put it in. Be careful she doesn't aspirate it.

She'll eventually get the idea. Is there ANYONE that can help you with her? Bottle feeding is alot of work, time consuming and you get sleep deprived. You need your sleep. I only wish I lived close to help you out.

Another thing you want to do is maintain her body heat with a heating pad set on low underneath a towel. Make her sleep in a cat carrier. I'll send you a "sock buddie" and LuLu's bun-bun. When I was bottle feeding Phoenix (now known as Molly) she loved to curl up next to her bun-bun.

[Laura's Babies]

I keep her in Amy's kennel/carrier with a stuffed toy and in a really soft fluffy blanket that she seems to really like. She slept all night and I had to wake her to feed her this morning. After 8 hours of sleeping, she only took about 1 1/2 tablespoons of KMR, I put her on the blanket on the floor and let her wander around for a few minutes before she fell asleep again. I can hear her purring... it is such a sweet sound coming from her.

Donna, she is a project between me, Mike and Barbra. Barbra is coming to get her tomorrow to keep until I find out what's going to happen with me & the neuro doctor. I will have her when I can take care of her and Barbra will have her when I can't and if she has something going on, Mike will take her. Barbra is the only stay at home 24/7/365 so she is the better bet for most of her care but Lil Bit will make #12 in her house of fur kids so Barbra has her hands full already. We just need somebody to take care of her if I end up unable to for awhile. Lil Bit really isn't that much trouble to take care of at this point, eat and sleep is all she does but I am sure that will change in a few weeks.

I have some very unhappy fur kids in my house now. Samantha's feelings are so hurt that she won't come near me anymore and is staying hidden somewhere and I can't find her.