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Originally Posted by Graleyne  Awww good luck with the lil' one. I've never raised a newborn kitty before, but I have raised a newborn puppy. I understand what you mean about the slightest thing stimulating them and them going potty. lol I let the puppy I raised sleep nestled in my hair because she felt safer and warmer there. I don't advise that.  |
nah, don't think hubby would go for that one LOL we already have 2 dogs in our bed full time, and every other weekend, we have 3 LOL
so far, it is going good. kitty made it through the night. she is still eating good, as far as I can tell
At first, I was having to really squeeze the bottle to get anything to come out. I followed the instructions on poking a hole in the top of the nipple but that didn't work so good. so after my hands started to hurt, I decided to cut a tiny X in the top of the nipple. I still have to squeeze a little to get it out but once she realized what is there, she does it on her own. It's much easier. It is hard for me to tell how much she is drinking. I am putting .2 oz in the bottle and it barely seems to go down. But I can tell she is eating. she sucks and sucks and sucks until she falls asleep. then I wake her up and make her eat more. I keep this up until she refuses the nipple then I rub her really good (I read somewhere to "burp" the kitten?????) and she usually will fall asleep while I am rubbing on her. then I put her back in her bed, where she has a nice soft blanky and a warm water bottle wrapped in a receiving blanket to help keep her warm. she seems ok with this routine. when I hold her, she tries to get right up to my neck. I just know I am going to get attached
not sure if you can tell in this first pic, but she eats with her arms straight up in the air LOL on the one side of the bottle, you can barely see her little paw sticking up
I will try and get better pics today.
Here are a couple of her in the box we originally kept her in, before finding a nice basket for her. And you can see Rex, our min pin, who is super protective of her. I've never seen him like this before...he doesn't even like me to touch her. he will totally check her out the whole time I am holding her. licking her and sniffing her to make sure everything is where it should be LOL at first I was nervous but he is sooooo good with her. I remember he was like that with maggie when we first brought her home too!