I've always dreamed of raising kittens from bottle babies to adults. I've been itching to do this, more so ever since my cat passed away. I needed something to help me cope. Now that I'm taking care of a couple of 1 week old kittens, i'm scared. I'm freaking out because they're so fragile and I don't want them to die under my care since a local animal shelter have allowed me, a first-timer, to foster them. And I would feel like a failure of they were to die due to some simple mistake :'(
I'm doing all of the research I can and looking at Kitten Lady's (Hannah Shaw) videos and I'm still nervous.
Bottle feeding seems to be the toughest because one of them gets fidgety around feeding time and I have to struggle to get him to latch onto the nipple. The other got it down.
I'm actually wary of falling asleep, because I don't wanna miss a feeding time (every 2-3 hours). I've read here and there that as long as the kittens have been fed frequently throughout the day, I would be able to have atleast a 6 hour rest, but has anyone actually done this? Or is it too risky?
Part of me wants to give it a week and see if I get the hang of it and stick it out and the other part wants to give them back if it's not working out. :c
Sorry my post is a hot mess. My mind's all over the place
I'm doing all of the research I can and looking at Kitten Lady's (Hannah Shaw) videos and I'm still nervous.
Bottle feeding seems to be the toughest because one of them gets fidgety around feeding time and I have to struggle to get him to latch onto the nipple. The other got it down.
I'm actually wary of falling asleep, because I don't wanna miss a feeding time (every 2-3 hours). I've read here and there that as long as the kittens have been fed frequently throughout the day, I would be able to have atleast a 6 hour rest, but has anyone actually done this? Or is it too risky?
Part of me wants to give it a week and see if I get the hang of it and stick it out and the other part wants to give them back if it's not working out. :c
Sorry my post is a hot mess. My mind's all over the place