Hi gals and guys,
Here's the story :
My neighbor just told me that her friend's colleague just had a litter of 8 (because she wanted a kitten, I know, I'm furious too, let's not dwell on that). Momma cat rejected 2 kittens. The friend is willing to adopt them, but she knows nothing about hand rearing, and is in need of help. So my neighbor asked me, and even if I already have 4 cats in the house, there is no way I'm going to say no to that.
So, I'm also in need of help, I never took care of newborns before.
I don't have any details yet, I should get the kittens later today. Their age is a "guesstimation", I don't have their weight, nothing.
Here's what I do have in term of supplies :
- Needle-less syringes
- Kitchen scale
- Bottled water and honey to make homemade pedialyte
I don't have KMR, and it's Sunday so everything is closed.
I'm getting kind of panicky, do I need anything else? I still have some time before the kittens arrive, so I can ask for stuff I really need with people I've worked with before.
I read the kittens articles about hand rearing and Fading Kitten Syndrome.
Here's the story :
My neighbor just told me that her friend's colleague just had a litter of 8 (because she wanted a kitten, I know, I'm furious too, let's not dwell on that). Momma cat rejected 2 kittens. The friend is willing to adopt them, but she knows nothing about hand rearing, and is in need of help. So my neighbor asked me, and even if I already have 4 cats in the house, there is no way I'm going to say no to that.
So, I'm also in need of help, I never took care of newborns before.
I don't have any details yet, I should get the kittens later today. Their age is a "guesstimation", I don't have their weight, nothing.
Here's what I do have in term of supplies :
- Needle-less syringes
- Kitchen scale
- Bottled water and honey to make homemade pedialyte
I don't have KMR, and it's Sunday so everything is closed.
I'm getting kind of panicky, do I need anything else? I still have some time before the kittens arrive, so I can ask for stuff I really need with people I've worked with before.
I read the kittens articles about hand rearing and Fading Kitten Syndrome.