I have a few questions on this subject.
I was already thinking of taking in bottle babies this summer, now that one of our cats is pregnant i am a little unsure weither that would be safe. I have bottle fed kittens before so thats not the problem in the slightest.
Although i would like to try to see if Delilah would take the babies into her litter first ( although i would suppliment often with Glop or KMR so there will not be as much added stress). However i do think its important for kittens to have a mother because they learn things that we as humans can not really teach as well and often times we can end up with "mean brat cats". Since i have a male cat who has strong maternal instincts that has not happened around here.
Anyways my question is what are some things i should watch out for or should i not let any other kittens near my female and her kittens. I know the first thing would be if any of the kittens are sick, but can they find out of the kitten has feluke or any of those at such a young age. Since if they are Orphaned then that means that they have no mother to test to see if she has Feluke.
I was already thinking of taking in bottle babies this summer, now that one of our cats is pregnant i am a little unsure weither that would be safe. I have bottle fed kittens before so thats not the problem in the slightest.
Although i would like to try to see if Delilah would take the babies into her litter first ( although i would suppliment often with Glop or KMR so there will not be as much added stress). However i do think its important for kittens to have a mother because they learn things that we as humans can not really teach as well and often times we can end up with "mean brat cats". Since i have a male cat who has strong maternal instincts that has not happened around here.
Anyways my question is what are some things i should watch out for or should i not let any other kittens near my female and her kittens. I know the first thing would be if any of the kittens are sick, but can they find out of the kitten has feluke or any of those at such a young age. Since if they are Orphaned then that means that they have no mother to test to see if she has Feluke.