On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:49:44 -0600, "MaryL"
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>"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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>On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:14:14 -0600, "MaryL"
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>>"Gary" wrote in message ...
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>>Janet Wilder wrote:
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>>> She has started taking formula from a medicine dropper. I have to put it
>>> in the side of her mouth and then she will slurp and swallow.
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>>A plastic syringe is great for hand feeding small animals. It holds more
>>food than a medicine dropper and is also easy to control the flow. Just a
>>thought for you. I've used them for hand feeding ferrets when they are sick
>>and won't eat on their own.
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>>Gary
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>>Good suggestion! My vet gave me several syringes (no needles) so I could
>>follow a pill with some water when my cat needed to be medicated.
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>>MaryL
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>Any pet shop sells tiny nursing bottles with nipples for feeding baby
>kittens and puppies... I have several, they work very well, never had
>a kitten that wouldn't nurse from a bottle... a medicine dropper or a
>syringe is just not normal and the animal knows the difference.
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>That's what I usually would suggest, but I think the OP said in her first
>message that this little one will not nurse. That can be quite a problem,
>and kittens are very delicate at that age.
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>MaryL

They are not going to nurse from an eye dropper or a syringe.