On 12/6/2012 9:49 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:49:44 -0600, "MaryL"
> > wrote:
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>> "Brooklyn1" wrote in message
>> ...
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>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:14:14 -0600, "MaryL"
>> > wrote:
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>>> "Gary" wrote in message ...
>>>
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> MaryL
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~
>> 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.
>>
>> MaryL
>
> They are not going to nurse from an eye dropper or a syringe.
>

She would not nurse from the kitten bottles. The medicine dropper was
the ONLY thing she would nurse from for a while. She is now nursing from
the kitten bottle, but not well.

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Janet Wilder
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