Caring for a kitten
by Life Of Kitten
Caring for a kitten is not an easy thing. Baby Cats need attention and care every time. If you've adopted a kitten, you will have a very difficult task. If the kitten is still together with its parent, the parent can provide all the needs of her child. You can help the parent cat with feed him and let the kitten for one week. If the parent cat doesn't exist or can't take care of her babies, you should take over the tasks of the master, You have to take the task of the parent, including feeding the baby cat, keep cat babies stay warm and even help a baby kitten to defecate.
A. Feed A Kitten
1. Consider the situation. The care that you give to the kittens is dependent on: the age of the kitten, the parent cat does still care for her, and how is a healthy kitten. When getting some kittens are separated from a parent, you must provide such a given parent, such as food, warmth, and care for defecate. Don't rush considering situations that you will encounter before you start caring for the cat.
1.Let the parent cat help her children defecate if its there or could take care of him. If the parent cat is still there to help her son wastewater, let it do its job. During the initial few weeks of his birth, the parent cat will lick the genital area babies like this.
SOURCES:
https://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Newborn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsUbkKAuVSU&t=3s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten
- If you find an abandoned kitten or separate from its parent, watch it from afar, about 10 meters away, to see if the parent cat is back.
- If the kitten is in danger, you need to do something without waiting for the arrival of the aircraft carrier. For example, you should directly intervene if kitten cold, left in a place that could make it get hit or stepped on, or in a place that could make it attacked a dog.
2. Enlist the help of a veterinarian or animal shelter. Don't feel that you have to take care of the kittens alone. Taking care of cats is a difficult task and you may not have all the necessary to ensure the safety of the kitten. Contact a vet or the nearest animal shelter to ask for help. They may be able to provide a substitute carrier to help the kitten gets the nutrients he needs or they can also help you nursing a kitten to use a bottle.
3.To provide food for the parent cat if is still there. If the kitten is still together with its mother and he took care of his children well, kittens will be better cared for by its mother himself. But, you can still help by providing food and shelter for the parent. Just make sure you keep the food and shelter in different areas since he may not be willing to accept both.
4.Give food to the kittens. If the parent cat doesn't exist or can't take care of her children, you have to prepare and feed the kittens themselves. The types of foods that you can prepare for the kitten will depend on his age. Be sure to ask your veterinarian about the needs of certain foods owned the kittens.
- When a kitten aged 1-2 years, give it a meal using the bottle every 1-2 hours with commercial milk replacement formula. Don't give cow's milk for kittens because it is too difficult to digest.
- When a kitten aged 3-4 years, provide a solution of infant formula and food a kitten that is already mixed with water in a low container. Let it eat as much as 4-6 times in a day.
- Time 6-12 week-old kittens, reduce the milk formula and begin to give a dry kitten food. Let it eat four times a day.
5.Weigh the kittens once a week. To ensure that the kitten gets the appropriate nutrition and weight gain, you have to weigh once a week and record her weight. Weight should be increased as much as kittens 1 ¾ to 3 ½ ounces per week. Talk to your veterinarian if you are concerned that your weight is difficult kittens grow.
B. Care and Keep The Kittens.
1. Leave the cat alone during the first week if he is still with mom. The parent cat will reject a kitten or angry if his son is too often held, so we recommend that you let the kitten for its mother is still there. However, from the age of 2-7 week, it is very important to make a kitten is accustomed held, man.
2.Provide a bed for a kitten. If the kitten does not yet have a bed, make sure you provide a place that's warm, dry, and furthest from the predators. Make sure that the chosen place is safe and to avoid the wind into the House. You can use a box or a cat enclosure dialysis towels or blankets NET.
3.Hold the kitten gently. Be careful when handling newborn kittens. If there are small children who will hold the kitten, teach how holding gently and never letting it hold kittens without supervision. Newborn kittens are very fragile and small children can also make her injury worse.
4.In order to keep the kitten warm always. If the parent cat does not exist, you must provide a heating or hot water bottle wrapped in a towel to keep the kitten warm always. Just make sure the kitten can get away from the heating if he feels the heat. Check frequently to make sure the case with whether he felt comfortable.
C. Help The Kitten Defecate
1.Let the parent cat help her children defecate if its there or could take care of him. If the parent cat is still there to help her son wastewater, let it do its job. During the initial few weeks of his birth, the parent cat will lick the genital area babies like this.
2.Do kittens defecate if needed? If the parent does not exist, you must help the kitten to relieve himself during the initial few weeks after her birth. Use a washcloth or cotton or wet to rubs the genital area every kitten until he urinates or defecates. Wash or dispose the rag immediately and dry the kitten before returning it to his brothers.
3.Teach your kitten to use a sandbox at the age of four weeks. When age 4 weeks, kittens are ready to start using the sandbox. To teach it, put the kitten in the sandbox after he finished eating. When kittens are done using it, return it along with his brothers and put the other kittens into the sandbox. Let each child cats for a few minutes to use the sandbox after you finish eating.
4.Beware of the existence of the problem. If you realize that there are no kittens defecate as it assisted or when placed on top of the sandbox, you must contact your veterinarian as soon as possible to find out what happened. Kittens may be suffering from constipation or there is a blockage in the system digestion which must be waged.
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Additional
- Please do not hesitate to ask for the help of a veterinarian or animal shelter. They may have people willing to help you to take care of the kitten so it will increase the chance of his life.
- Do not let small children aged under 8 years to hold the kitten unattended and before the cats reached the age of 5-6 week.
Memo
- Do not hold the kittens are like baby humans when fed through the bottle. If you do that, breast milk can get into the lungs of a kitten. Always eat a kitten in a State stand on the floor or in your lap.
- Do not bathe the kitten to her age more than 9 weeks because its parent can ignore it because the kittens will lose its smell. Remember not to feed the kitten with milk cows! Cow's milk is very difficult to digest and can make kittens sick.
- Contact your veterinarian as soon as possible if any of the kittens look sick (weak, frequent sneezing, do not want to eat, and others). Kittens can die or be malnourished if she hurts.
- If you will give the new kittens born to someone, Make sure that the cardboard box where you keep the kittens hollow and give lots of blankets and food for the kittens to survive. The kitten should keep warm, especially if exposed to cold air.
https://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Newborn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsUbkKAuVSU&t=3s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten
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