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From the lens Raising Kittens by Hand.

  • kittenmom Nov 28, 2011 @ 8:01 pm | delete
    ihave used homemade kitten food and have always been told NEVER to use whole cow's milk. use goats milk instead and add yogurt. also, i have used kmr and the kittens fight the tased, but gnc now has come out with a kitten formula replacer and the kittens love it and do well on it! i am a foster kitten mom for the animal shelter in my area and have done this for 5 years now and am loving every minute of it! i highly reccomend it!
  • greenearthy Oct 25, 2011 @ 6:35 pm | delete
    I had to raise kittens a couple of times once the mother got ran over by a car the next the mother wouldn't feed her babies. they all survived and were adopted by friends. I will never forget them so precious. Got so attached It was hard to give them up.
  • littlezotz Apr 1, 2011 @ 12:46 am | delete
    Great article! Informative and well-written. (Though I did notice one little typo... "Provide a Llitter Box" There are two L's on the word "litter").

    Good for you for tackling this subject online and in real life as well! :)
  • d-artist Jan 21, 2011 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    What a sweet lens and how sweet it is of you to raise these kittens to give them a fair chance in life. I raised one kitten in Missouri, he got fixed and a week later hit by a car on a country road, that was hard to take. Here in Wisconsin I've seen so many people raise barn kittens...I say take the mother cats and have them fixed at a Human Soc. it's under $30 and they get shots and dipped. To me that would be the right thing to do saving a cat's life.
  • Kitten Aug 2, 2010 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww sooo CUTE! baby kitten love milk ..
  • samantha Jan 13, 2010 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    this youtube video is so cute
  • admiralglass Dec 3, 2009 @ 8:52 am | delete
    I have never had a chance to raise kitten from day 1. It must be very rewarding thing to do. Maybe one day. I really enjoyed this lens 5*
  • lmgluvscats Aug 31, 2009 @ 10:22 pm | delete
    I really enjoyed this. I, too, have raised several newborns, and it a wonderful experience. In fact, there was one kitten that even the vet didn't think was going to make it. It lived to the ripe old age of 17 and was a lovable companion to me and my daughters. My friend and I now have 17 cats inside and various strays outside, that I believe are dumped, because people here in town know we will take care of them. **LOL** ....and we do!! Ours are neutered and most of the strays have been, too! They just don't seem to want them anymore. Luckily, our home is situated where we don't bother anyone, and we can take care of them well.
  • RuralRoute2 Aug 8, 2009 @ 3:58 pm | in reply to kitty222 | delete
    If the kittens are getting infections, then you need to get them to a vet for antibiotics. Kittens can take alot but they really can't fight infections; they need antibiotics.
  • kitty222 Aug 8, 2009 @ 12:59 pm | delete
    I love your lens...And thanks for making it easy to find products I might need for kitten care someday. I have lots of kittens and you never know when a mother might disappear. My main problem is that any kitten I try to raise myself seems to get an infection and die after a week or two; do you have any suggestions on how to prevent infections?
  • mysticmama Feb 8, 2009 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    excellent lens! when I was a kid on the farm, we had a female cat named Dude, and she was sort of a slut...always getting pregnant, but she didn't like being a mommy and would abandon her litters about a week after they were born every time, luckily we had a poodle named Mimi, who was older and spayed, but she loved being a mommy, and she nursed and raised 7 litters of kittens over the years, it was soooo cool...So great lens, excellent tips...and Kitty Wompuss says it's just purrrrrrfect...5*
  • Tiddledeewinks Dec 1, 2008 @ 1:11 am | delete
    We have lots of cats!
  • Mortira Nov 27, 2008 @ 2:21 am | delete
    Your pictures and efforts are so much more touching as a parent than if I had read them a year ago! There's nothing like a tiny baby - or kitten - for getting to the heart, right? Thank you for sharing this helpful information! * * * * *
  • triathlontraining Nov 26, 2008 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    Wonderful job on your lens! :)
  • Jimmie Nov 21, 2008 @ 3:06 am | delete
    You're officially blessed!

    My daughter already favorited this lens. She raised an orphaned kitten. He's a healthy "teenage" cat now.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 15, 2008 @ 5:46 am | delete
    4 weeks ago my friend found a black kitten in the woods, couldn't have been more than a day or two old. She has been nursing it and it is finally walking around, attacking (playfully) the chihuahua. She will be glad to know it is little box time!

    *****
  • Jack2205 Nov 15, 2008 @ 12:59 am | delete
    I had orphaned farm kittens two different times. The first time, a mother farm cat that we had for eighteen years that had one kitten at the same time took care of the three orphaned kittens with her own kitten. The next time a mother cat was killed, her four kittens were three weeks old. The biggest kitten could drink by himself and we fed the other three with a baby kitten bottle from the vet. They all survived.
  • Pantherart Nov 14, 2008 @ 9:07 pm | delete
    Great lens I am featuring this lens on my Squidoo Cats and Kittens lens on the cats health lenses 5 stars

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LeAnn R. Ralph is a writer and newspaper reporter who lives in west central Wisconsin in the house her folks built (on Rural Route 2) when they retired... more »

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