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Kitten feeding Anonymous
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I rescued a kitten from the cold last night. I think it's between 2 and 3 weeks old. I got a bottle and some kitten formula today, but I can't get the kitten to eat. Anyone got any tips?

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>> Anonymous
'Rescued'? You mean you stole it from the mother while it was hunting for food. What next neuter/spaying it?
>> Anonymous
>>174505What next neuter/spaying it?

when it's older that seems logical
>> Anonymous
hold him upside down and force feed him. trust me on this.
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
As retarded as he is, Anon has a point. You may have just kidnapped a healthy kitten, and the mother may be searching for him and other ki- Is that cat polydactal? Fucking win!

Er I mean.. put some warm sugarwater or caro syrup on the end of the bottle. Getting some sugar in him will help him stay alive until he is willing to nurse. Not a LOT, mind you. Read the instructions that came with the bottle, it should tell you how to hold them. If you are an idiot and did not keep the instructions or got a cheap bottle that did not come with them, here is how I get young, picky kittens to nurse:
Let the cat lay on its stomach. Rub your hand down it's back a few times, then rub your thumbs along its jaw, going with the fur (so, smooth its whiskers down against its face). Doing that simulates the mother grooming him, and will make him want to eat. Don't make the milk too hot, and hold it in your palm, with the nipple of the bottle coming out between the base of your thumb and the side of your hand, so that it has something to press its face against (kittens want to suck on nipples, not on some random thing stabbing them in the face). It may be necessary to squeeze the bottle a little to get a few drops of milk out, but do NOT shoot the kitten in the eye or pour milk down its throat, seriously.

Hope that helps. You do know you have to rub their bottoms to get them to "expel waste", right? Put a roll of toilet paper next to wherever you are keeping it, and give him a wipe every couple hours, and it'll be fine. If he doesn't "go" within 24 hours, then take it to a goddamn vet.

Wait, take it to a goddamn vet anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>174512
>lay on its stomach. Rub your hand down it's back a few times, then rub your thumbs along its jaw, going with the fur

is anyone else turned on by Bitter's dirtytalk?
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>174519
That wasn't dirty talk, and you are creepy.
>> Anonymous
>>174505

Possibly true, but it wasn't the only one. I found one across the street, on a neighbor's steps, curled up and mewing. This one was a distance away. I let the neighbor know, he took it in since he's got cats (I thought at first it might belong to one of his.) I think something might have happened to the mother, not sure. Someone suggested that the mother might have been trying to move them. I figured I'd rather live with taking a kitten from its missing mother than letting it die in the cold.

>>174512

Thanks for the advice Bitter Anon. I expelled some waste last night, and I do plan to take him to a vet tomorrow. I'll try that feeding method. I'd check to see if it was polydactal but right now he's chilling out in my shirt pocket.