Have you ever bottle fed a kitten?

United States
March 29, 2009 8:05pm CST
We had a kitten once that was an orphan. We had to bottle feed him. Did you ever bottle feed a kitten?
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
30 Mar 09
no, i haven't. bottle fed a squirrel one time. does that count?
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• United States
30 Mar 09
sure that counts!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Mar 09
yes I have done that years ago, and one of our cats was having problems delivering and my son had to be midwife and deliver the babies for her. He has to wash them and put them in a blanket to keep them warm too.
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@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
30 Mar 09
Yes, we have. However it was not an orphan. It was the runt kitten that our mother kitten gave birth to about a year ago. The poor little thing just didn't have enough strength to nurse and we bottle fed it. Unfortunately the kitten didn't survive because it just didn't seem as though it was ready to be born.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
1 Apr 09
thanks for best response hon
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
30 Mar 09
No I have never bottle fed a kitten before. My son and I rescued some baby kittens one time, but they figured out how to drink out of a bowl really quickly.
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@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
30 Mar 09
I've bottle fed goats and cows - but never a kitten
@rebelmel (1386)
• United States
30 Mar 09
Yes! I had to feed the cat I have now (4 years old) from ziplock bags filled with milk when he was young, because the owner had given him to me when he was only 4 weeks old and he was so tiny he couldn't even eat! He was such a runt of a cat, I thought he was always going to be tiny. But now when I lay on the couch he lays right next to me, his head will be at my chin and his feet reach my knees. He's HUGE! and, he knows I am his mommy now, and I have never had a better cat in my life.