I'm bottle feeding kittens

[spinbaby]

I have two three-week-old kittens I’m bottle feeding. They were half dead when I got them a couple of days ago, but a nest made of an electric blanket and careful bottle feeding has turned them around. I’ve discovered that the perfect tool for feeding them is a silicone ear syringe from when my grandson was a baby. It looks something like this one:

https://tinyurl.com/5n93jm8b

Except the one I have has a longer, narrower business end, which the kittens have no trouble latching onto. I’ve been looking high and low for another just like it, but no luck so far.

Time for a feeding now, then off to bed because I have to get up again later to feed them.

[blm]

1. Please post pics of the babies.

And thanks for being a good human.

[spinbaby]

9. Here ya go

[blm]

10. Ohhhh, precious.

They look so fragile.

[Walleye]

2. Keep up the good work

[Leghorn21]

3. Thank you so much for tending to the little ones, baby!! Glad they're feeling better ALREADY!!!

[niyad]

4. Lady Bast thanks you for caring for Her little ones.

[IcyPeas]

6. You're awesome

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Bless you! ❤️

[Siwsan]

8. It's a difficult but OH so rewarding venture

Arthur and his siblings were 3 weeks old when I rushed them to the vet because of eye infections. I remember those round the clock feedings. I never had much luck with the bottles I bought so I ended up using eye droppers to feed the kittens.

Fortunately at the 4 week mark they were diving into bowls of milk/pate slurry. I was still getting up in the middle of the night to feed them, but it was a much easier process. Until it came time to clean them up. Young kittens are such MESSY eaters!!

My 2nd priority with all 8 kittens I've rescued is socializing them with lots of cuddles and conversations so that they will be comfortable around people. It seems to have worked.