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This is a document to help others on identifying the possibilities of FKS. Hope this helps! There are 16 pages. Its a PDF.
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If you remember this as a kid you can apply this to your kitten/cat's health.So how can I mix formula? SOOOOO much time has past since my last post. I have learned new ways to supplement additional stuff into the formula along with hardships. In 2017 I have lost 11 emergency bottle baby kittens. Most of them had viruses, or fleas sucking the living life out of them, lack of plasma to let them live and some just pass away without showing any symptoms. Now its 2018 in late January two kittens came to my care I swore off on bottle babies but in this case the person who was taking care of them did not know what to do. If you're like me doing the facepalm thing expression saying fine I'll do it for the final time. It took 5 people just to find me phone call wise. One of them was a siamese mix and the other is a bicolor grey/white. Naming wise after dealing with so many deaths I decided to name them after stars. One was called Polaris (siamese) and the other called Seren (bicolor). It seemed like they were doing fine for one whole week. Until Polaris was not up to it. We fed them every thirty minutes because they were hungry or wanted their cat mom which they were robbed of. Somebody thought it was a good idea to throw them in the dumpster. The night of the Lunar Eclipse, Polaris was feeding by not really acting normal. I was trained to learn how to do Sub Q fluids. I bathed him because well he made a mess of himself and couldn't really clean himself. He was happy felt at peace when I dried him up with the blow dryer to keep his body temperature normal. During that night i administered the fluids he was missing. He passed away during the lunar eclipse. He was not in pain, or screaming for food, or his sibling. I kept him hydrated as much as possible with the Pedialyte non flavor. Seren we thought she would pass away too. In the mental state if you were like in my head thinking are you going to pass away too? Nope she kept going. Even with her stool changing colors from pitch black to white. She went to the vet, they couldn't even figure out what to do with her. I'm serious vets are not trained to handle neonatal kittens like full time dedicated volunteers are. She was given antibiotics twice from two different vets. And yes Seren is still alive with her first vaccination booster shot. She kisses me during the middle of the night to make sure her mommy gets kisses. This is what I have done from my own personal experience this is on a case by case basis. For Seren I have mixed Probiotics (living microorganisms to help get the GI tract in order) into the formula and Lysine Powder (Immune System Builder). This made a really big improvement including gruel. Some of you might think isn't formula enough for them to survive on. I did too when I first started back in 2016 I got lucky that my bottle babies survived and they were a different age group, but when faced with a challenge in 2017 where the kittens were basically 0 days old with their umbilical cord attached and no momma cat around you have to improvise which I did improve now in 2018. You will spend tireless nights as if you yourself had a baby and your home looks like a tornado just hit it and nobody knows what to do because they expect mom to do everything. This formula mix has worked out for me and I hope it works out for others as well in the future. Oh! if you suspect that your rescue has worms. You can deworm them at home with Homeopet Wrm Clear it gets rid of 4 types of worms (Ring/Tape/Hook/Round). The most common worms found and yes it works. You can put the drops in the bottle of formula. Follow the directions on that bottle. If you use the other formula that's just plain PetAG KMR blue color they will get constipated no matter how many times they say just add a little more water. I'm serious I have had to do unnecessary enemas on kittens who were extremely constipated just by that formula product and I wasn't the only one who had problems with it.
I have recently found a site called: catster.com where they have loads of information from a veterinarian and their associates. They give advice on how to take care of your kitten/cat from subq to human pregnancy. They have been on there since 2011. I went through their blogs from 2017 down to 2015 and as you can imagine my eyes burnt out. I have probably saved about 100 articles in my inbox that I thought was needed for what I do and think people need to read or look at. I'm surprised my gmail account didn't explode. I will post them on here asap.
There are different stages when it comes to food0-6 weeks old |
5 to 6 weeks oldThere are foods to help you feed them. 1. is called gruel meaning mashed up wet canned food with formula 2. dehydrated dry pellets for kittens (you purchase this at the petstore ex. Nulo) you buy the bag and add formula or water to let it soak in the pellets and they will eat it. 3. Kitten Chow 6 to 8 weeks oldThey should be off the formula. If you wish to continue with Nulo as I mentioned just switch it with water. They will be interested in your food now. This is where you feed the kitten/cat first before you even dare to eat. |
This is what is recommended by rescue agencies to give your kitten or cat nutrients they don't get from cat food. It's a gel. You just put it on like squeezed ketchup on your kitten/cat's food and they will eat it. It will give a smell but they love it. If you are only handling a few only put a single drop per bowl. They will get sick if you put too much. |
Nutrients and Supplements
This is what is recommended by rescue agencies to give your kitten or cat nutrients they don't get from cat food. Its a gel. You just put it on like squeezed ketchup on your kitten/cat's food and they will eat it. It will give a smell but they love it.
Use the nutri-cal lightly. One time per day per kitten. If its a bottle kitten about 4 weeks old you can use a small drop in the roof of its enough to get it interested in food. |