Matters needing attention in artificial feeding of cats

1. The owner can feed the milk cat with goat milk powder, goat milk powder and Shuhua milk. The sick kitten won't nurse, so the owner should take it to the hospital in time. You can feed the kitten some glucose water to replenish energy and keep warm.

2. The feeding method is as follows:

(1) Prepare a suitable feeding bottle.

The nipple of a commercial bottle usually has no holes. You can poke a hole in the nipple after heating with a needle of the right size, or cut a cross hole with small scissors. If the hole is too small, it is difficult for the kitten to suck the substitute milk; However, if the hole is too big and there is too much milk flowing out, it will increase the risk of kitten infection with aspiration pneumonia. The size of the nipple hole is mainly the size of 1 drop that can be discharged by gently pressing the bottle, and then the size of the hole is adjusted according to the situation of the kitten sucking milk.

(2) Ensure the hygiene and cleanliness of appliances.

Feeding newborn kittens must have good hygiene habits, and all bottles, nipples, feeding tubes and other supplies must be kept clean; At the same time, all feeding utensils should be carefully cleaned, which can be washed with boiling warm water.

(3) It needs to be heated in water before feeding.

Before feeding, the replacement milk should be heated to the same temperature as the female cat's body temperature (38.6℃), and remember to drop the replacement milk on the back of the hand to confirm the temperature. Too cold will stimulate the kitten to vomit, induce hypothermia, slow down intestinal peristalsis, and thus inhibit intestinal absorption. On the contrary, being too hot can cause the mouth, esophagus and stomach of a kitten to be scalded. If it is milk powder, it can be brewed for one day and refrigerated in a glass container. When you want to feed the kitten's milk, you should take out another dose to heat it to avoid spoilage due to temperature changes.

(4) Pay attention to the feeding posture

Feeding posture is also important. The correct feeding posture should be to let the kitten lie prone, raise its head slightly, and point its nipple directly at the kitten's mouth. Newborn kittens will push with their front feet and wrap their nipples with their tongues to form a sealed state. Therefore, if the nipple can't be tilted to form a seal, the kitten will have abdominal pain because of inhaling air. Don't stretch your head too much when feeding, because this posture will also increase the risk of aspiration pneumonia.

Be patient

Many kittens don't drink it immediately when they first start feeding, so they must be patient and don't be too impatient, otherwise it is easy to choke. Stop feeding as soon as you find milk spouting from your nostrils! And when the kitten doesn't want to drink milk, stop feeding first, don't be too reluctant, and then try feeding later.

(6) syringes can be used

Using a bottle is more suitable for energetic kittens with strong sucking reflex. But weak or sick kittens are more suitable for feeding with feeding tubes because they have no strength to suck. The choice of feeding tube is best to use dropper or syringe, and the syringe is covered with a 2 cm plastic tube, so that the milk can be fed to the kitten's mouth.

(7) Newborn cats weighing 100g should be fed no more than 4ml at a time, 10- 12 times a day.

In fact, most kittens turn their heads away when they are full, or just bite their nipples and don't suck, so they don't have to feed them anymore. Moreover, when the baby cat is hungry, it will meow all the time, and when it is fed, it will suck the nipple strongly. So most of the time, it can be fed according to the kitten's willingness to drink milk. However, the stomach capacity of most newborn kittens is about 4mI/ 100g (body weight), that is, the milk quantity of a newborn cat with body weight 100g should not exceed 4ml at a time, and the owner can also determine the upper limit of each feeding quantity according to this standard. In addition, most milk replacers have recommended quantities on their packages, which can be given according to the above instructions. If it is a kitten fed with a syringe, because the kitten is weak, it is usually fed 3-6 ml every two hours 7 days before the kitten; 7- 14 days old, feed 6- 10 ml every two hours during the day and once every four hours at night; 14-2 1 day, feed 8- 10 ml every two hours during the day and once at 0:00-8:00 in the evening.