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Pussy Willow "Willow"

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Purred: Wed May 14, '08 10:57pm PST 
where i work it has back teeth can walk wonder if anyone would have any ideas about what age kitten is
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BeBe

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 12:27am PST 
I think you're pretty close at 5months.
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lady marmalade

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 12:58am PST 
No sorry the cat in the pic isnt her this is the kitten she has back teeth and all but worried about her age
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Suey

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 1:37am PST 
What a pair of gorgeous girls! I would guess about 4-5 weeks, based on the pictures.
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lady marmalade

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 1:40am PST 
ok she had back teeth so i thought that age also. Will she need to be formula kitty formula?
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Spitfire

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 5:46am PST 
I would suggest feeding her kitten milk replacer for a week then start adding a tiny bit of softened dry kitten food in with the formula. You can soften it by either soaking it in the formula or in a bit of warm water. If she/he has back teeth then you can TRY leaving it a bit crunchy in the center and see how he/she does. Then in a few weeks start weaning off the formula. They can go off formula by 8 weeks but I typically leave them on it and gradually wean them off by 12 weeks depending on how they are doing with the dry food. Some kittens wean faster then others and some kittens need the formula for longer then others. I was told by my vet to keep Spitfire on the formula until she was about 5 months old because of how tiny she was when she was found(mom and dad are both really tiny, feral cats). Now she is about 9 months old and about the size of a 4 to 5 month old kitten but totally on dry kitten food.
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lady marmalade

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 6:25am PST 
thank you so much for the advice! I willl get the kitty milk
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Pete- Fountain

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 9:05am PST 
We can't add anything to all the excellent advice, so just wanted to say BLESS YOU AND YOUR CO-WORKER for taking these little babies home and caring for them.

We visited the kittens page and left her a treat.....such a precious face!!!hughug


Pete Fountain, Emma Barrett, Louis Armstrong & Benny Grunch
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lady marmalade

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 9:17am PST 
she isnt wanting to suck from the nipple she keeps biting and chewing on it? I am gonna try mixing some with kitten food. Any ideas on how to get her to suck from bottle
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Boris

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Purred: Thu May 15, '08 10:48am PST 
Try giving her wet kitten food also. Kittens her age might not be ready for dry, but they might be ok with wet, and it would make a nice transition food. As for KMR, I would keep offering it, but don't stress too much about it so long as she is eating other food.

My thought is that maybe the nipple on the bottle feels strange and weird, so she isn't sure of what is going on. Here's an article I found about feeding orphan kittens:

Hand Raising & Bottle Feeding.

Hope it helps.

Also helpful? There's a whole section on kitten care on: cats.about.com

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