Orphaned Kittens: How Saving The Tiniest Lives Has The Biggest Impact (Part 2 With Heidi Beyer)

Orphaned kittens are the most fragile of homeless animals, and many shelters consider it too resource-intensive to care for them. For that reason, they often make up the largest single group of animals euthanized at many shelters. Please join us for a free webcast from Maddie's InstituteSM with Dr. Jefferson... see moreand veterinary technician Heidi Beyer of Dane County Friends of Ferals. Dr. Jefferson (part 1) will walk you through nursery care and foster-based care, and Heidi (part 2) will help foster caregivers with practical tips for orphaned kitten care.

Information covered will include:
· Misunderstandings about kittens that lead to mistakes in determining orphaned status.
· The basics of setting up a nursery program in your community.
· Recruiting and training volunteers for nursery and foster programs.
· How to feed and care for orphaned kittens during different life stages.
· Protecting kittens from infectious diseases.
· Responding to illness in young kittens.
· Housing, bedding and environment.

Date: March 2013

Presenter: Heidi Beyer, CVT see less

2. When feeding orphaned, neonatal kittens it is important to:

Keep the room dark.

Cradle the kitten in your arms with its stomach facing up like a human infant.

Make sure the kitten and the milk are appropriately warm enough before feeding.

Squeeze the bottle and stream milk in its mouth to get the kitten to latch onto the nipple.

3. Which of the following will help prevent dietary upset and subsequent diarrhea in orphaned bottle fed kittens?

Probiotic use

Feeding smaller amounts of milk more frequently

Slowing the introduction of solid foods

Not overfeeding

All of the above

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