Follow your foster nursing cat’s lead when working with her neonatal kittens. They need her, she needs to not be stressed (too much bad stuff can happen if she’s stressed, it’s horrifying… so our job as a foster is to keep them safe and help mom feel as little stress as possible. So when she’s okay with it, I interact more. They are just 10 days old. Peepers just starting to open. #fosteringsaveslives #ThisIsFostering #fosterkittens #kittenfoster #neonatalkittens | Sophia L’Orange Kitten Rescue

As a reminder, the key fostering a nursing mom with neonatal kittens is to keep her life as stress-free as possible. Right now it is taking the best care of nursing mama cat so that she care for her newborn kittens. Neonatal kittens need her more than they need you. And while you will need to interact with them to weigh them and change bedding (which also depends a lot of how mom is as to how often you should… if mom is protective and they are plumb and don’t cry then don’t stress her, do period

Pomelo's incredible rescue story is absolutely everything. 💕 Feral mama Pomelo has experienced more loss in her life than we can imagine. Being feral with rare type B blood meant she got pregnant and gave birth over and over again to kittens who would die within the first week. Pomelo's blood type creates a condition called Neonatal Isoerythrolysis. This causes antibodies in her milk to attack and kill the red blood cells in her newborn kittens. She was pregnant again when we trapped her, and w

😲 Donation SOS!!! The bottle-feeding kittens started using the very last container of kitten milk replacer ... --- ... Please consider donating if you are able to! Here are various links to kitten formula powder: 🐈https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/petag-kmr-milk-replacer-food-supplement-for-kittens-and-small-animals-powder-32417?store_code=615&mr:device=m&mr:adType=local&cm_mmc=PSH|GGL|SPP|SBU04|SH6|0|giryUeU4SsitYFgx8QKyod|58700007475749819|PRODUCT_GROUP|0|0|pla-1455874455346|1