Bottle Baby Kitten Foster
During kitten season, roughly March-December, we become overrun with orphaned kittens in need of foster care. The most vulnerable of these kittens, are neonatal kittens ages 4 weeks and under. Bottle babies require special care and attention and are a longer time commitment, usually 8 weeks. Kittens this young need to be fed every 2-4 hours, stimulated to urinate/defecate, and need to be kept warm, all the things momma cats usually do.
Kittens return to the shelter for weight checks and booster vaccines every 2 weeks until they reach 1.5-2 pounds and are then able to be scheduled for their spay/neuter surgeries and put up for adoption.
Bottle Baby fosters require training with the foster team prior to taking home their kittens to ensure they are set up for success.