As a volunteer in animal rescue, I’ve had the bittersweet experience of nursing newborn kittens. The animal rescue community even has a term for these fragile darlings- bottle babies. If you see wee little kittens in their earliest stages, their eyes will be sealed shut. About seven to ten days after birth, you will notice […]

I’ve had personal experience on this topic, when I nursed three kittens who I named Zelda, Navi, and Link. I rescued them when they were just under a week old, and cared for them until they were all adopted at 9 weeks of age (fortunately by the same family). Link was the runt of the […]