The bottle’s directions are to make a hole in the tip using a needle. I’ve done that and can’t get hardly any flow. We’ve pierced the tip several times and there’s no flow. I didn’t see any decrease in the amount in the bottle after nursing the kittens for awhile. Should there be flow when squeezing the bottle itself or just when the tip is squeezed? I’m nursing two weak kittens so it’s important to get them fed until their mother returns for them. She already retrieved two others the past day.
I’ve never once gotten the needle hole thing to work. I usually resort to making a big hole with the tip of scissors.
Yep! Second on the scissors. Been there done that more than once.
I agree with the others. My husband and I bottle-fed 5 kittens for weeks a few years ago. The needle is not enough. We had to use manicure scissors to make a hole large enough to feed the kittens, plus stab around the base of the nipple to let air into the bottle. You might have to experiment making the holes gradually larger to see what size works best.
Good luck with the kittens and don’t forget to wipe their little butts with a warm wet cotton ball!
NM
I used an Xacto knife. Worked great.
I loved bottle feeding my kitten… <sigh> I used to sing to her, “Me and My Shadow.” She’s over a year old now, and when she crawls up on my chest and nuzzles me, I still sing it to her.
Make tiny snips at the tip, have patience, until you take enough to make a tiny hole. Too big a hole can make kittens take too much and aspirate, but yes the needle hole is too small.