Animal Rescue Foster Placement Record
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PA-10 2 pages
Pets and animals · PA-32
Orphan Kitten Bottle-Feeding Log
A free printable kitten bottle-feeding log: each feed with the amount every kitten took and its toileting, then daily weights for a litter of up to five.
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What this sheet is for
See at a glance which kitten in a litter is not feeding, toileting or gaining. In the first weeks a slow kitten can go downhill quickly.
Who it is for
Foster carers and rescue volunteers hand-rearing orphan kittens.
How to use it
- Copy the amounts and feed times from your vet's or rescue's feeding chart into the box at the top.
- Give each kitten a letter and a marking, so the columns stay the same all week.
- At each feed, check the kittens are warm, then write what each took and whether it passed urine (U) or stool (S) when stimulated.
- Weigh every kitten at the same time each day and write it on the back.
- Tell your vet or rescue as they advise if a kitten will not feed or its weight stalls.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Every bottle feed for a litter of orphan kittens: how much each kitten took and whether it passed urine and stool when stimulated, then a daily weight for each, so a kitten that is falling behind shows up early.
Their chart, not ours. No amounts, feed intervals or weight gains are printed. They depend on each kitten's age and weight: take them from your vet's or rescue's feeding chart and the formula label, and write them in below. Check every kitten is warm and able to suckle before each feed, and call your vet as they advise if one will not feed.
Write-on lines: Litter or rescue ref. · Carer · Rescue contact and phone · Vet and out-of-hours · Formula · Opened on · Use opened tin by · Amount and how often, from the chart · A: name, marking · B: name, marking · C: name, marking · D: name, marking · E: name, marking
Feeds — one line per feeding round; U urine, S stool, when stimulated
Table, 24 rows: Date · Time · Warm · A took · U / S · B took · U / S · C took · U / S · D took · U / S · E took · U / S · Notes · By
Page 2
Daily weights — weigh at the same time each day, on the same scale
Table, 7 rows: Date · Time · Kitten A · Kitten B · Kitten C · Kitten D · Kitten E · Notes
Write-on lines: Weaning started on · Vet checks (dates) · Returned to rescue or adopted on
Questions
How much should a kitten take at each feed?
It depends on the kitten's age and weight, and on the formula. Take the amounts and feed intervals from your vet's or rescue's feeding chart and the formula label, and write them at the top of the sheet. The log then shows whether each kitten is taking what the chart asks for.
Why weigh every day?
Because a kitten that is not gaining can look fine for a day or two. A daily weight at the same time on the same scale shows the trend early, which is what your vet or rescue will ask for.
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