On Saturday, May 18, from noon to 3 p.m., people are invited to the Kitten Nursery Shower at the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion. Guests can watch volunteers syringe-feed tiny kittens and learn about volunteer and foster care opportunities. Here volunteer Sean Simmons feeds Wiggles while another kitten patiently waits his turn.
Spring begins kitten season, and kittens cradled in the hands of volunteers, wide-eyed and irresistibly cute, are currently being fed from syringes at the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA’s kitten nursery in Burlingame.
Now visitors will be able to see kitties such as a minuscule black-and-white tuxedo cat, small enough to fit in the palm of the volunteer’s hand, and other kittens at a so-called “kitty shower” at the organization’s Rollins Road facility from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
During the free event, guests can watch volunteers syringe-feed the kittens and learn about the organization and its services, according to Colleen Crowley, spokeswoman for the organization.
“When they’re this young, they can’t eat on their own,” Crowley said of the kittens in an interview. “So, our volunteers do everything for them — hand-feed them using syringes, help them go to the bathroom.”
Guests are encouraged to bring so-called “shower gifts” for the kittens, Crowley said.
The most-needed items include Breeder’s Edge kitten formula, Miracle Nipple for pets, Chicken Soup for the Soul kitten pate wet food, and Diamond Naturals cat/kitten wet food. Guests can purchase shower gifts for the kittens at www.phs-spca.org/wishlist.
The event will take place at the Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion at 1450 Rollins Road in Burlingame.
The kitten nursery started in 2008 and to date has saved the lives of 4,141 kittens, according to the organization’s website. It is run by trained staffers and 175 volunteers.
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Cats and dogs can be tube fed which is much easier and faster. Simply fill a large syringe with formula, connect a sterile tube to the syringe, work the tube through the mouth, down the throat until it reaches the stomach and inject the formula. (move tube slowly, if it gets hung up, back up)
I would supplement my Golden retrievers due to the size of the litters. Snickers had a litter of 12 and Red had a litter of 10 and the mom needs help. 21 of 22 made it
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