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Mama Dog Nurses Kitten With Her Puppies at NYC Animal Shelter [w/video]
NBC New York ^
| May 31, 2014
Posted on 06/03/2014 8:01:01 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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To: rey
Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria...
To: Slings and Arrows; All
That kitten looks like to me it’s big enough to drink milk from a bowl on its own- even eat wet cat food.
Dog milk might not be good for it.
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06/04/2014 7:05:23 AM PDT
by
patriot08
(NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
To: TheOldLady
It is unlikely that she will suffer any damage since she is supplemented with kitten formula from a bottle.Still, breast feeding from a cat has to better for the kitten than breast feeding from a dog. Just like the human baby is better off breast feeding from a human than drinking cow's milk.
To: Slings and Arrows; TheOldLady; LucyT; Yaelle; Tabi Katz; EinNYC; All
Are there any FReeper veterinarians out there? I raised the issue of possible health consequences of the cross-species breast feeding and would be happy to get a professional opinion.
To: justiceseeker93; vetvetdoug
.Are there any FReeper veterinarians out there? I raised the issue of possible health consequences of the cross-species breast feeding and would be happy to get a professional opinion.
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06/04/2014 8:20:27 AM PDT
by
LucyT
(If you're not paranoid, you don't know what's going on.)
To: LucyT
Canine breast milk has less butterfat, lactose, and protein than does feline breast milk therefore the kittens have to be supplemented. As for any health issues I cannot see any problem as humans drink cow, goat and camels milk without any problems. Wholesome milk is the subject of the equation as the dog must be healthy. There are a couple of diseases that can be transmitted from canine milk to other animals but those are rare (Lepto, Brucella).
To: justiceseeker93
IF you're worried about cross-species breastfeeding, the kitten can have goats' milk, which is called the "Type O" of milks since a lot of other species can thrive on it. I guess each species has speific types and amounts of protein, fat, and milk sugars; but apparently goats' milk is good for lots of different species.
Kitten milk replacer sometimes has bad fas (vegetable oil) and carbohydrates (HFCS), neither of which is good for a baby carnivore (kitten).
To: vetvetdoug
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06/04/2014 12:37:25 PM PDT
by
LucyT
(If you're not paranoid, you don't know what's going on.)
To: LucyT; vetvetdoug
Thanks again to you both.
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