Tags: best friends, cats, ginger, rescued kitten, surrogate
Leo the ginger boy found Jenny the cat when he was 10 days old. They became inseparable friends. Ivi said: ”I found Leo dumped into a trash bin along with his other 2 brothers/sisters. He was 10 days old… Jenny, 3 and a half year old cat, accepted him as her own kitty and they have been together [...]
Tags: cat mama, cute kitten pic, foster kittens, surrogate
A litter of five tiny orphans were found and brought to Fran W.’s care when they were only 10 days old. Meanwhile, a mother cat with her own 6 week old kittens came to Fran for a second chance. She offered the kittens to the cat mama, hoping she would take them in. She did [...]

Tags: cat and dog, cute kitten pic, surrogate, unlikely friendship
A litter of kittens were rescued by a once homeless dog who found them inside a box atop a trash heap, in a neighborhood near São Paulo, Brazil’s Jardim Aeroporto. “He gently tore the box apart, and then carried the kittens—one by one—back to his human’s home,” reported Pawnation. The dog named Banzé (or “Scamp”) is [...]

Tags: cat mama, cats, hedgehogs, orphan, surrogate
A ginger mother cat , Sonya, took in a litter of prickly orphan critters. Four orphaned hedgehog babies found their new mom after they lost their own. The cat mama started nursing them alongside her own kitten when they were introduced to her. Her motherly instinct kicked in and she adopted them as her own. [...]
Tags: babysitter, cats, feral cat, specter, surrogate
A feral cat named Specter is the babysitter to many kittens from the barn. “Specter is a male cat that showed up here a couple of years ago. At first we only saw fleeting glimpses of him running to and from our barn (so I named him ‘specter’ – like a ghost). Eventually he became [...]

Tags: anjana, chimp, chimpanzee, china york, cub, leopard, mother, surrogate, white tiger
Anjana, a chimpanzee who takes care of wild feline cubs at the Institute of Greatly Endangered Species in South Carolina, adopted Mitra and Shiva, two baby white tigers who survived a hurricane and were separated from their mother. The two year old chimp is providing the orphan cubs cuddles and affection they need from a [...]

Tags: bottle feeding, newborn kitten, nursing, surrogate
Being a surrogate cat mother or father can be loads of joy. Proper nutrition for a newborn kitten is extremely crucial for their survival. Bottle-feeding is not too difficult if you follow the right steps. The whole procedure usually takes about 10 – 20 minutes several times a day. Prepare your supplies: A kitten-sized baby [...]