Learned a good trick from the vet this week, when we revived a very chilled, very little abandoned kitten. Wasn't breathing, and I could not feel a heartbeat. But the farmer's rule is, if it ain't stiff, warm it before you assume it's dead. It did indeed revive, with lots of brisk towel-rubbing and a hot water bottle, but I thought it also needed a lookover and a glucose boost, so we went to see Doc Carlin. She plopped a cotton swab-full of Karo corn syrup in its mouth, and this stimulated appetite so the kitten formula was soon sucked down quite noisily. Seems the sugar absorbs right through the gums and tongue, and presto! Not too much, maybe a total of a half teaspoon for the 3/4 pound it weighed. She says more is bad for them. But that bit did the trick.

~Susan