My Cat's Milk Seems To Have Dried Up. She Has 4 Kittens. They Have Been Crying For 2 Days. I Bought Kitten Milk And Bottle But Don't Know How To Get Them To Feed From Bottle. Can You Help?

Try squirting the milk into their mouth and hold the bottle close they should get a taste and then try to find out where the taste came from.
Feed them with little bellies down.
Always use either milk from the vet. Or newborn formula for humans until you can get some from vet or pet store.
If mom is not taking care of them you will have to stimulate them to go to potty by using wet warm sort of rough wash cloth, rub around their bottoms, they will soon grow out of this.

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They are not familiar with you with such practices so are defensive. There is not any specific way that how to indulge them in feeding. You must consult a vet for its psychological therapeutic intervention.

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You should , if there not drinking it, force the bit of the bottle that they drink out of into there mouth and then squeeze it and if they don't swallow it stroke there throte it should go down if that helps at all.

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I have had to bottle feed several kittens and will offer the following advice:
*Do not lay them on their backs to feed, though it my seem to work, they can get milk in their lungs and develop a respratory infection.
*try putting them on your chest or in the crook of your arm and holding the bottle flat.
*if they are not yet comfortable with drinking from a bottle try squeezing the bottle in order to express some milk on the tip and let them lap at it until they get a taste and try to nurse from the bottle.
*some older kittens may be encouraged to lap a very small amount of milk at a time from a spoon rather than drinking from a bottle.
*when feeding the babies it is important to stay as relaxed as possiabe and not to stress.  Kittens are very sensitive to our emotions and will mimic yours.
*Be sure you are giving them the right kind of milk, there are some types that are not meant to be a replacement but rather a supplement. Read the labels closely and don't be afraid to call a couple of vets in order to ask what is appropriate. (be sure to give details and get more than one opinion)
*Above all do the best you can, ask questions and feed often, don't feel to guilty if you lose one or two especially if they are very young.  I know it is hard i have lost a couple myself.
GOOD LUCK

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