{"id":232118,"date":"2026-04-15T01:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232118\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T01:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:51:08","slug":"cape-coral-prepares-for-kitten-season-with-specialized-neonatal-kits-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232118\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral prepares for kitten season with specialized neonatal kits | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK)\u2014The Cape Coral Animal Shelter received a grant from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orphankittenclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orphan Kitten Club<\/a>\u00a0to help care for neonatal kittens,\u00a0just in time for kitten season.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will support the shelter&#8217;s neonatal kitten program by equipping foster caregivers with supplies and specialized tools needed to care for kittens from birth to eight weeks old.<\/p>\n<p>The grant included a financial contribution of $1,105 and neonatal kits.<\/p>\n<p>Each neonatal kitten kit is assembled to give foster caregivers everything they need to raise bottle-fed kittens successfully.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"neonatal kit\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Kits include:<\/p>\n<p>nursing bottlesMiracle Nipples for safe feedinga digital pet scale to monitor daily weight gaina microwaveable heating disc to maintain proper body temperaturea digital thermometerpetroleum jellya flea combdisposable gloves\u00a0a blender bottle for formula preparation<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"neonatal kit contents\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Neonatal kittens require bottle feeding every two to three hours, careful temperature regulation and close medical monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Cape Coral Animal Shelter cared for 250 kittens under eight weeks old, achieving a 96% live release rate for this highly vulnerable group. The shelter&#8217;s foster network includes more than 250 families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK)\u2014The Cape Coral Animal Shelter received a grant from the\u00a0Orphan Kitten Club\u00a0to help care for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,25226,211,210,28,103856,21884,103855],"class_list":["post-232118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-animal-shelter","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-florida","tag-foster-network","tag-kitten","tag-orphan-kitten-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}