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In the early 1970's a neighbour found a dead female cat in his cellar with a
live kitten, only a few days (?) old by her side.  I took Felix in and
hand-reared him on formula from an eyedropper.

At the time, this seemed the only option available to us (I was 14).

Later in life, Felix became epileptic -- very rare in cats, the vet told us (not
so rare in dogs).  He also had some kind of sodium deficiency disorder, which
involved my mother (who by then had taken Felix on as I had gone off to
University) lugging cases of special cat food home on the bus and feeding all
the cats on it as Felix would go for the ordinary, cheap food, if it were
available.  BTW he craved salt and you only had to rustle a crisp packet to find
Felix, quivering, at your side.

I have always linked, in my mind, his health with his early feeding history --
although I know this may be spurious, and, of course, as we knew no feeding
queens, we at least offered Felix life.

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK

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