Help us find a home for puppies and kittens

          Did you know that about 2 million animals are abandoned in the streets of SP? We want to help at least a part of them by finding a home for puppies and kittens that live in the streets. Help us getting a better life for this cute little animals.

      
      How can you help?

   We will need volunteers to find the puppies and kittens in the streets, and also to take care of them until they have found a home. If you are a vet you can help us too, by taking care of the ones that are injured or need some type of special treatment.

      How to take care of a puppy or kitten? 
  If you want to volunteer to foster a puppy until we find him a permanent home you may want to take a look at these tips. 

      1- Feeding A Newborn Puppy or Kitten 

   You will need to provide a commercial canine or feline milk replacer that has been specifically designed for newborn puppies and kittens every few hours in the first weeks. After about a month, you can start transitioning them to solid foods by adding water and milk replacer.
   You can also make your own homemade milk replacer, he's a recipe: 
 - Combine 3 ounces of condensed milk, 3 ounces of water, 4 ounces of plain full-fat yogurt and 3 large egg yolks. Mix well. Do not include the egg whites, and do not substitute cow's or goat's milk. Only make enough formula for a single day's worth of feeding and refrigerate it until you use it. 

          
   6-9 weeks – 4 meals per day
   3-6 months – 3 meals per day
   From 6 month till the rest of his life – 2 meals per day.       

         3- Shopping For Quality Food

   Your puppy or kitten's body is growing in critical ways which is why you'll need to select a food that's formulated especially for puppies or kittens as opposed to adult dogs or cats.

        4- Making Them Feel Less Lonely 

   Your puppy or kitten can feel a little lonely, so you can put next to where they sleep  a clock that makes noise to imitate their moms heart beet.

       5- Finding A Good Vet

   You will need to make sure that your puppy or kitten is with good health, to do it you can ask the  vet volunteers that will be helping us.   

       6- Keeping Them Warm

   Newborn puppies and kittens can easily die of hypothermia so you have to keep them warm. Blankets can help, as can heating pads, but take care  that you don't use something that is too warm.

  
      7- Being Sociable
   Proper socialization during puppy/kittenhold helps avoid behavioral problems down the road.

      8- Helping a new puppy go to the bathroom
   Mother dogs have to help them to urinate and defecate by licking the appropriate areas after the puppies eat so you’ll need to do this by massaging their urinary and anal regions with a soft cloth that has been dipped in warm water.
 
      Here's a youtube channel that we found that can help you take care of your newborn kitten: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VvB6tmC4lu_WCx7hE0PZA

    
   Thanks for helping!