Article: During the first few weeks after birth, kittens get all their essential nutrients from their mothers' milk. A kitten that's 1 month old or younger is unable to digest or excrete solid food. If you have a kitten who has not yet been weaned (the process of changing from milk to solid food), you'll need a product called kitten milk replacement to help it make the transition. If your kitten's mother is part of your household, it will provide all the milk your kitten needs. Having milk replacement on hand can still be convenient when you need to start getting the kitten used to solid foods. You can mix the milk replacement with solids to soften their texture a little. If your kitten is still very young and has already been taken away from its mother, you will need to bottle-feed it until she's old enough to eat solid foods. It is essential that you get kitten milk replacement to meet its nutritional needs. Cow milk is not a good substitute. Call a veterinarian and ask for kitten formula recommendations. The formula typically comes in a powdered form that you mix with water. Top brands include PetAg KMR®️ Powder and Farnam Pet Products Just Born®️ Highly Digestible Milk Replacer for Kittens. If your kitten is over 4 weeks old, it's time to start feeding it solids. It is important to choose food made for kittens, not cats. Since kittens grow so quickly in the first few months of their lives, they have different nutritional needs than cats. Feeding a kitten cat food will result in the kitten becoming weak or sick. Kitten food is usually labeled with terms like "kitten formula" or "kitten growth formula" to help you distinguish it from cat food. The ASPCA recommends feeding a kitten special kitten food until it reaches the age of 1 year old. At that time, you may switch to regular cat food. Most veterinarians don't recommend buying generic or store-brand pet foods. It's better to buy a quality brand of kitten food that comes highly recommended because the effectiveness of name brands is usually backed by research. If you're not sure what brand to choose, call a veterinarian and ask. Check the packaging for this statement: "Meets the nutritional requirements of kittens established by the American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO)." Avoid brands that don't carry this statement. You can also look for this statement. It is found on the highest-quality products: "Complete and balanced nutrition for kittens based on AAFCO feeding trials." Since kittens aren't able to chew as well as full-grown cats, they need soft food in addition to dry. Both canned and dry foods should be formulated especially for kittens, not cats. For canned foods, make sure to check the expiration date and avoid buying dented or damaged cans. Kittens need fat, fatty acids, calcium, protein, and many other nutrients to grow healthy and strong. Kitten food meets these requirements, so it should make up the majority of your kitten's food intake. If you want to feed your kitten extra treats, they should make up no more than 10 percent of your kitten's total calorie intake. Cooked slices of meat, chicken or fish are usually fine choices. Avoid feeding your kitten the following: Raw meat, eggs, or fish, which may contain parasites or harmful bacteria Milk or cream, which can cause diarrhea Onions, garlic, chocolate, coffee, tea, raisins, and grapes, which are toxic to cats
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Get kitten milk replacement formula if your kitten is under 3 weeks old. Buy solid food formulated especially for kittens. Pick a high-quality brand. Choose both dry and canned food. Feed the kitten occasional "people food" snacks.
Article: Tanning salons offer a variety of packages, specials, prices, products and use a variety of tanning beds, making it difficult to know which salon to choose if you don't have a personal recommendation. Here are a few things to look for when deciding. Ask for a detailed breakdown of their pricing before any specials, so you can see if you can afford their services when the special is no longer offered. Think about convenience factors, such as how close it is to your home or work, whether or not you have to schedule appointments or if your gym already has tanning beds. Ask if they use high-efficiency bulbs and how often they are changed. Ask if you can see the beds to get a look at how well maintained they appear. Look around is everything spick and span? Do you see employees going in and out of the booths cleaning beds between customers? If the reception area is dirty, for instance, that's probably not a good sign. Talk with the staff. Well-trained professionals should help you determine your skin type, which they'll use to create a tanning schedule so you tan fairly quickly but without getting scorched. Getting a base tan will occur with consistent and incremental increases in tanning sessions, tanning times and tanning bed levels. This will all be determined by the schedule you've created with the salon you've selected. A general rule of thumb is that at first you will only tan every 2-4 days for about 5 -7 minutes and then build from there. Don't assume that if you have light skin you just need to tan longer. The likely result of doing this will be a bad burn. Salons will try to sell you all kinds of lotions designed to make you tan faster and darker, to make your tan last longer and so forth. Many of these lotions accelerators, maximizers, bronzers, intensifiers are quite expensive and reviews on how well they work are mixed. Go online and see what others have to say. If you decide to experiment, try one at a time. If you use more than one, and you find you're getting the results you hoped to achieve, you won't know which lotion was responsible. Trying one at a time, then, is the less expensive way to go. They can also often be purchased much less expensively online than in the salons. Wait to shower if you use a bronzing lotion. After you tan in a tanning bed, wait 3-4 hours before you take a shower if you use a bronzing lotion that you find is working for you. Also, it is a myth that showering after using a tanning bed will somehow wash away your tan. It won't. Just as with tanning outside, tanning beds expose your skin to UV rays. If you decide to use a tanning lotion, see if it has SPF protection and a factor of at least 15. If not, get and apply one 20-30 minutes before you bed in the bed. Some people prefer to go nude, while others decide to wear the bathing suit they plan to wear in the summer. Either is fine. Using different bathing suits, however, will leave your tan uneven, and perhaps even with a variety of tan lines jig-jagging across your body. You will also want to wear the goggles they provide to protect your eyes, or purchase your own. Closing your eyes or putting a towel over them won't protect them from UV rays, which can cause significant damage to your retinas. Also, to avoid raccoon eyes, move the goggles around on your eyes throughout each tanning session. Like tanning in the sun, always make sure you exfoliate prior to tanning in a tanning bed or booth. Moisturize after exfoliation as well. Just as you would when laying outside in the sun, you want to adjust your body so that all parts are being exposed to the light for about the same amount of time. In a tanning bed, you don't have to flip from front to back because the lights are both above and below you, and to one degree or another around you. So twist in different directions occasionally. Think about the places where your body is bent (like in the crook of your arms or at the base of your neck), or where your skin is bunching up. If you don't readjust often enough, this will create tanning wrinkles. Once your base tan is established, you will likely drop to tanning just 2 days per week. A good salon won't try to convince you that you need more than that. Also, continue your regimen of exfoliating, moisturizing and drinking plenty of fluids.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Choose a good tanning salon. Decide how to build your base tan. Consider using special lotions. Wear sunscreen. Decide what or what not to wear in the bed. Prep your skin before tanning. Move around in the bed. Maintain your base tan.