An oral feeding bottle includes a feed container with an open end and
surfaces adapted to come into contact with a liquid feed in the
container, a teat releasably connected to the open end and adapted to
contact both the liquid feed and a person or animal feeding from the
bottle, and a cap with two modes of operation, where in the first mode,
the teat is connected to the container and the cap is adapted to fit
over, enclose the teat, and be releaseably connected to the feed
container, and where in the second mode, the cap includes a means for
stowing the teat in a non-dispensing position spaced from the container,
where the teat and the surfaces that contact the liquid feed are in fluid
communication so that the teat and the feed container are sterilized with
a fluid sterilizing medium disposed in the container.