2 3 Week Old Kitten Feeding

Give 1 3rd your kitten s every day proportion of food.

2 3 week old kitten feeding. You ve done the hard work that will allow them to thrive as healthy and happy cats. Kitten should urinate every time and defecate at least once daily. Feeding them the same kitten food as they had before and keep the same routine with small regular meals contact a professional if you have any concerns. 3 week old kitten sterilize both nipple and bottle before each feeding and make sure to thoroughly wash your hands to avoid germs.

They are ready to go to their new homes as long as they ve been spayed or neutered and socialized. They can t properly digest food when they are cold. Be aware that exceeding the stomach capacity amount per feeding may put the kitten at risk of aspiration vomiting diarrhea and gas build up in the stomach and intestines. A good rule of thumb when it comes to this is that a kitten must be fed 8 cc of formula per ounce of its body weight.

Kittens need to be stimulated until about 3 weeks of age. You should feed kittens 30 ccs or two tablespoons. A 2 to 3 week old kitten will still need to be fed every 2 3 hours and it should consume at least 1 2 tablespoon of formula or milk during each meal. Do not give your kitten a cow s milk.

Remember that treats ought to give under 10 percent of your cat s day by day caloric intake to avert weight and supplement imbalance. At 10 weeks old the kittens are grown up and fully mobile. Tips for bottle feeding 3 week old orphaned kittens kittens must not be cold. If a kitten is nursing from its mother you ll have to depend on how much the kitten weighs to know whether or not it is consuming enough food.

If you ve raised the kittens from newborn to this point congratulations. Combine two parts water to one part powdered kitten milk replacer kmr. Utilize treats either locally acquired or home cooked unseasoned cooked egg poultry or liver. Mimic the position they would be in when fed by their mother place the kitten right on its stomach and gently open their mouth with your fingertip as you slowly slip the nipple into its mouth.

12 weeks onwards around now your kitten will need their second vaccinations. Feeding times can be adjusted to every 3 4 hours with increased feeding amounts of about 10 13 ml of kitten milk formula. Kittens at this age 3 5 weeks are usually eating some solid food decreasing the amount of milk replacer required to meet daily caloric requirements. The amount of formula must be given per day is 80 cc or 10 oz.