Feeding 2 Week Old Kittens

Make sure you never feed kittens cat milk which is designed for adult cats or cow s or goat s milk which could give the kittens life threatening diarrhea.

Feeding 2 week old kittens. 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. At the first few feedings the kittens will probably only consume a few cc s worth of milk. Divide their needed daily intake by the number of required daily feedings and you ll know how much they should eat each time. 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.

In an emergency use an eyedropper or a small syringe to drip milk into the kitten s mouth. There are 5 cc s in a teaspoon you will need to feed every couple of hours at first and gradually build up time between feedings as they begin to eat more at each meal. Before you get started learn about the benefits and risks of syringe feeding. Start by offering a small amount.

Young cats need more frequent feeding bough says but as they get older they can go to twice a day feeding larsen agrees that it s fine for young kittens to free feed by making unlimited. Kitten age weeks kitten weight lbs oz kitten weight grams daily caloric requirement amount of formula per day ml amount per feeding ml approximate number of feedings per day 1 week 2 oz 57 g 11 kcal 15 ml 2 ml 7 3 oz 85 g 17 kcal 23 ml 3 ml 7 4 oz 113 g 23 kcal 31 ml 5 ml 7 1 week 5 oz 142 g 28 kcal 38 ml 6 ml 7. How to feed in terms of nutrition the one thing you must always remember is to never give the kitten cow s milk as it isn t nutritious enough for them. At this age you can start introducing solid food use wet food at first and try mixing it with kitten formula.

Feed kittens on their stomachs not their backs like human babies and tilt the. Use specific kitten bottles to feed the kittens with kitten formula. If you are bottle feeding you ll notice the kittens are drinking much more at each feeding but at fewer feedings probably four to five times a day. Caring for 2 week old kitten.

After 2 weeks the feeds can be stretched out to to every 3 to 4 hours with a gap of 6 hours overnight. Bottle feeding is the standard method for feeding orphaned kittens but if you re having difficulty feeding a kitten under 2 weeks old you may want to consider switching from a bottle to a syringe. Stick to kitten formula such as kitten milk replacer kmr which can be purchased at most pet supply stores. Get a kitten formula and nursing kit in a pet store.

Kittens under one week old should be fed every 2 3 hours. Not only that cow s milk cannot be properly digested by them. Use specific kitten bottles to feed them kitten formula.