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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 2:53 pm
Here Is a Kitten Forum session . this is all about kittens and how to care for them
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 2:55 pm
Weaning a Kitten
Weaning is the process of transitioning kittens from mother’s milk to solid food. During weaning, kittens gradually progress from dependence on a mother’s care to social independence. Ideally, weaning is handled entirely by the mother cat. However, if the kitten in your care has been separated from his mother or if you are fostering a litter or a pregnant cat about to give birth, seeing the young ones through a successful weaning process may be up to you.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 2:56 pm
How to Wean a Kitten Off of Mother’s Milk or Bottle-Feeding
Serve kitten milk replacer in a shallow bowl. Do not use cow’s milk, as this will cause stomach upset and diarrhea in some kittens.
Dip your fingertip (or the syringe or bottle the kitten is used to nursing from) into the liquid, let the kitten lick it, then guide him by moving your finger down into the bowl.
Please do not push his nose into the bowl. He may inhale the liquid and develop pneumonia or other lung problems.
Once he becomes accustomed to lapping liquids, create a “gruel” mixing a high-quality dry or canned kitten food with kitten milk replacer until it is the consistency of oatmeal.
Though you should continue to bottle-feed while the kitten is learning to eat from the bowl, you can help with the gradual transition by always offering the bowl first, and then the bottle.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 2:57 pm
How to Introduce a Kitten to Solid Food
Make a gruel (described above).
As the kitten gets accustomed to eating, gradually decrease the amount of milk replacer you add, while slowly increasing the amount of kitten food.
By five to six weeks, he should be eating only lightly moistened food.
Now you can start to leave out small amounts of dry food and fresh water at all times.
By eight to 10 weeks, kittens should be accustomed to eating unmoistened kitten food.
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