After the heat season for cats, pregnancies come, then births ... and, after a month and a half or two months, weaning them. Every year more and more puppies are forced to survive on the street. If you've come this far wondering how to feed an abandoned kitten, you have come to the right place. Let me congratulate you first, because thanks to you this poor creature will have a chance, perhaps with a new family ... or with you.
Now, let's see how to calm the furry's stomach.
As you surely know, and if you don't don't worry, kittens open their eyes a week after they are born. If yours has his eyes closed, you don't have to give him solid food, I don't even think wet. The ideal food for him will be powdered milk specifically for kittens, which you will find in veterinary clinics and also in pet stores. An alternative would be powdered milk for human babies up to 3 months old, or even lactose-free milk mixed with an egg yolk.
Throw it out 1-2 two small tablespoons of powdered milk to the bottle, previously filled with water -drinkable-, and heat it a little. It does not have to be boiling, but warm. To give it, you may have to help yourself with a syringe, which you will introduce into the mouth of the kitten that you have put upside down, because if he were face up he could choke. Keep applying pressure little by little, letting the animal suck on its own. Generally, you will have to feed him every 3 hours, but if he is hungry… he will let you know .
If his eyes are open, also give him a bottle until the vet confirms that he is at least 30 days old. From then on, you can gradually introduce solid but soft foods into his diet, such as cans prepared for kittens.
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Hello, your article is very good, I am looking for what to do because my cat is in heat 15 days after delivery: / and I think her milk is drying. will it be possible? how I encourage her to have more milk ... before the heat she was fed up.
Hi Prisila.
The vet will be able to give you the most appropriate medicine so that your cat has more milk. You can still give puppies kitten milk with a syringe (without a needle) every four hours.
In another vein, if their mother forgets to stimulate their anus to defecate, do it yourself by soaking cotton in warm water after each meal.
Greetings, and good luck!
I just found 3 newborn kittens in the trash and I have nothing to give them
What can I feed them with? Something other than milk of any kind because there isn't?
Hello Rachel.
Newborn kittens can only drink milk. It is what they need to survive.
Hopefully you can get somewhere.
Cheer up.
I found an orphan kitten, I am giving it special milk with a syringe, but it eats and sleeps a lot, until what age do I continue to give it milk, do they drink water or how do you drink them with just milk? Help please
Hello Maria Jose.
From birth to 4-5 weeks (at least) they should drink cat milk.
From 6 weeks they can be given very chopped soft food, such as wet food for kittens.
A greeting.