What To Feed Baby Kittens 4 Weeks Old

Note that it s not until adulthood that two meals a day for a cat is acceptable.

What to feed baby kittens 4 weeks old. Starting at 3 weeks old a young kitten is encouraged by the momma cat to stop suckling and start eating different foods. At their fourth week they should be eating primarily a gruel mixture. It takes some time to gradually replace the milk with both wet and dry foods.

Four week old kittens are not ready for solid food. You can do this by beginning to mix small amounts of wet cat food into their formula and feeding the slurry in a bottle to help them get a taste for meat. At 4 weeks old your little guy should be eating primarily a gruel mixture.

Mix it to the consistency of oatmeal. At the end of week six decrease meal times to only three times a day. To make the gruel mix kitten replacement formula with a high quality wet or dry kitten food and warm water.

Instead they should have kitten milk replacer which comes in both liquid and powdered forms. A kitten aged between six to 10 weeks old needs to be fed six to eight meals a day while a kitten aged 10 weeks to six or seven months needs four meals a day and a kitten up to nine months needs three meals a day. The gruel should become less and less watery and dry kitten food should be introduced along with a bowl of water.

Until she has weaned naturally don t switch her over completely to solid foods. Once the kitten is four and a half weeks old you can start weaning by gradually introducing moist food. When the little kittens start to reach four to eight weeks of age then you can start to reduce the liquid feeding slowly.

You are supposed to feed your kitty the gruel from a shallow bowl. Never give kittens cow s milk since it doesn t have the nutrients they need and can cause diarrhea. Each day feed 8 cc of formula per ounce of body weight spreading this out over four feedings.