Kitten Formula Feeding

However even after she has weaned your kitten should still not consume human baby formula even as a treat.

Kitten formula feeding. The kittens must. Kittens that are bottle fed should consume about a tablespoon or 15 ml of special kitten formula at each feeding. Kitten replacement formula 1. Keep the kitten in a natural feeding position on its belly and offer warm formula every three to four hours until the kitten begins to wean to solid food.

This should be ramping up throughout the week and the kitten should take about 50 70 cc per day the second week and 80 100 per day the third week. Kittens should eat about eight milliliters of formula per ounce of body weight a day. Kitten formula is formulated to provide a proper balance of vitamins minerals probiotics and a caloric pattern that mimics the content of a mother cat s milk. The combination temperature of the boiling water and chilled formula should be just about right.

Kitten bottle feeding and stomach capacity chart estimated 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. Newborn to 1 week 1 package gelatin. On average a newborn kitten weighs 100 120g and should receive about 25 40 cc of formula per day for the first week or so of life. While a newborn kitten can digest lactose which is also found in a mother cat s milk kittens lose that ability shortly after they are weaned.

When it s time to feed warm the formula by reheating it. Alternatively pour it in a feeding bottle and put the bottle. 1 teaspoon light karo syrup. 3rd week 2 1 2 to 3 packages.

Keep the mixture for future use by storing it in a tightly sealed container and putting it in the fridge. Once a day mix 1 drop of human infant liquid vitamins in each kitties formula always test temperature on your wrist before feeding. Because human baby formula is made from cow s milk it is high in lactose. Once the formula passes the skin temperature test you are ready to feed the kitten.

1 quart whole goat s milk. This product comes as a liquid or powder mix which you can pick up at the nearest pet supply store feed store or online retailer. Elimination and litter box training. This is very time consuming for someone who is bottle feeding a newborn kitten so if at all possible you will want to try to keep the kitten with its mother or a surrogate lactating cat who can nurse it.

At feeding time mix 1 2 of the estimated feeding amount with an equal amount of boiling water. 1 tablespoon nonfat plain yogurt made with goat s milk preferably 1 egg yolk.