Weaning Kittens Off Bottle

With mom they ll start to try to eat her food and she ll push them away from her says benson.

Weaning kittens off bottle. In general kittens will need to be bottle fed for between four and six weeks. But if you re weaning a kitten that has been orphaned you can start a little earlier between three and four weeks. They may just need a little help from you. Once that age is reached there are several signs to watch for that signal the kitten is ready to begin the weaning process.

During weaning kittens gradually progress from dependence on a mother s care to social independence. Weaning is the process of transitioning kittens from mother s milk to solid food. When you are feeding the kitten its bottle watch to see if it starts to bite and chew on the feeding nipple as it is nursing. This should be done no earlier than four weeks old and no later than 12 weeks and needs to be done slowly.

Place a heating pad or hot water bottle under the towels on one half of the box. The weaning process bottle feeding is necessary until the kitten is four to five weeks old. You just need to know what you are doing. That being said it is important to remember that there is no exact timetable for kittens any more than there is for a human baby who is going from bottle to solid foods.

A little patience and a lot of love. Normally the kitten weaning process begins at about four weeks of age. Properly weaning a kitten is not difficult. You should wean a kitten off of the bottle only when they are ready or show interest to be weaned off the bottle.