Kitten Formula Feeding Chart

You must feed half wet food and half dry food in the starting therefore divide their ration accordingly.

Kitten formula feeding chart. A 2 to 3 week old kitten will still need to be fed every 2 3 hours and it should consume at least 1 2 tablespoon of formula or milk during each meal. Avoid homemade formulas only use in an emergency over a very short term until a quality kitten milk replacer can be obtained. This includes condensed evaporated canned cow s milk on crete babycat milk is available from vets comes with a bottle spare teats. 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.

Various species grow at different rates and there is also the weight difference between a female and a male kitten. Do not use cow s. Follow the feeding chart for a guideline of amount and frequency. Daily means feedings evenly spaced over a 24 hour period.

At the beginning start feeding the amount mentioned on the food label. You may consult the vet about the health of the new born kitten. Gently slide the nipple into the kitten s mouth and invert the bottle to start the flow of formula. Right after birth a healthy kitten should weigh between 2 and 4 oz.

Between days 8 through 18 its weight should increase to about 10 oz. 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 4 oz 113 g 23 kcal 31 ml 5 ml 7 1 week 5 oz 142 g 28 kcal 38 ml 6 ml 7 6. Prepare gruel by mixing half a can of wet kitten food with can of formula. Kitten feeding schedule growth chart.

And it will begin to crawl around shortly after its eyes open. Feed the kitten about 18 22 ml of formula about three times a day adding a little liquid kitten food or some gruel placed on flat saucer. If a kitten is nursing from its mother you ll have to depend on how much the kitten weighs to know whether or not it is consuming enough food. Right after birth the kitten should only be give mother s milk.

Introduce mixed gruel in a dish as well as some dry kitten food in a separate dish. The milk formula should be prepared just before administering it to the kittens and should be distributed to the kittens in syringes and sterile nipples it is also better for each kitten to have their own linchpin. Do not use cow milk never feed a kitten cow s milk or human baby formula as this causes stomach upset and severe diarrhoea. The kitten should roll her tongue into a u shape and begin to swallow.

Kittens are individuals and feedings should be tailored to each specific situation. How much to feed a kitten 4 weeks old 8 weeks old or 3 months will be mentioned based on the age and weight. If a kitten is already dehydrated this could prove fatal. It is advisable not to prepare the milk beforehand but if it were necessary you should keep it in the fridge at a temperature of 4 c 39 f and never more than 48 hours.

Be very careful not to squeeze formula into the kitten s mouth as this can cause aspiration.