Kitten Formula Feeding Guide

Do this by rehydrating a dry kibble with kitten milk or water to a mushy consistency so your kitten will be able to eat it easily or use a wet food instead.

Kitten formula feeding guide. Using your fingertips gently tap its back until it finally burps. And it will begin to crawl around shortly after its eyes open. Feeding your kitten from four weeks to four months at four weeks old your kitten will start to show an interest in solid food and you can begin weaning. Keep a log listing daily weights and amount of formula consumed at each feeding.

Once they are 3 weeks old they can be fed every 4 to 6 hours. Kittens should eat about eight milliliters of formula per ounce of body weight a day. Newborn kittens feed frequently latching on to nurse once every 1 2 hours. You d have to increase the formula feeding amount to about 6 10 ml per feeding.

With the kitten s head upright keep it on its belly and let it suck the bottle nipple. After each feeding make sure that the kitty burps after. This means if the. 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.

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. 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. He should weigh at least 150 grams but not more than 250 grams by this time. 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.

The milk should be given at a. How often should you feed your newborn kitten. Make sure to shake the formula well before feeding the kitten to prevent lumps from obstructing the nipples. Once the formula passes the skin temperature test you are ready to feed the kitten.

You can help it burp by holding its body to your chest with its head elevated. In most cases you ll feed about 2 tablespoons of liquid kitten formula per 4 ounces of body weight. Newborn kittens up to 1 week old should be fed every 2 3 hours. 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. By 2 weeks old every 4 6 hours. The same feeding schedule of every 2 3 hours should continue when the kitten is 1 2 weeks old. 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.

Using a kitchen or small postal scale weigh the kittens daily to calculate the amount of formula they need.