Bottle Feeding Baby Kittens

Table of contents 1 warmth and bedding 2 feeding 3 weaning 4 weight and hydration 5.

Bottle feeding baby kittens.

If your kitten is a preemie you will need to dropper feed it until it s strong enough to suck on the bottle. Feeding the wrong sort of milk such as cow s milk can have short term and long term effects including diarrhea dehydration nutritional deficiencies and long term health problems due to poor growth. Always bottle feed in a natural belly down posture the kitten should be comfortably lying or seated with her belly toward the floor. A newborn kitten can only digest milk and more specifically the milk from a female cat.

Never feed a kitten cow s milk or other dairy products dairy alternatives or human baby formula as this can be dangerous or even fatal to the kitten. Regular human baby bottles will likely be too big but most pet stores have newborn kitten bottles and nipples as well as a commercial formula specifically designed for kittens. It includes information on feeding weaning medical care developmental milestones and more. Make sure to check with your veterinarian if this is the.

Feed kittens using a safe posture.