How to raise a kitten without a mother cat

Jul 04,2024
3Min

How to feed kittens without a female cat:

1. First, a warm environment is needed, including a cat nest, a mat or an electric blanket, and a heating lamp.

2. Prepare goat milk powder or cat milk powder. If you cannot buy these, you can also use rice soup or rice noodles instead, and eat small meals frequently.

3. When feeding kittens, you can choose a bottle or a needleless syringe. Before using all feeding equipment, be sure to clean it with boiled warm water and dry it before use.

4. Feeding volume: Kittens before 7 days old should be fed 3-6ml of milk every two hours. Kittens aged 7-14 days should be fed 3-6ml of milk every 2 hours during the day and every 4 hours at night. Kittens aged 14-21 days should be fed 8-10ml every 2 hours during the day and once between 11pm and 8am.

5. After the kitten is 1 month old, you can feed it special food or milk cake food, soak it in warm water and then feed it. As the kitten grows up, you can appropriately reduce the amount of water and soak it. time, and finally completely replaced with dry cat food.

6. Cats within one month cannot defecate on their own and need anal stimulation. You can use a sterile cotton ball dipped in a small amount of warm water and gently stroke the kitten's abdomen, anus, etc. to promote excretion.

7. During the breeding period, kittens need to be vaccinated.

How to artificially feed kittens:

1. Feed with a spoon. Slowly pour the milk from the spoon into the kitten's mouth. Do not raise the kitten's head too high when feeding, otherwise it will feed into the lungs. Suitable for weak kittens that cannot suck on their own.

2. Use an injection needle to drip milk. Fill the syringe with a certain amount of kitten's milk, put it in the cat's mouth, and drop one drop at a time so that the kitten can swallow it slowly.

3. Feed the cat milk with a bottle. Cut a hole in the nipple and turn the bottle upside down. Only one drop of milk will drip out at a time. The kitten will eat by itself until it is full.

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