Homemade Baby Kitten Formula

If you re caring for a newborn kitten it s important to feed the kitten formula that contains the right amount of vitamins and minerals especially for a growing cat.
Homemade baby kitten formula. A variety of recipes for homemade kitten formula exist but if you can purchase a kitten milk replacement from the pet store to use that is ideal. It may help you a lot especially if you re on a tight budget. The kitten s posture is very important.
The following recipes are intended as emergency kitten formula replacements. A homemade kitten formula is a convenient way of providing milk food to your hungry kitties during emergencies. Furthermore a homemade kitten formula is an inexpensive alternative to commercial milk products.
1 quart whole goat s milk 1 teaspoon light karo syrup. If you can t go to the petshop to buy speciall kitten formula and the baby is too hungry and dehydrated you can give it canned milk but only as an emergency measure. How to make kitten formula.
You will learn an easy quick and simple method to feeding your kittens that will help provide them with a more wholesome meal. If you have a mature cat then please read the page that talks about how to make homemade cat food. Kittens are a really delicate species born having a load around 85 113 grams 3 to 4 ounces.
Use a homemade formula only as a last resort. However if you have a hungry orphaned kitten and there s no way to get a commercial kitten milk replacement kmr formula right away you can use one of these as a short term option. Make sure that the head is not raised as this could cause aspiration the inhaling of formula into the lungs which is serious and can even be fatal.
They crave and have special and special dietary needs. The cornell book of cats says that human baby formula can be used if made up to double the normal strength although human baby formula is normally not nutritious enough for kittens. Never feed a kitten on her back like a human baby and always make sure sure the kitten is resting on something when feeding.