How To Feed A Baby Kitten Without Mom

You should feed the kitten for 5 10 minutes every 2 hours and never go longer than 4 hours in between feedings.

How to feed a baby kitten without mom. When attempting to feed your kitten for the first time get a drip of milk on the end of the syringe or teat. And please never feed cow s milk to a kitten as this is extremely dangerous to. Before you take a baby rabbit away from its mother or think it s orphaned make sure the mother is not feeding it or that she is a risk to the kitten.

The babies also do not need the mother to keep them warm. For the first several weeks of life a newborn kitten will depend entirely on its mother to provide it with food. For example if you have kittens less than one week old they will need to be fed and stimulated every three hours.

A kitten typically weighs about 3 to 3 7 oz. Weaning occurs at about four to five weeks of age but keep in mind that some kittens take a bit longer especially without a mom cat to show them the wonders of eating solid food. Confirm that the mother is not feeding the kittens.

At birth but will gain weight rapidly from nursing. Don t forget to burp the kittens after feeding. If it s your first time bottle feeding don t panic.

Week one feeding schedule. Position the kitten similarly to the way he would nurse from his mother with her head straight feet down and stomach resting. Mother rabbits feed their kittens about twice a day and only for five minutes.

They might be able to find a foster mother cat to feed the kitten. To feed a baby kitten without a mother feed it a kitten milk replacement formula using a sterilized feeding bottle. Burp the kittens like you would a human baby.