Newborn Baby Kittens Care

However the kitten will stop drinking milk when it is full.

Newborn baby kittens care.

Home care if you are committed to helping the newborn kittens and become their surrogate mother then you will need to provide a safe warm home for them. The mother cat can keep the babies warm but if she leaves to eat or use a litter box the kittens can get cold. If the mother cat is not around you ll need to prepare and feed them yourself. Newborn kittens may nurse about every 1 2 hours.

Like a human baby a newborn kitten will need to be fed frequently approximately every two to three hours. Provide blankets a heat lamp or a heating pad to ensure the kittens stay warm. To care for newborn kittens when the mother cat is still present feed the mother to keep her strength up but leave the kittens alone for the first week to ensure the mother doesn t reject them. So a kitten weighing 3 ounces will need about 24 ounces of milk replacement every 24 hours.

Chilling is one of the most critical dangers to newborn kittens. At about three to four weeks old they can be offered milk replacer from a bowl and then small amounts of moistened kitten food four to six times a. You can use a box or small crate with plenty of dry clean bedding. When kittens are first born they are helpless they cannot see hear keep themselves warm or eliminate waste on their own.

4 to give the baby cat milk you can use a baby bottle a syringe or a dropper. They fit in the palm of your hand and weigh 3 5 ounces. As a general rule you should give a newborn kitten thirteen milliliters of milk per hundred grams body weight. Brushing her coat and trimming her claws are two important elements of newborn kitten care and the sooner you start routine cat maintenance the easier it is for both of you.

Make sure you change the bedding frequently so it doesn t get too soiled. As a rule of thumb for every ounce of kitten body weight he or she needs 8 ccs of formula. Regular brushing or combing removes excess hair thus reducing hairballs and keeps her coat clean and shiny while nail clipping lessens her chances of a claw snag.