2 Week Old Kitten Not Eating Well

Kittens expend a lot of energy playing as well as growing so they don t have as much of a store of calories for fuel as adult cats do.

2 week old kitten not eating well. He may prefer a different flavor or type of food. Trip to the vet showed he was constipated. Taking your kitten to see her doctor if she isn t eating will catch any medical problems as early as possible and you won t be risking additional illness that can be caused by her weakened condition. If you found yourself wondering about the proper way to take care of a 2 week old kitten chances are you are faced with an unexpected situation like many others you are puzzled as to how to care for an orphaned kitten because all this time the mother does all the care while you only lend support when it is needed such as providing a place for them as well as food and water for the mother cat.

Convalescent diets are specially designed to meet the needs of a sick animal that is not eating well. That worked well from 5 28 when i got him until 6 2 he stopped eating. He would not touch his science diet kitten dry food or the fancy feast kitten canned so i bought gerber chicken baby food. Apparently very healthy playing sleeping using the kitty litter box.

They are eating cat food but still wanting mama milk. According to the humane society kittens don t have motor skills at first and their eyes don t open until the second week of their life they only begin to try walking at 3 weeks old. If your kitten is not eating you may have a sick kitty. We adopted our 3 month old persian kitten on wednesday she was awesome she playing alot did not want to eat the dry food the breeder gave us so we got some kitten canned food from the vet we started mixing this in her food and everything was great eating like a little piggy today she will not eat and seems sleepy.

I have a 7 1 2 week old kitten that is not eating to well. It was a 30 minute drive. What should i do my five day old kitten is not wanting to eat at all i feed him at 10 30 he woke up at 2am so i try to feed him and he would eat at all and still hasn t i ve rub his tummy burped him he in a box with heated pad an towel and blanket with him he was perfectly fine at his 10 30pm feeding now he looks like he dieing idk what to do it s 5am no one is open or up at this time. One is eating the dry kitten chow and drinking water.

I rescued two 8 week old kittens both brothers. Yesterday we took them to the humane society for shots. The other kitten is refusing to eat or drink. My cat has had 7 kittens which are 2 months old today.

Your kitten s age may be a reason he she isn t pooping. They are extremely nutrient dense so a 1 kg 2 2 lb kitten might receive his daily calorie needs from just under a third of a tin. By bridget redding california question. This is the 2nd time mama cat had been in a car and she cries and heavily pants.

Your cat may also simply be bored and tired of eating the same thing.