When To Wean Kittens Off Their Mother

Serve kitten milk replacer in a shallow bowl.

When to wean kittens off their mother. When should you not wean a kitten. With mom they ll start to try to eat her food and she ll push them away from her says benson. Dip your finger into the milk and then let the kittens lick it off before slowly moving your finger toward the bowl. It happens when kittens move from mother s milk to solid food.

Mother cats wean their kittens naturally. This does not mean that this is the time that the kittens can go home though. Fill the kittens food bowl with kitten milk replacement. The next month of life is still full of essentials for a growing kitten even if it isn t consuming its mother s milk all of the time.

You see she is laying at the edge of the desk so he has no room to nurse here princess is standing on the cat carrier to avoid nursing. In some instances the young kittens mother may not be available to breastfeed them. Just as important it s a time when a kitten moves from depending on her mother s care to becoming a more socially independent cat. Continued how do i wean a kitten off of mother s milk or bottle feeding.

You can wean your kitten with the help of a few feeding tips. Weaning is a big step in a kitten s young life. But if you re weaning a kitten that has been orphaned you can start a little earlier between three and four weeks. Mother cats will typically start to wean their kittens off their milk at one month of age.

But you should ensure a few things before the process. Do not use cow s milk as this will cause stomach upset and diarrhea in some kittens. Here s princess in process of weaning hissyfit. Normally the kitten weaning process begins at about four weeks of age.

You can however start weaning the kittens at three weeks if you sense they are ready. When kittens can walk steadily on their legs and can focus with their eyes they are ready for weaning. The first thing in weaning a kitten is to deal with the separation from its mother so slow dealing with the separation is always fine.