Taking Care Of Newborn Kittens And Mother

Soon after birth look at the kittens.

Taking care of newborn kittens and mother. In the meantime you must find a way to feed the kittens since they need to eat every few hours with the exact frequency depending on their age. A mother cat s milk provides everything a kitten needs during the first four weeks of life. This is usually done by bottle feeding kitten formula. In fact she will eat any urine and feces her little ones produce.

So a kitten weighing 3 ounces will need about 24 ounces of milk replacement every 24 hours. If there is no queen a cat carrying basket with lots of bedding and a soft toy to snuggle up. The care that you give some newborn kittens will depend on a few things. The kittens ages whether or not the mother cat is still caring for the kittens and how healthy the kittens are.

Obviously the mother cat will take care of not only feeding the kittens but also keeping them clean. A mother cat usually gestates between 63 and 65 days. A safe source of warmth a clean environment to prevent infection regular feeding. After 2 weeks the feeds can be stretched out to to every 3 to 4 hours with a gap of 6 hours overnight.

Hand reared kittens need. If your vet finds the kittens have roundworms passed on from mother s milk the kittens might need to be treated with a liquid medication fenbendazole that is given by syringe. If you find a litter of kittens that have been separated from their mother then you will need to provide the things a mother cat would such as food warmth and help with toileting. Take care to treat the mother wait for medication to dry and return her to the kittens.

Perhaps you have met a litter or two of allegedly abandoned kittens. Like a human baby a newborn kitten will need to be fed frequently approximately every two to three hours. As a rule of thumb for every ounce of kitten body weight he or she needs 8 ccs of formula. Naturally you feel the urge to rescue these poor babies.

If the mother cat won t feed her newborn kittens at all it s important to get both the mother and the kittens to a veterinarian as soon as possible. How to take care of newborn kittens a mother cat be prepared. As mentioned earlier newborn kittens will do nothing but sleep and eat during the first week of their lives. A carer who can attend to them throughout the day and night a clean warm environment.

You should set up a box for her to get used to during. The kitten season in spring and summer is one of the most trying period for most animal lovers. Look at the kittens. Make sure the mother cat is stimulating them so that they.