Taking Care Of Newborn Kittens And Mother

So a kitten weighing 3 ounces will need about 24 ounces of milk replacement every 24 hours.

Taking care of newborn kittens and mother. Look at the kittens. If you have newborn kittens who ve been separated from their mother consult with a veterinarian shelter or experienced foster care giver who can help you find a new mother cat with a small litter she may be able to nurse the orphaned babies. Perhaps you have met a litter or two of allegedly abandoned kittens. Make sure the mother cat is stimulating them so that they.

A mother cat s milk provides everything a kitten needs during the first four weeks of life. Hand reared kittens need. As mentioned earlier newborn kittens will do nothing but sleep and eat during the first week of their lives. The kittens ages whether or not the mother cat is still caring for the kittens and how healthy the kittens are.

A carer who can attend to them throughout the day and night a clean warm environment. A safe source of warmth a clean environment to prevent infection regular feeding. Obviously the mother cat will take care of not only feeding the kittens but also keeping them clean. However taking care of newborn kittens without the mother is challenging.

You should set up a box for her to get used to during. Naturally you feel the urge to rescue these poor babies. Soon after birth look at the kittens. 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.

In an emergency use an eyedropper or a small syringe to drip milk into the kitten s mouth. The kitten season in spring and summer is one of the most trying period for most animal lovers. Take care to treat the mother wait for medication to dry and return her to the kittens. In fact she will eat any urine and feces her little ones produce.

How to take care of newborn kittens a mother cat be prepared. The care that you give some newborn kittens will depend on a few things. If there is no queen a cat carrying basket with lots of bedding and a soft toy to snuggle up. 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.

After 2 weeks the feeds can be stretched out to to every 3 to 4 hours with a gap of 6 hours overnight. 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. As a rule of thumb for every ounce of kitten body weight he or she needs 8 ccs of formula. This is usually done by bottle feeding kitten formula.