What to feed baby kittens 2 weeks old

Newborn Kittens: Care, Feeding, and More

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Reviewed by Vanesa Farmer, DVM on March 16, 2023

How Do I Feed a Newborn Kitten?

Kittens under 4 weeks of age cannot eat solid food, whether it’s dry or canned. They can drink their mother’s milk to get the nutrients they need. The kitten will rely on you to survive if their mother isn’t around.

You can feed your newborn kitten a nutritional substitute that’s called kitten milk replacer. It’s essential that you avoid feeding a kitten the same milk that humans consume. Typical cow’s milk can make cats very sick. If you’re unsure of which kitten milk replacer to choose, talk to a veterinarian. They can help you select the right one.

For many dry milk replacers, refrigeration is not always required. But if extra milk is prepared, it should be stored in the fridge. To feed your kitten, follow these steps:

Prepare the formula. Warm the kitten formula to slightly above room temperature. Test the temperature of the formula right before you feed your kitten. Do this by placing a few drops of the formula on your wrist to ensure it’s not too hot.

Keep things clean. Before and after each feeding, you should wash your hands and the bottle that you used to feed your kitten. It’s also recommended that you use a “kitten gown.” This could be a robe or a shirt that you only wear when you’re handling or feeding your kitten. Using a kitten gown helps reduce the possibility of spreading germs.

Feed them gently. Handle your kitten with care. The kitten should be on their stomach lying next to you. This would be the same way they would nurse from their mom. Try holding your kitten in a warm towel while they sit on your lap. Find a position that feels comfortable for both of you.

Let them take the lead. Hold the bottle of formula to your kitten's mouth. Let the kitten suckle at their own pace. If the kitten doesn’t eat right away, gently stroke their forehead. The stroking stimulates how their mother would clean them and it encourages the kitten to eat.

Kittens need to eat every 3 hours, no matter what time it is. Many people set an alarm so that they don’t miss a feeding. This is especially helpful overnight. It’s important that you feed your kitten regularly. Skipping feedings or overfeeding can cause your kitten to have diarrhea or develop severe dehydration.

Burp them. Kittens need to be burped the same way babies do after feeding. Lay your kitten down on their stomach and gently pat their back until you hear a little burp. You may need to do this a few times throughout each feeding.

If for any reason you can’t get your kitten to eat, contact your veterinarian immediately.

What Do Kittens Eat Besides Milk?

Once your kitten is about 3.5 to 4 weeks old, you can start weaning them off of the bottle. This is a gradual process that takes time and practice. The process usually looks something like this:

Begin by offering your kitten formula on a spoon.
Later, start offering your kitten formula in a saucer.
Gradually add canned food to the kitten formula in the saucer.
Increase the canned food in the saucer, adding less and less kitten formula.

If your kitten doesn’t take to the spoon or the saucer right away, you can continue to offer the bottle.

As you progress through the weaning process, monitor your kitten and their stool to ensure that they digest everything well. If your kitten is doing well and isn’t experiencing digestive issues (like loose stool or diarrhea), then you can gradually introduce more and more food.

At this stage, it’s also important to offer your kitten a bowl of fresh water to make sure that they’re staying hydrated.

How Often Should a Kitten Eat?

The frequency that your kitten eats normally depends on how old they are:

Up to 1 week old: every 2-3 hours
2 weeks old: every 3-4 hours
3 weeks old: every 4-6 hours.
6 weeks old: three or more feedings of canned food spaced out evenly throughout the day
12 weeks old: three feedings of canned food spaced out evenly throughout the day

If you have questions or need additional guidance about how often or what kind of food to give to your kitten, contact your veterinarian for help.

How Do I Keep a Newborn Kitten Warm?

Kittens should be kept in a cat carrier wrapped in a few layers of towels. Using a heating pad or heat disc (often the safer option) for pets alongside a soft fleece blanket can also help keep them warm. Ensure that the carrier is large enough for your kitten to move away from the heater when they want to.

It is very important to keep your cat carrier in a safe, warm room away from other pets. It’s helpful to go and check on your kitten throughout the day. If your kitten feels cold, you need to warm them up as soon as possible.

How Much Should a Newborn Kitten Weigh?

Newborn kittens usually weigh about 3.5 ounces, depending on their breed and the litter’s size. A healthy kitten should gain at least 10 grams per day. If you don’t see growth in their body size, this is often a sign of illness.

It’s essential to track and write down your kitten’s weight and how much they're eating every day. You can use a gram scale for accuracy in weighing animals this small. If your kitten isn’t eating or growing as expected, contact your veterinarian right away.

Can I Hold the Kitten?

Vets recommend not touching kittens unless you have to while their eyes are still closed. You can check on them to make sure they’re healthy and gaining weight, but try to limit direct physical contact.

The kitten’s mother will also let you know how comfortable she is with you handling her babies. It’s important to take it slow, especially at first. If the mother cat seems anxious or stressed, give her and her babies some space.

How to Teach Your Kitten to Go to the Bathroom

Young kittens can't go to the bathroom by themselves. Usually, a mother cat will clean her kittens to stimulate urination and a bowel movement. If the mother isn't present, the kitten will rely on you.

To help your kitten go to the bathroom, use a clean, warm, wet cotton ball or small section of cloth and gently rub your kitten's belly and genital and anal area. Your kitten should go to the bathroom in less than a minute. After your kitten is done, clean them carefully with a soft wet cloth.

Once your kitten is 3 to 4 weeks old, you can introduce them to their litter box. Add a cotton ball to the process in a similar way that you used one on them when they were younger. This will help them to understand what to do.

Gently place your kitten in their litter box and let them get used to it. Keep practicing with them. Ensure that their bathroom is in a safe area away from other people and pets so that they feel comfortable.

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Characteristics

Weight:	280-310 grams/9.8-10.9 ounces
Teeth:	Incisors start to show
Eyes:	Fully open and blue
Ears:	Starting to unfold

Behavior

At two weeks old, kittens become more aware of their surroundings and begin to interact more with their siblings, if they have them. However, they still spend most of their time asleep. Their ears will start to unfold and they will start to play, develop fine motor skills, and take their unsteady first steps.

At this age, kittens’ sense of smell is developing and they will hiss at unfamiliar scents and sounds. They’ll also knead with their paws, though they cannot yet retract their claws. Their eyes are now open, and you’ll see that they are blue! All kittens have blue eyes until their adult color becomes apparentwhich might not be until they’re two months old!

Care

Neonatalnewborn to four-week-oldkittens require round-the-clock care.

Feeding:

Use specific kitten bottles to feed the kittens with kitten formula. Make sure you never feed kittens “Cat Milk,” which is designed for adult cats, or cow’s or goat’s milk, which could give the kittens life-threatening diarrhea. Stick to kitten formula, such as kitten milk replacer (KMR), which can be purchased at most pet supply stores. Use specific kitten bottles to feed them kitten formula.

Feed kittens on their stomachsnot their backs like human babiesand tilt the bottle. After they’re done eating, you’ll need to burp the kittens. Put them on your shoulder or on their stomachs and pat them gently until they burp. For more information on what to feed kittens, visit Caring for Neonatal Kittens.

Feeding frequency:

Kittens older than 10 days can eat every three to four hours. At about 18 days old, they can start to eat every five to six hours.

Dehydration:

Dehydration is one of the biggest threats to kittens, along with chilling. Signs of dehydration include limpness, unresponsiveness, sunken eyes, and lethargy. You can also check by pulling up the skin at the scruff of the neck when the kitten is in a standing position. If the skin does not return to resting position quickly, the kitten is dehydrated.

Bedding (keep neonatal kittens warm):

Neonatal kittens can’t control their own body temperature until they are at least three weeks old and get cold easily, which can be life-threatening. From the moment you find them, keep the kittens warm and watch out for signs of chilling (i.e., listlessness and cool to the touch) and hold off on bottle feeding until the kittens have completely warmed up. I

f you have nothing else on hand, use your own body heat to warm up a cold kitten, and rub her gently to aid circulation. Keep kittens warm by building a soft nest, like a box with a blanket and Snuggle Safe or a heated rice sock or water bottle. Make sure that kittens have room to move away from the heat if they want.

Cleaning:

Clean kittens using a warm, damp washcloth after they’re done eating. A kitten can chill if wet, so never submerge kittens in water. If a kitten needs to be cleaned up, wash only certain parts of her body with a washcloth. Be sure to always fully dry kittens with a hair dryer (on low) and towel.

Bathroom habits:

Kittens younger than four weeks old must be stimulated to go to the bathroom after each feeding. A mother cat uses her tongue to do this, but you can use a warm and damp cotton ball, tissue, or washcloth to gently rub the kitten’s anal area. Completely solid feces usually will not form while kittens are drinking formula. If you notice the kittens are having trouble urinating or defecating, consult a veterinarian.

A healthy kitten will urinate almost every time you stimulate them and have a bowel movement once or twice a day.

For more on caring for kittens younger than four weeks old, including health concerns, go to Caring for Neonatal Kittens.

Socialization

Handle the kittens often at this age to encourage their social development. This helps them connect positive experiences with people, which will help to adopt them into new homes. Once kittens are about three to four weeks old, they will start to play and playing will become an important part of socialization. For more about socializing kittens, go to alleycat.org/Socialization.

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1. Gather the necessary supplies. To feed a newborn kitten, you will need some kind of specially designed device. If possible, use a bottle with a kitty teat set, such as Hartz. This bottle itself is small and made of transparent plastic with markings for more accurate measurement of liquids. The nipple is made of special rubber and has an appropriate comfortable shape to fit in the kitten's mouth. This allows him to suckle the bottle as if he were suckling his mother.

If you don't have a dedicated feeding device, then another alternative is a syringe that can be used to dribble milk into the kitten's mouth. However, the kitten does not have the ability to suck on a syringe, so try to find a suitable replacement as soon as possible.

2. Sterilize the equipment. It is critical to maintain sterile equipment. A simple wash is not enough for this. Consider using a steam sterilizer (like for baby bottles) or immerse the equipment in a bowl of cold sterilizing liquid, such as Chicco.

Cold sterilization fluid can usually be found in pharmacies in the children's section. Follow the instructions on the packaging. If you decide to use such a liquid when sterilizing your kitten's feeding equipment, do not forget to rinse everything with boiled water afterwards so that there are no residues of the sterilizing agent on the inventory.

3. Prepare and heat the mixture. If you are using liquid formula, open the jar and measure out the required amount of mixture according to the instructions. When using a powder mixture, follow the instructions on the packaging regarding the required number of scoops per volume of water. Always follow the directions exactly, as a mixture that is too strong can lead to stomach upset, while a formula that is too dilute will not provide the kitten with the required amount of nutrients.

Always prepare a fresh batch of formula for every feeding. The mixture does not contain preservatives, and the immune system of a newborn kitten is still weak, so getting bacteria from the environment into the milk can be a disaster for his health.

Do not microwave; because of this, too hot and too cold areas can form in the mixture. Instead, simply place the mixture in a container and place it in hot water to heat up.
Make sure the milk is at the right temperature – neither too hot nor too cold. Ideally, the mixture should be at body temperature, so when you apply a couple of drops of it to the back of your hand, their temperature should seem to be about the temperature of your skin. If you use too hot mixture, you can burn the kitten's mouth.

4. Check your kitten's body temperature. When you are ready to feed your kitten, make sure it is warm. To some extent, a kitten's ability to digest food depends on its body temperature. If the kitten is cool, his digestion will slow down, and the mixture will linger in the stomach and ferment. Newborn kittens usually cling closely to their mother and therefore remain quite warm. For the first three weeks of their life, a temperature of about 35. 6-37.8 degrees will be considered ideal.

Try to keep the kitten at this temperature by placing a heating pad under a well-insulated kitten nest. If you don't have a heating pad, use a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel to prevent the kitten from coming into direct contact with the hot water and getting burned. Refresh the hot water as needed to keep the kitten warm.

5. Feed the kitten. Sit in a comfortable chair with a folded towel on your lap. Place the kitten in the same way as it would be fed by its mother: lay it on its stomach with its paws down and with its head slightly raised. The first time you try to feed the kitten, squeeze a drop of the mixture onto the tip of the nipple or syringe. Bring it very close to the kitten's mouth. The kitten has a rather acute sense of smell and, most likely, having smelled milk, he will try to kiss the nipple or syringe.

When using the pacifier at this stage, you should help the kitten a little by inserting it into its open mouth. Natural instincts should take over and the kitten should start suckling.

When using the syringe, gently press the plunger to release a drop of milk into the kitten's mouth. Let the kitten swallow between drops. Never fill your mouth with milk completely, as the kitten can inhale the milk, it will enter the lungs and develop pneumonia, which is usually fatal for kittens. Just take your time and go slowly.

The position of the kitten is very important. Never feed it upside down like a human baby and make sure the kitten is lying on its stomach during feeding. Make sure that his head is not up, as this can lead to inhalation of the mixture into the lungs, which is very dangerous and can lead to the death of the kitten.

6. Feed your kitten the correct amount of formula. Kitten formulas are usually accompanied by instructions on how much and how often to feed. Follow these instructions. The following are only generalized indications of the volume and frequency of feeding mixtures of kittens in the first weeks of their life.

At the age of 1-3 days, give 2.5 ml of cat's milk replacer every two hours.
At the age of 4-7 days, give 5 ml of the mixture and organize 10-12 feedings per day.
At the age of 6-10 days, give 5-7.5 ml of the mixture and organize 10 feedings per day.
At the age of 11-14 days, give 10-12.5 mixtures and feed the kittens every three hours.
At the age of 15-21 days, give 10 ml of the mixture 8 times a day. At the age of over 21 days, give 7.5-25 ml 3-4 times a day simultaneously with the introduction of solid food.

7. Pay attention to important signs while feeding your kitten.

When learning and practicing formula feeding a kitten, remember that improper feeding can lead to breathing problems. Make sure that milk does not flow out of his nose during feeding, and his stomach does not swell.
In terms of feeding volumes, if your kitten is greedy enough to continue sucking on the pacifier even after exceeding the recommended dose, examine his belly. If it swells up and becomes tight, stop feeding. This is a sign of a full stomach, it's just that the kitten hasn't realized it yet. Don't overfeed him.

If your kitten eats less than the recommended amount, don't panic. This may be his personality. If you're worried about the kitten being malnourished, instead of trying to force more formula into it and risk choking on its lungs, stop, let the kitten rest, and try feeding the kitten again in about an hour.

8. Remain calm. It is very important not to lose patience and remain calm when you feed the kitten so that he is also calm. In addition, allow the kitten to eat as long as he needs to avoid overeating or digestive problems.

Stimulate burping by placing the kitten's back against your body and stroking its belly. When a cat cares for kittens, she licks them and thereby stimulates urination and defecation. Don't be surprised by any of the possible results - these are good signs!

9. Clean the kitten's bottom. The mother cat usually licks the kittens' bottoms and genitals immediately after feedings to stimulate urination and defecation. She also eats their excrement, which is a natural way to keep the nest clean, as a dirty nest can attract predators. In the absence of the mother, you need to intervene in this process. Take a damp cotton swab and wipe the kitten's anal area, imitating licking movements. As soon as the kitten goes to the toilet, wipe off the excrement with a cotton swab. Finish the procedure with an additional wipe of the kitten's buttocks with a clean cotton swab, and you will be free until the next feeding.

This is an important step in the successful feeding of a kitten. If the mother's stimulation of urination and defecation is not imitated, the kitten will not empty its bladder and bowels normally, which can cause it to become seriously ill.

10. Return the kitten to its warm nest or box to rest. Continue to follow a regular daily feeding schedule for the coming weeks until weaning and proper transition to solid foods. Additionally, consult your veterinarian regarding a suitable diet at the time of weaning.

Introduce solid foods in the form of soft canned food and solid kibble when the kitten is about four weeks old. Some kittens prefer to bottle feed for up to eight weeks, so the progress of the transition to solid food should be monitored by a professional veterinarian.

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Cats are considered one of the most caring mothers in the wild. They touchingly take care of their offspring, teach and educate them. However, the situations are different and sometimes the mother, for some reason, is forced to abandon this. Therefore, owners often have the question of whether it is possible to cope without it at all, how to feed, and how to feed small, just born (newborn) or two-week-old kittens without a cat at home.

In normal mode, mother's feeding lasts up to about 1.5-2 months, and sometimes much longer. But sometimes an animal can get lost, die, just get sick, it can lose milk. In such cases, the best option is to find a suitable nurse, but there are many different nuances, for example, not all tailed mothers are ready to accept other people's babies. Let's figure out what to do if even the last option is not available, how to deal with the problem without harming the tiny squeaky lumps.

Contents of the article

Nutritional needs: how to leave a newborn kitten without a cat from birth
Special milk replacers for kittens
- Why cow's milk is not allowed
Features and rules of feeding
- Determination of satiety
- What to do after
Regime and rules for feeding (feeding) kittens without a cat
- Frequency of feeding depending on age
How to introduce complementary foods into the diet
- Feeding newborn kittens: how to raise a kitten without a cat
- Massage the tummy
How to deal with constipation
Can you hold3 a kitten How to go to the toilet 9013
Contact other people and animals
Do newborn kittens need special bedding
Conclusion

Nutritional needs: how to leave a newborn kitten without a cat from birth

Newborn kittens require round the clock care. In this respect, they are like human children. Without a mother and without your care, a kitten can die.

In the first month of life, the animal should be fed only liquid food. The best milk replacer for kittens. Its composition is close to natural, and it contains the necessary trace elements in the correct proportions. Milk replacer is sold in veterinary pharmacies and pet stores.

The baby needs to be fed regularly, observing the same intervals between meals. This means that you will need to get up even at night.

You will have to not only feed the kitten, but also take care of it, as a cat would do. For example, in the first 2-3 weeks, babies need help with urination and defecation. To do this, after each feeding, wipe the genitals and anal area with a damp swab. And then repeat the procedure after the kitten went to the toilet.

When figuring out how and what to feed small week old newborn kittens, many make a fatal mistake and take the usual mixtures for human babies. However, their composition is not at all suitable, because our species need completely different substances for the normal development and growth of offspring.

Special milk replacers for kittens

100 grams of cat's milk contains 11 grams of fat and protein and 3.4 grams of lactose. In addition, it contains vitamins, minerals and amino acids necessary for the growth and development of the baby. Neither infant formula nor cow's or goat's milk has this composition. The only way to provide kittens with complete nutrition is to feed them with a special substitute. You can buy it at a veterinary pharmacy or pet store.

Why not cow's milk

When figuring out how to feed a kitten, you need to know how to feed week-old kittens if they are suddenly abandoned by a cat.

In small kittens in the stomach, up to about 3-4 weeks, free hydrochloric acid is not formed at all, due to which the digestion process occurs.

Cow's milk is not suitable for kittens for two reasons. It does not contain enough proteins and fats, and also lacks the necessary vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Eating cow's milk, the animal will not receive enough trace elements, which are so important for its growth and development. It contains too much lactose, and it is not absorbed in such an amount by kittens. The baby may experience diarrhea, vomiting, or allergies.

Features and rules of feeding

In order not to get confused at the most inopportune moment and not put your tiny pets in danger, it is worthwhile to find out in advance what recommendations must be followed in such cases. This applies not only to the regime itself, the composition of the mixtures, but also to the correct procedure and manipulations after it.

Required kit

For feeding a kitten, you can use one of the following devices:

Special bottle with teat. Divisions are applied on the surface, and the sucking part itself has a shape that resembles the anatomical structure of a cat's nipples.
Pipette.
Regular medical syringe with needle removed.

It is optimal to choose the first option, but it is not available to everyone, so you have to get out with what is available. With the other two, it does not hurt to be extremely careful so that the liquid does not get into the respiratory tract, and the animal does not choke.

Stages

First, you should sterilize the selected instrument, for which you should pour boiling water over it. Then you can proceed according to the presented algorithm:

Prepare the milk replacer according to the instructions.
Heat the resulting product to 37°C. It is optimal to do this in a water bath, but the microwave is not very suitable for such purposes. It can heat the contents of the container unevenly. If there is no choice, then after you take the bottle out of the device, try to mix the contents vigorously.
Monitor your baby's temperature carefully. If he has cold paws, then the food will be absorbed much worse, which means that he needs to be warmed up first. To do this, an electric heating pad is installed in a box or a house, or they simply put a plastic “one and a half” with warm water.
Lay a clean cloth, for example, it can be a towel, and put the kitten on top of it with the belly down, slightly raising his head, because this is his natural position for feeding from the mother.

At the first feeding, put a drop of the mixture on the pet's nose so that he can smell it. Only after that, he will begin to look for the nipple, and grab it with his mouth.

Determination of satiety

At a young age, it is extremely important to keep a balance, underfeeding, like overfeeding, is dangerous not only for health, but also for life. Undernourished pets are usually lethargic, do not grow well, they do not have the strength to run and play. Overfed suffer from diarrhea, their stools are greenish, gray or yellow.

To understand how much a pet needs, you can look at the packaging of a milk replacer, it indicates how many ml to give a kitten. You need to follow the instructions.

Weight gain can be monitored by weighing the kitten daily and recording how much it eats. A healthy baby should gain at least 10 grams per day. If it does not grow or does not grow fast enough, this may be a sign of some kind of disease and a reason to see a veterinarian.

What to do after

Babies are all alike, so further actions are very similar to those performed by mothers with their children. When the pet is full, its muzzle is gently wiped, then it is lifted vertically, gently pressing its back to itself, gently stroking its tummy.

Regime and rules for feeding (feeding) kittens without a cat

Compliance with all the recommendations that we give below will allow you to be 90% sure that little pets will survive the period of infancy and grow up quite healthy and full. It is worth knowing that frequent consumption of food in small doses is natural for them. One person is often simply unable to provide them with something similar, but you can and even need to try, because every life, even such a tiny one, matters.

Feeding frequency according to age

up to 1 week: need to feed every 2-3 hours, including at night;
2 weeks: every 3-4 hours;
3 weeks: every 4-6 hours.
1 month or more: reduce the number of feedings to 4-6 per day. In the last days, you can begin to introduce additional complementary foods.

How to introduce complementary foods into the diet

When your kitten is 3.5-4 weeks old, you can start weaning him from the bottle. It is a gradual process that takes time and practice. The process usually looks something like this:

Start by offering your kitten the mixture on a spoon.
later start offering the formula to the kitten in the saucer.
Gradually add complementary foods to the kitten's mixture in the saucer.
increase the amount of food in the saucer by adding less and less kitten formula.

If your kitten does not immediately take a spoon or saucer, you can continue to offer him a bottle.

Complementary food can be a balanced natural food in the form of minced meat or industrial wet food in the form of a pate.

Feeding newborn kittens: how to raise a kitten without a cat

At first, this seems like a daunting task, but it's not at all. It is important to follow the recommendations in this article and do everything in stages, take your time and feed the kittens liquid food in the first days of their life, then you will have a healthy and strong pet.

Tummy massage

After each meal, it is good to help the animal to empty itself properly, and this procedure is intended for this. To do this, the fingertips make circular movements clockwise. You should also gently massage the anus, this should be done with a damp cotton swab or napkin, trying to imitate the movements of the mother's tongue.

How to deal with constipation

Irregular emptying is the most common problem with babies according to most owners. Many of them complain that they do not suffer so much from a busy feeding schedule as from digestive problems. Therefore, you should always choose high-quality food, which most often does not cause any disorders.

If something like this occurs, you should immediately contact a doctor who will give all the necessary recommendations and prescribe medication. You can even give crumbs enemas, but first you still have to visit a veterinarian to show him how to do it. After all, it is very easy to harm, it is better to stay in a safe zone.

Can I hold a kitten

Veterinarians recommend not touching kittens unless necessary while their eyes are still closed. You can check on them to make sure they are healthy and gaining weight, but try to limit direct physical contact.

The kitten's mother will also let you know how comfortable she is when you hold her babies. It is important to take it slowly, especially at first. If the mother cat looks agitated or tense, give her and her babies some space.

How to teach a kitten to go to the toilet

Small kittens cannot go to the toilet on their own. Usually a mother cat cleans her kittens to encourage urination and bowel movements. If there is no mother, the kitten will rely on you.

Contact with other people and animals

In the first four weeks of life, minimize the number of people who pick up a kitten. During this time, they have not yet developed an immune system, and they are prone to disease and infection. Be sure to wash your hands before and after each contact with them.

Do not allow the kitten to interact with other animals, even with other cats. You never know how another animal will react to a small kitten, and newborn cats are very fragile at this stage of life.

If you have more than one kitten from the same litter, you can definitely keep them in the same box. They can help keep each other warm. If they are from different litters, you can still keep them in the same box, as long as they are not very different in age or size. Also, do not mix sick and healthy kittens.

Do newborn kittens need special bedding

You can use a simple box of soft blankets to keep the kitten. For warmth, you can use a bottle of warm water wrapped in a towel. Just place it between two blankets that line the entire box. It is not recommended for people to use a heating pad, because it is easier for the kitten to overheat.

Conclusion

In our article, we have described in detail how to feed small newborn kittens without a cat, what you need to know for this, and what equipment to get. If you do everything slowly, thoughtfully, focusing on the advice of professionals, your pets will definitely grow up strong, healthy and beautiful.

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