2 Week Old Kittens Bottle Feeding

Hold the kitten s head stable with your non dominant hand.

2 week old kittens bottle feeding. Weeks two and three feeding schedules a 2 to 3 week old kitten will still need to be fed every 2 3 hours and it should consume at least 1 2 tablespoon of formula or milk during each meal. The kitten should roll her tongue into a u shape and begin to swallow. Once they are 3 weeks old they can be fed every 4 to 6 hours. Continue to follow the rule of 8 mls of formula per ounce of body weight per day as described above to determine the amount of food the kitten should be eating.

Follow the feeding chart for a guideline of amount and frequency. By 2 weeks old every 4 6 hours. As i mentioned earlier kittens require formula in their feedings. If a kitten is nursing from its mother you ll have to depend on how much the kitten weighs to know whether or not it is consuming enough food.

Newborn kittens up to 1 week old should be fed every 2 3 hours. A 2 week old kitten needs to be fed at least 10 14 mls of formula and water combination every 3 4 hours even at night. Note that it s not until adulthood that two meals a day for a cat is acceptable. Weigh the kittens daily to calculate the amount of formula they need using a kitchen scale or small postal scale.

Kittens under one week old should be fed every 2 3 hours. A kitten aged between six to 10 weeks old needs to be fed six to eight meals a day while a kitten aged 10 weeks to six or seven months needs four meals a day and a kitten up to nine months needs three meals a day. Yes i know the idea of waking up every 3 4 hours to feed the kitten sounds exhausting but it is what they need in order to get the nutrients to grow.