Kitten Formula Feeding

A kitten will nurse for about 45 minutes at a time every 2 to 3 hours for the first week of life.

Kitten formula feeding. Make sure to shake the formula well before feeding the kitten to prevent lumps from obstructing the nipples. 3 egg yolks no whites 3 oz. Kittens that are bottle fed should consume about a tablespoon or 15 ml of special kitten formula at each feeding. It is about the best friends sanctuary and it is a great formula for kittens.

You can help it burp by holding its body to your chest with its head elevated. Mix well and refrigerate until ready to use. At 2 weeks old every 4 6 hours of 6 10ml. Plain full fat yogurt.

Keep the kitten in a natural feeding position on its belly and offer warm formula every three to four hours until the kitten begins to wean to solid food. If the kitten is 1 week old it should be fed every 2 3 hours of 2 6ml formula. This is very time consuming for someone who is bottle feeding a newborn kitten so if at all possible you will want to try to keep the kitten with its mother or a surrogate lactating cat who can nurse it. The rest of the time will be spent sleeping.

After each feeding make sure that the kitty burps after. Ideally a kitten should eat about 8ml of formula per ounce of body weight per day. Using your fingertips gently tap its back until it finally burps. With the kitten s head upright keep it on its belly and let it suck the bottle nipple.

A kitten should eat 7 15 cc s per feeding. Once it ages 3 weeks old it should be fed every 4 6 of 10 14ml. 3 ounces goat milk from store.