Can 7 week old kittens drink water?
Time-Based Need. Kittens need milk for the first several weeks of their lives. The kittens’ mother provides the best milk for their needs at that age. Kittens should be drinking water by the time they are 4 to 6 weeks of age.
When did my kittens start eating solid food?
Mine were eating solid food (KITTEN food…for kittens) at exactly 6 weeks. For the others than weren’t eating, whenever they got hungry I filled a bowl with KMR and they drink it up like crazy.
Is it normal for a 6 week old kitten to refuse food?
Click to expand… 1.6 IB is normal for a 6 week old kitten. Last year my 6 week old kitten refuse solid food, so I decided that I would put wet food (the gravy part) on her lips and paws 3 or 4 times a day. She hated it, but I did not give up.
What should a 6 week old kitten eat?
1.6 IB is normal for a 6 week old kitten. Last year my 6 week old kitten refuse solid food, so I decided that I would put wet food (the gravy part) on her lips and paws 3 or 4 times a day. She hated it, but I did not give up. She finally graduated from her mom’s milk to solid foods at 10 1/2 weeks. She ate wet food, finally, at 8 weeks.
How old do kittens have to be before they can eat canned food?
Even though weaning starts at 6 weeks of age…it typically takes a period of time before the kittens are fully adjusted to canned food. You may want to take the kittens into a seperate room and allow for them to have their own can of kitten food…but then I would return them to mom.
Mine were eating solid food (KITTEN food…for kittens) at exactly 6 weeks. For the others than weren’t eating, whenever they got hungry I filled a bowl with KMR and they drink it up like crazy.
Click to expand… 1.6 IB is normal for a 6 week old kitten. Last year my 6 week old kitten refuse solid food, so I decided that I would put wet food (the gravy part) on her lips and paws 3 or 4 times a day. She hated it, but I did not give up.
What to feed a kitten that doesn’t want to eat?
When trying to find a food that will appeal to a kitten that doesn’t want to eat, get her something with a strong aroma, like fish-flavored cat food, or pour a bit of oil from canned tuna over her kibble.
1.6 IB is normal for a 6 week old kitten. Last year my 6 week old kitten refuse solid food, so I decided that I would put wet food (the gravy part) on her lips and paws 3 or 4 times a day. She hated it, but I did not give up. She finally graduated from her mom’s milk to solid foods at 10 1/2 weeks. She ate wet food, finally, at 8 weeks.
