Newborn Baby Kittens Care
You can use a box or small crate with plenty of dry clean bedding.
Newborn baby kittens care. Yesterday kitten lady rescued 3 newborn kittens. Newborn kittens get cold very easily. Make sure you change the bedding frequently so it doesn t get too soiled. Take care that it s not in a drafty location.
View all kittens for sale cats for adoption malden massachusetts and sort by closest to you so you can find the perfect kitty quickly. During the summer feline breeding season known as kitten season animal shelters across the country are flooded with homeless and newborn cats. 4 to give the baby cat milk you can use a baby bottle a syringe or a dropper. If you are unable to get into the vet that day you must make a comfortable and warm bed for the kitten s.
Cats aren t born knowing where to go to the bathroom so if mama cat isn t there to help it s up to you. If you find a litter of kittens that have been separated from their mother then you will need to provide the things a mother cat would such as food warmth and help with toileting. Warm bed water bottle and towel. You will want to make sure he or she is stable first and given a once over by a doctor.
At about three to four weeks old they can be offered milk replacer from a bowl and then small amounts of moistened kitten food four to six times a. In this video you can see their rescue story and learn how to care for abandoned n. Newborn kittens may nurse about every 1 2 hours. If you are bottle feeding you ll notice the kittens are drinking much more at each feeding but at fewer feedings probably four to five times a day.
At this age you can start introducing solid food use wet food at first and try mixing it with kitten formula. However the kitten will stop drinking milk when it is full. Let her examine the box to familiarize her with its placement and purpose. As a general rule you should give a newborn kitten thirteen milliliters of milk per hundred grams body weight.
The care that you give some newborn kittens will depend on a few things. To accommodate this seasonal influx of felines the aspca opened a new facility in 2014 dedicated to the care and treatment of neonatal newborn kittens. Boomba bumble and bee. The kittens ages whether or not the mother cat is still caring for the kittens and how healthy the kittens are.
An important element of newborn kitten care is litter box training.