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Newborn kittens
Cats are one of the pets that many people raise at home, due to their beautiful appearance and ease of care, but newborn kittens need special care, especially if they have lost their mother, and there are many things to consider when caring for newborn kittens, especially with regard to food, and this is what we will present to you in this article.
How to feed newborn kittens
Prepare the necessary tools for delivering food to cats, they are as follows: a special nipple for cats, a small bottle for feeding with a hole at its upper end, where the flow of milk can be controlled by pressing on it, and it is possible to use a syringe to drip milk into the cat's mouth.
Sterilize instruments before and after using them.
Prepare concentrated milk according to the instructions on the milk carton, adhering to the written quantities, to avoid exposing the cat to any stomach disorders, taking care to feed her fresh, preservative-free milk.
Place the milk bottle in a bowl of hot water until it is warm, instead of putting it in the microwave, taking care to make sure that the milk is hot before serving.
Be sure to check the cat's body temperature when feeding, because the rate of digestion of food is directly proportional to its temperature, that is, the rate of digestion of food increases if its temperature is elevated, and vice versa.
Keep her temperature by using a thermal pillow, or by putting a bottle of hot water in a towel, placing it near her.
Put the cat on a chair, where her head is straight, legs down, with a towel on your lap, in order to feed her.
Be patient while breastfeeding, while allowing her to take enough time in feeding, to avoid any digestive problems.
Stimulate her to burp, by holding her from behind, gently rubbing her belly, to encourage her to urinate or defecate.
Use a cotton swab to clean the anal area.
Put the cat back to bed so that she can rest and feed regularly.
Introduce solid food into the kitten's diet when she is four weeks old.
Tips for feeding newborn kittens
Here are some important points for feeding newborn kittens:
Finding a nursing mother, monitoring her while feeding the kitten, to avoid rejection or killing her, or through the use of dietary supplement formulations found on animal food markets, which are prepared in the same way as infant formula if a nursing cat is not found.
Try to mask the smell of the new kitten by caressing the mother's Cubs, and then caressing your cat, which will transfer the smell of the mother's Cubs to your cat, which will increase the chance of its acceptance from the nursing mother.
Feed her only milk or yogurt, because a newborn kitten cannot digest anything else.
Avoid feeding cow's milk to the cat, as it leads to dehydration and diarrhea.
Use boiled water to feed hungry kittens, buy any kind of milk, a couple of teaspoons of glucose can also be put in a glass of boiling water, and then feed it in case of extreme necessity, provided that it is not repeated.
The use of rice water in feeding cats in the absence of an alternative, it is obtained by cooking white rice in water, then filtering it and taking the liquid.
It is preferable to feed them constantly in order to better increase growth, because at the age of 6-10 weeks kittens need between 6-8 meals a day, while at 7 months they need four meals a day, and at 9 months they need three meals a day.
In this article we have presented the most basic points in order to feed newborn kittens.
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