How to Feed a Kitten

You have long dreamed of having a kitten, and here is your dream come true. A small fluffy ball lounges on your knees, and in your mind at this time there are thoughts about what it would feed, because it is still quite small and not all fit. Let's try to figure out how to feed the kitten, and most importantly - what.

Meals between the ages of 1.5 and 7 months

Usually, kittens acquire new owners at the age of 1.5 months. Before you start feeding the kitten, it is worth to find out what your pet ate from the previous owners. It is desirable to adhere to this diet for at least 10 days. Instead of mother's milk, you can give the kitten 10% cream. Then you can gradually give up the old diet and, based on your abilities, decide how to feed the kitten. In its menu you can include raw meat - raw beef and chicken breasts, as well as raw yolks, which contains vitamin E. It is useful for kittens and cottage cheese - it should be unsweetened and lean, do not contain any additives. Two or three times a month you can pamper your pet with ocean fish - for example, pink salmon. Try to give the kitten vegetables - fine, if he eats something other than potatoes. They should not be pickled, salted or sharp. Well, if your pet will eat greens - parsley, dill, celery, etc. Here is something like this should be a short menu for kittens under 7 months.

Deciding what to feed cats at such a tender age, you need to remember about a number of restrictions. If you want to pamper the kitten with canned food or sausage products, make sure that they are feline. Others at this age can not be given. Also, the cat's stomach does not digest whole cow's milk. Let's better sour cream, cream, curdled milk, cottage cheese, fermented baked milk. For kittens and adult cats goats' milk is excellent . Do not give protein - contained in it avitin blocks the action of vitamin E (biotin), which is necessary for a growing organism. The only case when it is worth using protein is with diarrhea (diarrhea). If you feed the kitten with dry food, then do not forget to leave a reserve of fresh water - in this case, animals drink more liquid than usual. In general, experts do not recommend giving dry food to cats, as in the future it can create problems with the stomach and kidneys.

By 6-7 months of the kitten it is recommended to switch to three meals a day. Approximately by the year the growth of the animal slows down and by this time the feeding of the kitten is advised to cut to two times a day.

How to feed a kitten without a mother?

After we have just figured out what should be the feeding of cats at the age of 1.5 to 7 months, consider a slightly non-standard, but at the same time real situation. It happens that the young do not have a mother for various reasons. Of course, in all you can not replace the cat, but you can still try to leave the cubs.

So, how to feed the kitten, which is only a few days old? First of all, look for a substitute for breast milk. Such substitutes can be sold in pet stores, if they were not found, then it is necessary to prepare a milk formula that is close in nutritional value to cat milk. Mix 4 parts of boiled milk (goat and cow) and 1 part egg white and whisk until you get a homogeneous substance. If the cow's milk does not absorb the cow's milk, you can use a dry mixture for infants. Cook it in accordance with the instructions, but dilute twice as much water as necessary for a 1-2-week-old baby.

Feed the stray kitten with a pipette or a small nipple. You can also use a syringe without a needle. Do not rush when feeding, so that the baby does not choke. Try to keep the mixture evenly, not faster than it can swallow.

Make sure that the food is fresh. Do not store the mixture for more than a day. Regularly rinse and boil everything that is used for feeding - nipples, bottles, syringes, pipettes. From the 15th day, you can supplement the kittens additionally by giving liquid milk rolls with the addition of cream or chicken egg.