Newborn Baby Kittens Care

Chilling is one of the most critical dangers to newborn kittens.

Newborn baby kittens care.

Kittens like darling and his siblings are completely dependent on their mother or you for protection warmth and nutrition. 4 to give the baby cat milk you can use a baby bottle a syringe or a dropper. As a general rule you should give a newborn kitten thirteen milliliters of milk per hundred grams body weight. They fit in the palm of your hand and weigh 3 5 ounces.

Orphaned neonatal kittens require around the clock care so you ll want to establish a routine of care every 2 4 hours the younger they are the more frequent the intervals between feedings it s normal for the kittens to sleep just make sure they are in a safe and confined space. Home care if you are committed to helping the newborn kittens and become their surrogate mother then you will need to provide a safe warm home for them. Provide blankets a heat lamp or a heating pad to ensure the kittens stay warm. 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.

If the mother cat is not around you ll need to prepare and feed them yourself. When kittens are first born they are helpless they cannot see hear keep themselves warm or eliminate waste on their own. Like a human baby a newborn kitten will need to be fed frequently approximately every two to three hours. Brushing her coat and trimming her claws are two important elements of newborn kitten care and the sooner you start routine cat maintenance the easier it is for both of you.

You can use a box or small crate with plenty of dry clean bedding. Newborn kittens may nurse about every 1 2 hours. Regular brushing or combing removes excess hair thus reducing hairballs and keeps her coat clean and shiny while nail clipping lessens her chances of a claw snag. So a kitten weighing 3 ounces will need about 24 ounces of milk replacement every 24 hours.

The mother cat can keep the babies warm but if she leaves to eat or use a litter box the kittens can get cold. As a rule of thumb for every ounce of kitten body weight he or she needs 8 ccs of formula. Use a large enough box to comfortably hold the mother cat and her kittens.