Bottle Feeding Kittens Chart

This resource provides instructions for caring for bottle feeding kittens bottle babies very young kittens who have been abandoned or orphaned.

Bottle feeding kittens chart.

A kitten will nurse for about 45 minutes at a time every 2 to 3 hours for the first week of life. Bottle feeding is an essential skill for any kitten rescuer and kitten lady makes it easy to learn with this step by step tutorial. Kittens that are bottle fed should consume about a tablespoon or 15 ml of special kitten formula at each feeding. When a kitten is without a mother it s up to us to lend a hand.

Kitten bottle feeding and stomach capacity chart estimated kitten age weeks kitten weight lbs oz kitten weight grams daily caloric requirement amount of formula per day ml amount per feeding ml approximate number of feedings per day 1 week 2 oz 57 g 11 kcal 15 ml 2 ml 7 3 oz 85 g 17 kcal 23 ml 3 ml 7 4 oz 113 g 23 kcal 31 ml. Three weeks old kitten. Anyone can learn to bottle feed but there are some tips you ll want to have in order to do so safely. 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.

Instead let the kitten suckle at her own pace. It includes information on feeding weaning medical care developmental milestones and more. The rest of the time will be spent sleeping. At this age you can start introducing solid food use wet food at first and try mixing it with kitten formula.

Young kittens require frequent feeding so be prepared to care for them around the clock until they are 5 to 6 weeks of age and weaning onto wet food.