What to feed 2 week old kittens without mother
Kitten & Cat Care : How to Raise Just-Born Kittens
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hi I'm dr. Marcia Martin and we're here
at safe harbor Animal Rescue in Jupiter
Florida to talk about animal healthcare
this segment we're going to talk about
caring for kittens raising a kitten is
really a lot of fun it's also a lot of
work so the first thing you need to do
when you find that little kitten is kind
of determine how old he is because then
you're going to know just how hard you
have to work with him the first thing
roll him over and look at that belly if
you see a little tiny cord coming out of
his belly button he's less than three
days old your eyes should open around
ten days teeth start coming through the
gum line at about two weeks you need to
build a nest for your kittens to keep
them warm the easiest way to do that is
with either a crate or a cardboard box
you need the bottom of your of your nest
to be bigger than an average-sized
heating heating pad put your heating
pads set on low never any higher than
low into the bottom of your little nest
cover it with a blanket and then put
your kittens inside you need to make
sure that there's room around that
heating pad for the kittens to kind of
scooch off if they get too hot they can
regulate their body temperature that way
by getting on to the warm area and
moving off of it
kitten milk replacer is important never
never never feed a kitten cow's milk now
this is where it gets hard because
feeding kittens is just like feeding a
newborn baby when there are less than a
week old you're going to be up and down
with feedings you need to feed them
maybe eight times a day about four
ounces for that first week now two weeks
things get a little easier you're down
to four feedings of maybe 12 ounces and
by three weeks it's three feedings in
about 27 ounces at a time by four weeks
you can start them on some kitten food
generally I don't like kibble start them
with a good canned diet preferably a
green freak and diet introduce it by
putting it on their paws leaving it in a
little low bowl that they can kind of
roll around in and they'll figure out
pretty quick that that's food and that
will give you a break from the feeding
process now when they're little they
don't urinate and defecate on their own
and this is really important because a
lot of people don't know that they need
help to do that
so you need to
simulate the mother as she stimulates
them to urinate and defecate by taking a
warm washcloth with warm water and just
kind of rubbing it around their little
genital region and usually they'll go
ahead and pass urine and stool for you
the urine should be clearer the stool
should be formed if it's not you
probably need to take your kitten to the
vet which is a good idea anyways we find
a little kitten you need to take it to
the vet let it be checked for intestinal
parasites and fleas and any other
infectious disease that may need to be
treated with medication once you've got
that done then you're on your way to
raising your kitten
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