I Have 4-kittens. W/be 4-wks old 6-24-06. When is correct time to start feeding them food to ween them f/ Mama

Question

I have 4 adorable Kittens. They'll be 4-weeks old June 24th. When is the correct time to start feeding them food in order to start weening them from Mama cat? Because I want to be able to get them excellent homes by the time their 6-weeks old, which is July 8th, but I want to make sure their totally weened before they go to their new loving homes. If anyone's interested in a kitten please call my home phone [phone] or my cell phone [phone], my name is Vicki. Thank you

Answer 1

If they are starting to show teeth, you can start now. Buy good quality kitten food. Put just enough warm water on it to let it get soggy. Wait about 2-3 minutes and put it on the floor. Pick each kitten up and put there face right into the food. Don't smother them though, just enought to get there lil' noses wet with the food. When they lick the wet stuff off their nose, they will realize it's yummie and want more.

Answer 2

Hi Vicki -

I'm about four weeks ahead of you in the kitten department. As far as weening goes, and using the box, they watch their Mama and figure it out pretty good by the time they are eight weeks old, but not really any sooner. I would think twice about finding them new homes any time before they are eight weeks old. We had a cat once that was not fully weaned he developed weird behavior problems such as chewing on blankets and clothes trying to fulfull the nursing need all his life. Kittens need their mamas just like we do, to show us how to live better lives. Two weeks will make a big difference in their lives. Please consider it.

Answer 3

Try canned kitten food with cat milk first. You may need to dab a little on their mouth to get them to try it. They usually love the cat milk alone (you can buy this in the cat food section-it is usually in a small carton) Put it in a saucer or small plate. Once the kittens have teeth, they still need soft food and will need fresh food & water 3-4 times a day until about 7-8 weeks old. You may choose to wait until 8 weeks of age to give to new homes.

Answer 4

The time when newborn kittens are old enough to be weened is 7 weeks. Start feeding them high protein dog food. It's WAY better for them than cat food.

Answer 5

I'd start at 6 weeks, and they are not ready to go home until they are 8 weeks old, when they are most stable. I don't know if you read a news story recently but a woman bought a 5 week kitten from a breeder and it died and she sued, since the reccommended age is 8 weeks... then again people sue each other for ANYTHING these days. I'll be sued for writing this, haha

Answer 6

Start now, by taking some kitten food, and mashing it up in a bowl with warm water, leaving it sort of chunky. Put it down in their box, or wherever you keep them, and see if they eat it. Do that for a week, and then slowly reduce the amount of water until it's almost dry. By the end of two weeks, momma will start rejecting them, and they'll be weaned. If momma still wants them to nurse, sorry Vicki, but you'll have to keep them a bit longer. Nature will prevail!

Answer 7

ok have you gotin any can cat food the best kind of can food for them would be friskies can cat food i have 3 kittens that are 2 months old as of the 18th of this month and my kittens started eating dry cat food on there own and please dont give them new home til they are totally weedned from there momma and most people wont take them until they r litter boxed trained and 6 weeks old i have three beautiful kittens and i wont ever give them away for no one but i know that for exsperince they can start eating food now but get them can cat food they are to young to eat dry food just yet my kittens was a month and a half when they started eating can food on there own and the momma cat will start to ween the kittens on her own if you fosr them to be weened the momma might try to kill them

Answer 8

ever body who answer you question is correct about waiting tell the kittens are 8 wks. Just don't give the human milk it'll give the the runs and thats not nice to clean up.

Answer 9

You will not need to ween them off-there mother does that
when you see that she spends less time with her then you know that it is time to offer a little wet food!I wish i could get one but we just ADOPTED{well actually they adopted me....}two new little pluff balls!Good luck finding new homes and PLEASE make sure you give a back ground check!Also try to give them to kids and/or older people{sinors!}bucause ages 25-like 45 are all like involved in thier love life and will not take such good care.....also the inter net is not the best place to try and sell them-try talking with your vet he will find great animals loving homes!I hope you the best of luck-and your kits!if you need ANYTHING-ANYTHING just IM me and ill do my best to help!My parents are vets and i am a soon to be one so i know a lot about animals~best of luck!