My kitten is about 5-6 weeks old. She drinks water, eats hard food, but I also give her a tray of kitten milk. The carton says it can be used as a supplement for older cats too... should I take the milk away?
2006-06-20 16:00:44 · 11 answers · asked by Holly the Kitty 4 in Pets ➔ Cats
ok, obviously everyone else isn't reading it right. you said you are giving her kitten milk....and it's a supplement for older cats too...which means it's not regular milk, but milk that has been treated for the lactose (natural sugar in milk) so that cats can digest it. they sell a product in the regular stores called CatSip which is the same thing. You probably got yours at the vet unless you got the same thing I am talking about. It won't make her sick because it's been treated to break down the lactose.
You can gradually decrease the amount of milk you give her until she doesn't miss it at all. She is old enough to be eating hard kitten food and you have already said she is. You can always give her the milk every once in a while as a treat for her. She will still drink it even if she hasn't had it everyday. As for it being a supplement for older cats, it's because as cats get older, it'd harder for them to digest the needed nutrients in regular food and the milk helps provide them.
Congrats on your new kitten!
2006-06-20 20:18:21 · answer #1 · answered by beckyg_98 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Kitten milk is taken into consideration as a supplement particularly than a precise meal, and would have it as a lot as one 3 hundred and sixty 5 days old. My kittens have Whiskas kitten pouches and are rewarded with Whiskas kitten milk.
2016-11-15 01:21:33 · answer #2 · answered by riedthaler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah. I give my full grown cat milk too; right after I eat cereal out of a bowl, I let my cat finish the milk in the bowl.
2006-06-20 16:04:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats don't have the proper enzymes to digest the sugars in milk, and its not entirely beneficial to their health. They do however enjoy the taste so they will drink it anways, potentially causing diarhea and vomiting, as well as other digestive tract problems. If you feed her a formula milk designed for cats, its designed around these problems and is perfectly ok.
2006-06-20 16:25:24 · answer #4 · answered by Grace 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As soon as your cat can eat dry food you do not need to give her milk any more. As long as you are giving her kitten food she has all the nutrition that she needs.
2006-06-20 19:53:07 · answer #5 · answered by Trish J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 months
2006-06-22 14:10:15 · answer #6 · answered by josh c 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
switch to goats milk.....higher fat content....all babies need high fat....but not too much since a kitten......ween off the goats milk when 3 months old....switch to evaporated milk....start weening off the milk when about 6 months and completely at 7 months...its a slow process but you don't have to feed it the milk every day.Look for changes in eating.....cats are finicky....what's her name btw?....post it here if you like
2006-06-21 11:07:46 · answer #7 · answered by Jedi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No you can gradually wean her off, if ya want, but she can drink for a while longer, watch out for diarhea from it, though. If she gets that, take her off.
2006-06-20 16:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by SweetPiper 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not unless you want worms growing in the cat's stomach.
2006-06-20 16:03:52 · answer #9 · answered by cherry-o 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you feel like it.
2006-06-21 11:58:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋