i need some info on taking care of a couple week old kitten?

Answer 1

You have to feed them kitten milk replacer. Cows milk will make them have diarrhea. They need to be feed about every two to three hours and you have to help them to go potty by rubbing their tummy afterwords, then clean them when they go with a warm damp rag. Good luck.

Answer 2

OK keep them warm and feed them cats milk which you can get from any pet store, feed them every couple of hours even at night at the age of around 4-5 weeks you should start weening them and reducing the amount of cats milk you give them, give them soft kitten food found at all big food shops in the pet food section and feed them at least 3 times daily always have water available and they will slowly begin to drink the water but at around 4 weeks they will still need the cat milk they should be completely off the milk at 6 weeks, make sure the water and food bowls are not too high just in case the kittens fall in, when you feed the kittens read the instructions on the pack about how much you should feed them and how many times a day, they shouldn't be fed too much at once, and they really would need a bottle.
I hope I have been a help.
Take good care of them.

Answer 3

seems such as you may desire to a minimum of ask a vet! and there is documents on pets rather some places on Yahoo and. Google inclusive of hand feeding of kittens. it would be common to get a feeding tube interior the lungs which might reason pneumonia; kittens are rather fragile. I even have had small kittens reject tube feeding, and that i might ask your self approximately what you have been giving the kitten. Temperature is likewise substantial. specially, bottle feeding seems greater clever, in case you could, with KMR or equivalent feline kitten milk replacer, at physique temperature. And tube feeding an older kitten is in basic terms a count of scale. I even have dropper fed some, no longer continually effectively, yet on no account used a tube. There are some congenital ailments additionally which will reason a kitten to alter into ill and die no count what you do. frequently take place in critically inbred litters. One ailment strikes at 8-10 weeks specially lines; I had that take place in one line of cats years in the past. There are vet columns, on Yahoo and in puppy journals. very practically feels like the kitten has some obstruction interior the tummy or intestines. i do no longer think of the human Pedialyte is sturdy for cats, because it does not have each and all of the rather some minerals and supplements kittens want. terrific desires, it rather is complicated to lose a kitten you have positioned time and sophisticated artwork into. i think unhappy for you. Oh, if hydration is the only concern you need to use an injection syringe and the loose fold of epidermis in basic terms at the back of the shoulders to inject D5W or some thing comparable. that's each and every so often effective; they lose urge for food if dehydrated.

Answer 4

Go to a good pet store & buy a bottle & some KMR (kitten milk replacer)
Feed the kitten about every 2 - 3 hours untill you see it's natural eating habits.
You'll also need to help the kitten urinate by rubbing the area gently with a paper towel.
Do this before & after each feeding.
After a couple weeks, it'll be able to "go" on it's own.
Keep it warm.

Answer 5

If it's that young, it will need to be fed with a small baby-bottle just for kittens/puppies. There is also a kitten-supplement milk/food you can get from your pet store, to use. Ask them for advice.
The other big issue with kittens up to 6 months old is to kitten-proof your house----no doors, drawers, cupboards, unsafe areas should be there for a small kitten to get into. Watch out for the kitten when you sit on a chair or sofa, when you move furniture, vacuum, shut doors, etc. Don't leave water in the tub unattended, or leave the toilet seat up, EVER. It's also very dangerous when you cook, iron clothes, or do any sewing. The kitten is very small, fragile and curious. Watch out for anything unsafe the kitten might eat or play with or play in and hurt itself--check on them often. This is all part of the joy (and terror) of having a little one. Our tortoiseshell kitten hopped into the Icebox one day, and I had no idea she was in there. Luckily, I could hear her meowing --- but if she hadn't been smart enough to MEOW for help, there might have been a tragedy!

Answer 6

a couple of weeks? 3 4 6 or 8.
If it is young than 6 weeks, it will need to be bottle feed.
If it is closer to 6 to 8 weeks, give small amounts of food, dry cat food, ground into a mush w/very little warm water. With a water dish to the side.
As some as kitten starts having movements (bowel), put the poo inside of litter box, w/kitten and let it smell it, it will cover it up, and just keep doing that until it gets the idea poo = litter box.

Answer 7

I had 2 baby kitten to take care of. I brought baby formula and a Syringe an fed the both of them. When the teeth start coming in buy chicken flavor stage 1 baby food or chop up really fine chicken(white meat only). You also have to rub there bottom very softly so they can go to the bathroom, make sure the cloth is damp, It will remind the kitten of it's mothers tongue.

Answer 8

it's pretty simple and low maintainence. make sure you have a litter box and make sure the cat knows where it is. if the cat goes to the bathroom on the rug or something, try and put its nose in the pee or poo and then bring the cat to the litter box so it learns that that is where it is supopsed to go to the bathroom. Make sure you buy the kitten "kitten food" not cat food because cat food has stuff in it that little kittens cannot yet digest. Also, get dry food, wet cat food often leads to diarrhea.
Make sure the cat always has clean water and don't give it milk! this will also give it diarhhea. cats aren't meant to drink cow's milk!

good luck with the kitten!

oh, and make sure it has shots and don't let it outside! especially if it has been declawed!

Answer 9

They have a special milk KMR. I just did this about a month ago. You need to wash them with warm cloths and you need to burp them like a newborn baby. Feed them every couple of hours. You can get a syringe or actual kitten bottles. You can start introducing them to dry food at about 5 weeks. Make sure you wet the dry food with warm water.

Answer 10

i found my cat when she was 3 weeks old, i went to the pet store, bout a bottle and nipples, kitten replacement milk, and a bed for her. then i bought her a heating pad and a clock that ticks and put in the bed with her with the pad on low. make sure that it has a litter box and plenty of water that it can get to. other than that, feed it when it crys, and it will be a few times during the night as well... just like having a kid...

Answer 11

Why do you have kittens that young? Are they abandoned? Check with a local vet...the kittens will need to be fed frequently and fed kitten formula...the vet can tell you what to feed them, how often and what extra care they might need. They deal with this a lot, as do shelters. Both would be excellent free resources for information.