is my cat tired of nursing?

Question

the kittens are almost 6 weeks old. and everytime they try to nurse the mom meows loudly and gets up and walks away or she bites them in the neck or swats them with her back paws? is it time to wean?

Answer 1

Wean those kittens. They now have teeth and are chewing at mom's mammaries. Offer a high quality kitten chow. Good luck!

Answer 2

Generally kittens should start the weaning process at 4 weeks and be completely weaned by 8 to 10 weeks. You need to do it very gradually by starting out with small amounts of canned kitten food (about 1/2 teaspoon per kitten), warmed up in the microwave for a couple of seconds. You might need to put some under their noses to get them started. Increase the amount of kitten food they get and then start adding a little bit of dry food to the canned. Increase the dry food and decrease the canned food over a week to 10 days until all they have is dry food. Keep a bowl of dry food available at all times (and it's good for momma, too). I recommend dry food because it's better for their teeth and promotes better skeletal development. Kittens need to spend a certain amount of time with their momma for emotional maturity. Momma is trying to tell you she needs help weaning these kittens. You can help her by isolating her from the kittens overnight occasionally as the weaning progresses. Then she can be isolated every night, and finally be kept separate from her kittens. This helps the weaning process and also helps momma stop producing milk. Just be sure the weaning process goes slowly so the kittens don't lose weight.

Answer 3

yes kittens can start weaning as young as 4 weeks .. by 6 weeks they really need to be on some sort of solid food.

offer them soft food 4 times a day..leave hard complete food out for them to pick on both day and night.. make sure they have access to fresh water..

Answer 4

pass to the puppy keep at present and get a kitten nursing kit- incorporates tiny bottle and formula. attempt that. If that does no longer paintings call your vet and ask what's next. once the newborn starts to eating out of the bottle and positive factors means, it might want to commence nursing the mum. do no longer overlook that many kittens have a decision for certain teats so it might want to no longer nurse off the sibling's teat. confirm the "orphan" continues to be with the mum nonetheless. It needs the care of a cat even if it received't nurse.

Answer 5

Yes, she is weaning them. Start them on soft food and always have water available. She will let them nurse sometimes but this is her way of getting them used to solid food. Start with canned food, no fish yet and leave a some dry food out to see if they can handle it. Don't give them milk as it will cause diarrhea.

Answer 6

Yes--Wean them! Kittens should be weaned about the age of 4-5 weeks. 6 weeks is about the age to be selling them -- so they should be fully weaned by that age.

Answer 7

You start weaning kits at 4-5 weeks. By all means, give mom a break and get them started on dry and small amount of canned foods. Water, too. Don't overfeed canned food or the kits will have smelly loose stools

Then get mom spayed.

Answer 8

She is tired and she may be running low of milk, when you buy kitten food. Make sure you get purina kitten chow. And make sure it's in the yellow box/bag NOT the blue. The blue box/bag has milk in it, and will give them very bad diarrhea (i learned that the hard way). Don't give them ice cold tap water, light cold is good and wait a while on the can food.

Answer 9

The meowing loudly when they try to nurse makes me concerned about the possibility of pain from a breast infection. Or she could just be saying she's had enough. You might check with the vet just to be sure.

Answer 10

YES.