What & How to Feed Kittens age 4 to 6 Weeks old
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With Kitten Season in full swing, I'm getting a lot of questions about when young kittens can begin eating on their own and what to feed them. In this video I will show you the best foods for kittens this age and how to encourage them to start eating on their own. Kittens are able to eat solid food between 3 and 4 weeks old. Usually they learn from watching their mother eat, and as she begins to wean them off milk they start looking to eat solid food. There's lots of foods for kittens on the market, and I always recommend buying the highest quality dry and canned food you can afford. Be sure the food is soft enough for small kittens to chew, and that it contains the proper nutrients needed for growing kittens. Provide a clean living environment (kittens are messy), fresh water, and lots of love...a healthy diet is just part of raising happy kittens!
Here's a couple of my go-to kitten formula canned foods:
Triumph Turkey Kitten Formula - Quality ingredients with no by-products that are nutritious but are also easy on kitten's tummies
Muse by Purina Naturals Chicken Kitten Pate - Never met a kitten that didn't LOVE the taste of this food! Great for picky eaters
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I'm watching this now because my neighbor's cat gave birth to six kittens in my house. 😂
@jiya._negi
3 жыл бұрын
Me tio im adipting one lol
@PARK___JIMIN
3 жыл бұрын
Aww so cute 6 kittens😍😍
@l3sunnysideup23
3 жыл бұрын
Make sure to try and get the kittens nuter because its going to get all crazy with cats. I just fixed a mess out where I live the neighbor feeds strays and ive had to tale in 3 kittens to were abandoned by their mama. Now one of those babirs had babies lorddd🤦🏻 I fixed almost everyone. Best to get help from local spay/nuter for free all you have to do is trap the cats.
@bernadettemarieballecer3079
3 жыл бұрын
😹😹😹
@mdr09
3 жыл бұрын
SAME😂😂
"gently" pushes kittens face into the bowl 🤣🤣
@sol.p2206
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@lainea8628
3 жыл бұрын
yea right. that for her is gentle. i am surprise.
@LucyFerr000
3 жыл бұрын
Must be Dumbledore "calmly" training his cat. lol
@rizaldirizal7024
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣😂😂 omg
@IraFuse_422
3 жыл бұрын
I let my kitten eat off my finger and she went right for the bowl afterwards
1:29 Expectation: "by gently guiding their nose to the food." Reality: Forcibly pushed the kitten to the food. 🙀😹
@TeddiiTheGod
2 жыл бұрын
Lmfaoooooo that's what i said
@goldenbunny9079
2 жыл бұрын
Reality: shoves 🐈 face straight in bowl 🥣 🤦
90k views means people nursing kittens including me too😂
@allthelovetish3080
4 жыл бұрын
I’m taking care of 2 orphaned kittens!
@officialcookie1758
3 жыл бұрын
prince of animation hossain no I don’t hav one will soon tho so I’m seeing how to
@zumeybear6883
3 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@zumeybear6883
3 жыл бұрын
My bebe ate his first big boy meal night before last and he took right to it ! Hes surpassed all his milestones since we got him at 2 days old.
@srprerona9064
3 жыл бұрын
173k
We just got a little gentleman, finally convinced the parents. He keeps walking me over to his food bowl so I wanna make sure we're feeding him right. Thank you!!
@KittenSchool
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the nice comment! Hope your little gentleman is doing great. xoxo
I recently found an abandoned kitten near my job so I decided to take care of it 🐈 I find this very helpful
My cat just give birth! she has 3 kittens, and im very grateful! God bless you!😇😇😇
My kitten is barely 5 weeks old and I haven't introduced her to wet food but she already started to steal her mum's dry food 😅🤣
@alilgoofer7796
3 жыл бұрын
One of my 7 keeps nosing around in her mums dry food as well 😂
@nixilodean3899
3 жыл бұрын
Mine is 4 weeks eats chicken n milk of her moms bowl
@smitanayak_
3 жыл бұрын
Same😂
@priy9542
3 жыл бұрын
@@smitanayak_ ab kya dete hay aap? Mere ghar 3 stray kitten hay 1 mth old. Kya khilau?
@kugisakinobara3468
2 жыл бұрын
@@priy9542 feed them meo kitten wet food
OMG thanks so much it works I tried put his head toward the food and he started to eat about 12 mins later
@svetlanikolova7673
4 жыл бұрын
When they are hungry they pick up.in a minute.
My kitten is on my lap sleeping, it’s the 1st day I’ve had her and she is so cute!
@Chcnumbr
3 жыл бұрын
MOUREEN AYAD oooo my kitten is still 3 weeks old :3 but remember, never give your kitten human milk, your kitten is too young to eat solid food, there’s this thing at your local market, ask one of the staff for kitten milk. What breed is your cat??
@Chcnumbr
3 жыл бұрын
If he didn’t eat don’t force feed him, my cat did the exact same thing, it wasn’t used to it’s home, remember just whenever you give your kitten milk, don’t stare at it while it’s drinking, it could cause stress and anxiety, it will feel like it’s being watched 24/7, when your kitten goes behind the couch then let him, it’s their way of getting a free tour of the house, also NEVER give your kitten belly rubs because cats hate it! Maybe a little scratch under the chin that won’t hurt , play hard to get with your cat and in no time, it will be clinging up to u, that’s all the info I have, hope it helped!
@Chcnumbr
3 жыл бұрын
Also mine was born on 25/7
Tip: set several plates out with small amounts like bite size and fill as needed until they are done less mess and you can see who is eating what and how much
Cute kittens & momma cats. Nice to see handsome Sing Sing make an appearance. Thanks for all you do for cats. You're awesome Caroline :-)
Very sweet kittens and good information! Thank you for sharing 👍
I love how precise and to the point your videos are! I find them super helpful!
Very informative, lots of guidance. Thank you!!
Never thought I would need this video
My 6-7 week old kitten is already such a great eater but wanted to make sure I was doing it right. Just introduced her to kitten kibble today, softened it a bit with water. Thanks for the uploaded!
Thanks!! Straight to the point, And Accurate!! Most other information is Confusing
My grandfather found a kitten and he's not going away from the house so I requested my grandpa to keep it. It's meows are the sweetest sounds I ever heard!
Thank you Kitten Lady for this excellent video, especially the part at 2:05 about mixing in the dry kitten food gradually, this helped with my two kittens runny tummy problems after only 2 days, thank you so much! 😊😊😊
@KittenSchool
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Happy that your kittens are doing so much better xoxox
Great advice! Thank you!
Thanks for the advice. A very friendly stray cat here in my apartment block has had 4 adorable kittens. Despite being spring it’s been really cold and so I put them in a box with a blanket and brought them and mum cat inside. Guess I have a new cat! She’s a good mum but I’ve not raised kittens from birth so I found your video quite helpful. Solid food fun coming!
Excellent tips for new foster parent
thank you sooo much for a very perfect guide for us how to take care of our kittiesss
We found a feral kitten in our shed, it’s mama didn’t come back. We’re keeping it in our camper for now. I love it so much but we’re probably going to give it away. It’s so lovely and sweet. Didn’t even scratch bite or hiss at us. We think it was lonely and it followed us. It’s so sweet. It’s a lovely calico. One side of its face is black and the other one is brownish/orange. It has blue eyes and it’s so cute.
This is very useful and informative, thank you.
We had a momma cat (stray) who nursed her kitten even when they were the same size. Thank goodness we were able to catch and spay them 😀
Just got a kitten and this helps! Thanks
So happy for all that be information
Thanks for this video.. its very helpful.. Godbless
Wow thank you for the info. Very informative. I have kittens too
I love that fountain! My cats would love a fountain
I'm watching this because I got a kitty from street 😊
Thank you
Nice video with sweet voice 🥰
Im getting a kitty over 6 to 7 weeks this is really helpful!!!the kitty's were born 3 days ago !!!
@noneofyourbusiness18
3 жыл бұрын
I just rescued a 5-6 week old kitten I found in my old corvette. He instantly started to eat lol
Thank you now I know. God bless!
thanks so much
Great advice ❤🇬🇧
Tysm!
Tysm! We just got a 3 week old! Learne d so much!!
@KittenSchool
Жыл бұрын
So happy to hear it! Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for your video now my kitten well survive ❤❤❤
Thanks
Good info. Thank you 😻💜🌹😻💜🌹😻💜🌹😻💜🌹😻😻🌹😻
Omggg the 1st black cat looks exactly my new cat
I'm watching this because I found an abandoned kitten
@tomu7396
29 күн бұрын
❤❤
Thank youu
I love this water fountain! What kind is it??
This is helping a lot. My cat recently gave birth three weeks ago and is unable to feed them due to mastitis so i have to take over and ive never had to bottle feed kittens before or anything so im glad i found this. Ty❤️
@KittenSchool
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Zoey, I am so glad that you found this video helpful! Let me know if you have any more questions, and thanks for taking care of those little ones! It's not easy work I know...
i found a kitten crying in front of our door. i cant ignore her but i don't have the right foods for her. so I'm here! I'mma take care of this kitten 🥰
@KittenSchool
2 жыл бұрын
Steve, how is the kitten?
omg the first cat looks like my cat i saw her outside of my house and I'm planning to adopt her
@Pushpa-jn8sc
3 жыл бұрын
So u adopted? It's been 2 months
@deco2gogo
2 жыл бұрын
I've got three 6-week-old kittens that look exactly like that. Black, with tabby stripes. Good luck.
Because, I am watching this I found a little kitten. He's so cute!
Thanks 😊 dear 💕
@KittenSchool
2 жыл бұрын
You are most Welcome 😊
I feed my youngest in an area just to herself, she's about six weeks...she gets fed about 5x a day. I add about 2Tblsps of water to the bowl (for extra hydration) like a moat around the food; all my babies get extra water that way and it works well.
Thank you for this information 🌼
Cute catns
Thanks so. Much appreciated my kittens only just got from a men and problems or ready
Taking care of a mama cat an her 3 and 2 adopted kittens. They are 4 week old, but look small for the age. They are still nursing. Thanks for the tips. They are getting round bunting
PUSH THE KITTEN'S FACE IN SOME MORE WHY DON'T YOU.😂🤣😅
@abdi5817
4 жыл бұрын
Bill Frankison lmao I was like tf?
@MumblezForever
4 жыл бұрын
"Gently" lmao
@sagesavage4690
4 жыл бұрын
Yea I’m pretty sure they don’t like that let them explore their food on their own when they get hungry enough they’ll find it and eat it that’s what I do right now my kittens are lapping up their formula so I let them taste it on my finger to let them know what it is and once they know what it is they lead right to where their little bowl is and drink it I never suggest putting a cat face in there they might become frantic and scared And then they associate eating food or u near them while eating with a scary experience and then it probably won’t work But this doesn’t happen to all kittens but most kittens esp if thyre shy
@dondra984
3 жыл бұрын
I put some on my finger and let them smell it, then sit them in front of the bowl. They know what to do.
@Lenchika82
3 жыл бұрын
@@dondra984 That's exactly what I do too and should be done, not what the "expert" does, turning it into an unpleasant and scary experience.
Bottle feeding 5 kittens now. Lady found them in a ditch at 2 weeks old and we have been caring for them for 3 weeks now. We strictly bottle fed them until 4 weeks and then introduced fancy feast kitten food mixed with formula. They are 5 weeks now and almost entirely eating on their own but we do have one hold out that seems to want to be bottle fed his 5-6 times a day AND eat his solid portion. We think it’s a comfort thing because he doesn’t seem interested in the actual formula just the sucking motion. My concern is over eating because their bellies are hard and round almost constantly now. They are gaining steadily except the runt who likes to gain, lose, gain, lose, gain, lose. His overall progress is a steady climb but not as hearty as his brothers or sister. He doesn’t seem to mind though. He can be just as vicious as his siblings despite his size.
@KittenSchool
2 жыл бұрын
Hi! It sounds like you guys have done an amazing job raising these bottle babies. And that is no easy feat! It's common for the runt to make a slow progress behind the others, and also to crave "the nipple" more, too. I would continue to syringe feed him for a few more weeks while also encouraging him to eat the canned food. Maybe try feeding him the canned food alone, so he doesn't have to fight with his older siblings. Have you been able to give the kittens any dewormer? At 5 weeks, a small dose of Strongid is fine, and you can buy it online. Dose is .2 ml per pound, repeating every 2 weeks for about a month. The hard, round bellies could be a sign of worms. As long as they are all gaining weight (some faster than others is to be expected), are active, alert, and pooping okay, you should be on track!
@karinkutner8415
Жыл бұрын
9
I'm watching this video because I adopted the two abandoned kittens ❤️
Love you'r video! I am going to be fostering a pair of 5 week old kittens starting today from my local shelter. Any tips? :)
@anyadelaplane-yusem1413
4 жыл бұрын
Unknown Soldier ok thx! i keep them in the bathroom. with mushy soft food and lots of places to hide although they r not shy at all😄
2 of my cat die I know why know bc they don’t eat enough and some of them are getting so skinny. Thank u sm this video help I will take care of them
Kitten school wow thanks
Not to be a know it all but I have had many experiences with both kittens and puppies the only way to prevent diarrhea is to not switch foods very often and to wean them properly by mixing some of their formula into their canned food and little by little just keep adding more and more canned food each day and then eventually just don’t have any formula in there and just let them eat the wet canned food And then let them eat just straight canned food for about a week or two so their tummies can get digested to it and then After a couple weeks of just canned food then you can introduce hard food once their teeth and stuff growing you can do this by doing the same thing I mentioned above by mixing a little dry food in with her wet food and then eventually working your way to just dry food but it is important for kittens to have wet food that way they can get more moisture from the canned food cats need a lot of moisture and water Good luck to all the kitty parents out there !! :) it worked for my kittens doing it this way and they haven’t had diarrhea at all jus reg poops lmao❤️
I also make a gruel with the kitten wet food and formula and after a week of that i start adding some dry kibble to the gruel, then start reducing the formula in the gruel with water and leave out some water at play time, at six weeks I start using less liquid in the wet food and leave dry kibble in a bowl,,
The kitten were getting is 5 weeks old and in one week we will get her but we can’t get her mom so thanks a lot it helped :)
I really don't need to know how to feed a kitten, I just love kitty and doggy videos 😍
@angelbuenafrancisca5982
3 жыл бұрын
Awwwww that's cute! I never knew someone like u, wish my friends are like thiss
@unsoftness4536
3 жыл бұрын
@@angelbuenafrancisca5982 You'll find the right person eventually, goodluck. 😁
@angelbuenafrancisca5982
3 жыл бұрын
@@unsoftness4536 thanks:))
yes but HOW MUCH
@itsajahthing
8 ай бұрын
As much as will fill their little tummys!
My little Ember scares me lol. When she sees the bottle, she turns. She becomes a real beast 🤣. She's only about 4 weeks, and was abandoned. I'm hoping to eventually convince her that food isn't going anywhere haha.
I'm watching this right now because I found a 4-6 week-old kitten in a farm near our house haha
Lovely video again. I'd like a rescue kitten but our older female cat doesn't get on with other cats at all so it's not possible . Any suggestions you may have would be great....best wishes from Adrian in Sheffield South Yorkshire England 😀😺
I was going adapt my cousin's cat's baby after it starts eating solid food.but today that mama cat died.so I have to adapt it right now.that's why I am watching this. RIP fluffy (the mama cat) 😭
i'm dealing with a three-week old kitten and her stray mom. thank you for this info. it's my first time to ever experience having a pet and phew~ i thought it was easy but yeah i'll do my best 😅
@football6787
2 жыл бұрын
I have a cat that gave birth to 7 kittens it is sure hard to look after them they are 5 weeks old btw
@dreamthemusicnow
9 ай бұрын
You'll do great!
Thanks for your video. It was very helpful. Recently, a little over a week now, I took in a TortaShell Kitten who was found on the ground all by itself by someone. At that time, the kitten was 3 weeks old. I was asked if I am interested in raising and caring this kitten since 3 of my families could not take in the cats at this time. So I took the kitten. Right now, Coco, a new name, is now 4 weeks old female. Coco was seen by a Vet recently. I noticed the brand name of cat's foods says "Blue" in your video. The Vet said no "Blue". A lot of the commercially prepared kitten foods have changed. Whether the by-products are added into the meat foods or not? Wet or nugget dried foods. Not long ago, the scientists are finding that dogs and cats health are rising to do to the lack of the nutrients found in by-products foods. Hard to believe? Right!! I stand on Organic Foods for my pets. No grains (my vet said it was okay to eat) No by-products (my vet said it was okay to eat) Think about the early days before any of us was born. Early days were animals killed animals to survive. That's pure meat. Do they know better to eat grains? I doubt it. Vegs? Perhaps some greens like grass and edible leaves. I've had 2 cats and both had lived up to 15 years. I was proud that they reached that age. So, doing research and educate yourself, what are you feeding your pets? My sister once owns a dog. She prepared the dog foods HOME-MADE. Bought Organic Grass-Fed Hamburger, mixed in vitamins and other nutrients she believes in. Divide the meats into 4 meals, a pound each. I watched her make one. Her dog's fur looked wonderful and healthy. Happy as a clam. So, if you don't eat garbage, don't feed your pets garbage. Give them healthy foods that they deserved. Lots of love and happiness prolong their lives and yours too.
@ta.j.mo.9626
2 жыл бұрын
It's true that it's better to give kittens the healthiest alternative. But if someone is rescuing a kitten, and can't afford top dollar organic foods, kittens and cats have thrived equally well on store bought kibble and commercial foods. It's better the kitten survives because someone cares enough to get some type of food in its system, than for someone to turn down caring for a kitten because they can't afford top dollar food. If that were the case, I'm pretty sure a lot of kittens wouldn't survive because not everyone who adopts a cat or rescues a kitten, or raises animals can afford it. Personally even in my own family, sure it'd be great if I had a barn where I could give my kids fresh from scratch food, completely organic and what not. But I can't afford a house with land and livestock, and I also can't afford to buy all organic at the store. And personally, I choose not to anyway because a lot of companies claim their foods are organic, but technically don't even qualify as organic because there's so much that goes into pesticide free foods. Land has to be cared for without any pesticides for years, you can't have any pesticide traced seedling travel and plant itself into your pesticide free farm which could contaminate it, and much more. Kudos to you for having so much love for your kittens and their well being, and kudos to everyone else who is doing their best with the food they can afford so these cats don't die or put in kill shelters. 🥰
Hi! So I have some almost 4-week old kittens and they are confidently eating slurry (I received them from the shelter and the kittens don’t seem to like anything other than the slurried meat. I’ve had problems, though, because they are absolutely a mess. Any tips on kitten cleaning during the messy weaning period?? 😅
Same cats i have
how much can food do you give the kittens? we normall give them the entire small can and small dry food mixed in. They eat on their own, we just make sure they have clean water and food daily. We only give them one can a day daily, more like a treat and leave out dry food all day. We have two kitten btw.
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i love cats
Im getting a kitten tomowor (england time) any tips :D
Please give the link of Royal canin shopping.
How much and how often should I feed them? I have the same wet food as you I have 4 kittens who have there mom and I'm just starting to give them food
I fed my kittens liquid whiskas, but they literally jumped inside the bowl..I got no idea how they ate but at the end they got fully wet 🤭 their whole body smells of tuna
@jiya._negi
3 жыл бұрын
Lol!!
@spcykun
3 жыл бұрын
same! she doesn't like drink from the bottle so i trick her mixing kitten milk and wet whiskas 😂
@natsugaming1984
2 жыл бұрын
How old were there?
😻😍
Very helpful! I adopted 2 abandoned kittens, I think they're 3-4 weeks old. One is a survivor, she drinks milk and climbs up anywhere, while the other one is always sleeping and dislikes drinking milk. I don't know how and what to feed him as I'm a first time cat mom!
@SuperBotanica
3 жыл бұрын
Apple Prieto - you can mix the goat milk now with crushed cooked chicken
@appleprieto5350
3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperBotanica unfortunately he died already 😞
@appleprieto5350
3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperBotanica but thanks for your reply
@SuperBotanica
3 жыл бұрын
@@appleprieto5350 - I am so sorry
Great video! One of my kittens won’t eat the wet food like his siblings. He still wants mothers milk 🙄 so I see that I’ll have to syringe feed him formula so he won’t loose too much weight. But I have a question, how often should I feed them solid foods? & how many hrs in between each meal?
@SuperBotanica
3 жыл бұрын
3-4 times a day
@kimjones2056
2 жыл бұрын
@@SuperBotanica how much would you feed them
@SuperBotanica
2 жыл бұрын
@@kimjones2056 - 2 tea spoon
I am watching this video cuz almost 1 and half month ago I got blessed with an unknown visitor cat (Lilie)who came to our home and lived with us and also gave birth to a really cute baby around 20 days ago.. and now she is no more because of her unfortunate death and I am feeling really very worst I just cant sleep I am missing my Julie alot ...i want to take care of her baby and I want to take care of the baby same as her mama.... please bless my baby may may baby kitten live longer than me I can't see her death like her mother in front of me l🙏🙏🙏😭😭
Did they make that water fountain?
I just found my kitten of one month eat a kibble piece on its own that it found, can I blend the kibble with water and make a paste or something?
😻 meow
2nd round of kittens. Mama is trap smart now...5 kittens this time. Super cute of course. Then try to get the mom cat trapped, TNR.😊
Today is my birthday and my father brought 2 kittens , that's why I am watching it
@KittenSchool
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday and I'm excited about your two new kittens...How wonderful! Please let me know if you have any questions. xoxox Caroline
@sanjeevaniprashanteache
2 жыл бұрын
@@KittenSchool thank you 😊 , can you tell me what are basic things that are to be taken care of like nails , vaccination and bath and all
I’m having trouble feeding my 4-6 week old kitten as we need to help him gain weight So how often do I feed him and how much to help gain weight
that helpful bcs i found 4 kittens in the street outside my house for 2 days and the mother never came so i putted them in my garden with a box that has a fluffy blanket and now i can see what they eat bcs they have been starving
@Vegan_Vlogs
Ай бұрын
If the kittens are under a month they should be given special milk formula for cats,not solids x
How many times a day do i have to give them food?
Just got a five week old Siamese Tabby mix kitten, I don't think the owner realized it was probably too soon for them to be away from momma, but he was the last one and he said his momma went away somewhere (barn cats). So he doesn't like to eat from a bowl, but likes his food in his blankets (the wet royal canine). And he refuses to drink any of the weaning formula from a bottle from me (but he was fine with my step-dad, I think he knows I'm pregnant and going to be producing milk or something cuz he keeps climbing my chest and sniffing and meowing lol). I can't get him to drink water from a shallow lid or go in the litter box yet. He hasn't potties since we've gotten him and it's been about 24 hours... but he ate a good amount of the royal canine baby mother food. Idk I hope I'm doing this right 😭
Should ur water be hot or cold for the kittens to drink from?Becuase I’m getting one soon
How often should they be eating the wet foods and drinking?
Hi, Kitten school. I have a question for you. What flavors of cat food do you feed the kittens?