When Do Kittens Stop Feeding Off Their Mum

Do not use cow s milk as this will cause stomach upset and diarrhea in some kittens.

When do kittens stop feeding off their mum. The complete weaning process generally takes about a month meaning that the wee kittens are usually fully weaned when they are between 8 and 10 weeks in age. They should be seeking you for comfort because you re a human. The liquid kitten food should gradually get thicker until it is a watered down canned kitten food or a moistened kitten kibble. During this time the kittens will still occasionally nurse on their mother but they will also start to eat liquid kitten food.

This makes them dependent and cats are independent creatures. That s not a 100 guarantee though. They just stop feeding them and will swat them away when they try to nurse. Usually the mother weens the kittens completely by 8 or 9 weeks old.

In general kittens need their mother s milk until they are a minimum of 4 weeks old. Dip your fingertip or the syringe or bottle the kitten is used to nursing from into the liquid let the kitten lick it then guide him by moving your finger down into the bowl. Sometimes the family stays together in a colony and sometimes. Serve kitten milk replacer in a shallow bowl.

She let them nurse on her until they got pregnant with their own litters. They certainly should mot be nursing at 4 months and should be separated from their mother unless you plan to keep them in which case they should be getting vet visits by 6 months to be fixed to prevent more unwanted pregnancies and inbreeding. The vast majority of mother cats will know when it s time to wean the kittens. Before long those little guys won t be nursing from their mother at all.

Kittens sucking on their mother at 9 months old isn t normal in the wild. Even though she was spayed she still produced milk. They shouldn t be relying on their mother to this time. Instead they ll be chowing down on puppy food.

That means they have to learn to get their own food. I had a cat gypsy when i was a teenager that adopted four weaned kittens that my mother brought home. Continued how do i wean a kitten off of mother s milk or bottle feeding. Feral cat mothers don t actually abandon their kittens.

Puppies grow up quickly. The weaning process usually continues for about another month until the kittens are fully weaned between eight and 10 weeks of age.