Bottle Feeding Baby Kittens

Always bottle feed in a natural belly down posture the kitten should be comfortably lying or seated with her belly toward the floor.

Bottle feeding baby kittens.

Regular human baby bottles will likely be too big but most pet stores have newborn kitten bottles and nipples as well as a commercial formula specifically designed for kittens. Never feed a kitten cow s milk or other dairy products dairy alternatives or human baby formula as this can be dangerous or even fatal to the kitten. Feeding the wrong sort of milk such as cow s milk can have short term and long term effects including diarrhea dehydration nutritional deficiencies and long term health problems due to poor growth. Feed kittens using a safe posture.

Make sure to check with your veterinarian if this is the. If your kitten is a preemie you will need to dropper feed it until it s strong enough to suck on the bottle. It includes information on feeding weaning medical care developmental milestones and more. This resource provides instructions for caring for bottle feeding kittens bottle babies very young kittens who have been abandoned or orphaned.

You re going to need to purchase kitten formula you cannot feed kittens the milk that is in your fridge.