2 Week Old Kitten Won T Eat

You can also try to make the food more appetizing so that the transition is easier.

2 week old kitten won t eat. I am unsure what to do since most my kittens were nursed by their mother. Get a kitten formula and nursing kit in a pet store. He s not eatting now and we can t get him to poop either. Offer wet food and dry food with different textures and shapes pâté stew broth triangular kibble round kibble etc.

Two week old kitten won t eat. Cats typically prefer to eat in private so find a quiet feeding corner or nook where foot traffic from people and other pets won t disturb your kitten s meals. A kitten can as much as double his body weight between birth and 1 week old and it s because he nurses so much. Ive been trying to rub his bottom to get him to go he was able to pee a tiny bit but not as much as normal.

If competition from other cats or kittens is giving your little one anxiety you ll need to develop a workaround in some sort of space where he can dine in peace. Today he has a small pencil lead sized poop and hasn t gone since. Not only that cow s milk cannot be properly digested by them. I also bought a bottle and formula at the pet store.

How to feed in terms of nutrition the one thing you must always remember is to never give the kitten cow s milk as it isn t nutritious enough for them. Kittens expend a lot of energy playing as well as growing so they don t have as much of a store of calories for fuel as adult cats do. My cat had a litter of 10 two weeks ago. The other kitten is refusing to eat or drink.

Every couple hours when i try to feed it it looks like it s. I have a kitten about 2 weeks old. However the one that is refusing to eat the dry cat food or drink the water will drink milk. One is eating the dry kitten chow and drinking water.

Apparently very healthy playing sleeping using the kitty litter box. Kirsten nickisch d v m tells clients that if a kitten hasn t eaten in 24 hours a doctor s visit is in order. I tried separating the kittens so mommy could nurse the sick one better. Caring for 2 week old kitten.

If your kitten isn t nursing she needs an alternative food source and fast. I have one kitten that s half the size of the other nine and looks very sickly. It worked a little.