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FAQs on CatsI have looked all over the internet trying to find out how much, how often and what I should feed my new 6 week old kitten. Can you help me?
If you feel you must keep your kitten on a “Schedule”, at six weeks he should be eating at least four times a day. If you keep the dry food down all the time, he will eat when he is hungry. Most pet stores sell “Self–feeders”, thus allowing you to keep food down for him all the time. If you want to, you can also offer a canned, or “Wet” food to him, once or twice daily but more as a treat than as a steady dietI have looked all over the internet trying to find out how much, how often and what I should feed my new 6 week old kitten. Can you help me?
If you feel you must keep your kitten on a “Schedule”, at six weeks he should be eating at least four times a day. If you keep the dry food down all the time, he will eat when he is hungry. Most pet stores sell “Self-feeders”, thus allowing you to keep food down for him all the time. If you want to, you can also offer a canned, or “Wet” food to him, once or twice daily but more as a treat than as a steady diet.
Start him early on a premium food, such as Iambs or Science Diet. These foods contain very little filler and are loaded with the proper amount of vitamins and nutrients for a growing kitten. Do not give a young kitten cow’s milk, as this quite often causes diarrhea in cats and kittens but make sure that he gets lots of fresh water. Good luck and enjoy your new little guy!
My cat had kittens about 6 weeks ago. I am keeping one of the six kittens. When do I stop giving the kitten milk (Milk replacement for weaning)?
You should be weaning the kitten over to solid foods now. Kittens should be offered solid food at 4 weeks, and be completely weaned by 6-8 weeks. Try mixing some high quality kitten kibble with the milk replacement until the kitten is used to eating solid food.
I have a 2 1/2 year old male cat. During his annual exam, my vet diagnosed him with a heart murmur. My vet explained what it is and said the only way to help my cat was to keep his weight down. My vet said he has never had a cat die of congenial heart failure but has seen dogs who have. How long can I expect my cat to live with this condition? Is weight the only way I can help him?
I have had cats and dogs live up to 15 years with congenital murmurs. I would just tell the owners not to let the animal know they have it or they get a cardiac complex like people do. Weight and moderate exercise is important-weight first. This is depending on the type of murmur. If it sounds or feels like a toilet flushing the chances of survival are very good-make sure it is checked periodically.
I recently found 4 kittens unattended under my house about 1 week old or less. I’ve been milk feeding them but notice fleas on them. I’m concerned about fleas growth and contamination of our other cats in the house, when is it safe to deflea these kittens. The medication that we bought states that cats must be over 6 weeks old to apply. Can you tell me why this is and what would be the problem of applying the solution to them now. Is the flea medication worse than the fleas at this point and why?
