My 6-week-old kitten needs care. How do I feed and litter train her?

Roxy is so cute! Given that her eyes are open, she is definitely at least three weeks old, but based on the picture, I would say she is older than that. She may be skinny from intestinal worms, which is common in kittens. It's a good idea to have her seen by a vet on Monday, who can give her a deworming treatment, give you a more exact age, and do a health check on her. Just in case she isn't used to dry kitten food, I will give you a method to help her get used to it. Also be sure to leave water out at all times for her. I would soak a high quality kitten formulated dry food in warm water until soft. Then mix that with kitten formula such as KMR to make a mush the consistency of oatmeal. Over the next two weeks, gradually increase the amount of dry kitten food and decrease the amount of water and KMR you use until she is eating the dry kitten food only. I hope this helps!

The answer is up to you and your cat. Some cats prefer dry only, some wet only, some enjoy both. Kitten food is still needed at six months of age and will be until he is a year old. Cats are carnivores, and canned, pate-type wet food is the closest to what they would get in the wild. Dry food has to have some carbohydrates in the form of grains or vegetable pulp in order to be made into dry nuggets. Cats have a very low carbohydrate requirement and some gain excess weight on dry food. Feed the best food you can afford. My personal favorites are Science Diet and Royal Canin. Both offer excellent quality, specifically formulated diets that are nutritionally complete for your pet's life stage and condition and both offer money-back guarantees if your pet doesn't like them. Just make sure when switching to a new food to introduce it gradually. Transition your pet onto a new food by offering the old food in one bowl and a mix of 1/4 new food and 3/4 old food in another bowl next to it. Do this for a week, then offer 1/2-1/2 new/old food in the second bowl for a week. Change to 3/4 new-1/4 old for a week and gradually stop putting old food in the first bowl. By the end of the month she should be transitioned to the new food with a minimum of digestive upset.

Hello, thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Yes, you can. There is also a Kitten weaning formula, but the milk is fine. I would also provide the dry food plain, so Sky can crunch down if she wants too. Take care.

You're going to need to be a little more specific than that! Based on that picture, your kitty is looking pretty comfortable! A six week old kitten should already be fully weaned and on its way to litter trained. Feed it a high quality kitten food, make sure it has a comfortable place to sleep, access to water at all times, some toys, and plenty of love. In terms of medical care, I would make sure it has been properly dewormed by taking a fecal sample into a vet to have it viewed microscopically. It should start getting its first series of vaccines at eight weeks. It can be rabies vaccinated by twelve weeks of age.

At 5 weeks Baby should be old enough to start eating some solid food. You can try mixing some canned kitten food with some kitten formula like KMR and putting it in a shallow dish. If she still won’t eat I would recommend seeing a veterinarian to determine what might be wrong. They can also teach you how to tube feed if necessary.

Warm the food slightly or mix n a teaspoon of baby food to stimulate his appetite. A gruel or slurry can also be made using dry kitten food and an appropriate kitten milk replacer. Do not use cow milk. Gradually decrease the liquid and mix in wetr food. Then, you can gradually decrease the dry food until he is eating canned food only. Patience and consistency are necessary in litterbox training. When he defecates or urinates outside the box, use a tissue to pick up the stool or soak up the urine and transfer it to the box. Place him in the box to sniff and inspect it. Litterbox attractants may also help to get him into the box.

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your cat :( For the kittens, mom would have been weaning them by this point. Offer a bowl of warmed kitten formula, a bowl of warmed wet kitten food and a bowl of warmed formula soaked kitten kibble. Smear the contents of the bowls along the mouths/lips of the kittens so that they get the taste in their mouths. This will generally stimulate them to start eating. Royal Canin makes a great kitten food called Baby Cat for kittens under 6weeks old. This is what I fed my little rescues. Best of luck!