2 Week Old Kitten Won T Eat

Contact your veterinarian if the kitten does not eat for more than six hours as hypoglycemia can occur quickly in young kittens who are not getting nutrition.

2 week old kitten won t eat. One kitten is perfectly normal but the other one seems very sick and will not eat at all. Get a kitten formula and nursing kit in a pet store. Once they get the hang of it the kittens should consume the milk replacer greedily. Cats are clean animals and your kitten may not like to eat food that is sitting right next to her potty.

You can stop the feeding when the kitten begins to slow down the consumption or becomes disinterested. Not only that cow s milk cannot be properly digested by them. Apparently very healthy playing sleeping using the kitty litter box. 4 days ago i got a kitten from my friend she is healthy and seems happy however she just won t eat and we have tried everything.

We gave her tuna 2 days ago which she ate but was then sick now she. Just give your kitten her meal and allow her to eat in peace. 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. My cat had kittens a few weeks ago and now they are old enough to start eating kitten food.

For now you need to get used to actually feeding the kittens. Yes i know the idea of waking up every 3 4 hours to feed the kitten sounds exhausting but it is what they need in order to get the nutrients to grow. One is eating the dry kitten chow and drinking water. However the one that is refusing to eat the dry cat food or drink the water will drink milk.

Caring for 2 week old kitten. A 2 week old kitten needs to be fed at least 10 14 mls of formula and water combination every 3 4 hours even at night. She feeds from mom less and less and now she is not interested at all and when i try to feed her softened kitten food she won t let me get any into her mouth and just turns her head away. The other kitten is refusing to eat or drink.

She drinks water out of her bowl fine so she knows how to do it but she just won t attempt the food.