How long to wean kittens and how to wean them

If your cat is a female and you have no intention of having her spayed or neutered, you should be prepared to be a grandmother, because sooner or later some new life will arrive. And like most mammals, newborn kittens will feed on breast milk. This is because breast milk contains all the nutrients that a kitten’s body needs. But kittens will grow day by day, and like human children, at some point, they will be weaned. Then the kitty also needs to be weaned. Some pooper scoopers are not sure how to wean their kittens, right? Today I will tell you how to wean your kitten. Weaning time kittens since its birth, after 20 days of kittens, they will eat more milk. But often this time the mother’s milk quantity will gradually decline. At this time we need to determine the time of weaning. Generally, weaning can begin when the kitten is four weeks old, and most cats are usually weaned by the eighth to tenth week. At three weeks of age, kittens can be fed a liquid diet, preferably with vitamin A, vitamin D or cod liver oil in appropriate amounts. At the fourth week, you can start to add some steamed buns, rice and minced meat or hard-boiled eggs. As we all know, cats are omnivores. At this time, you can also gradually add some special kitten food to reduce the kitten’s need for breast milk. Until weaning is successful. The first stage of weaning method: the main food is goat milk, mixed with a small amount of kitten food. First, make the goat milk powder according to the ratio on the milk powder can, and brew the water at a temperature of about 40 degrees. Subsequently, pour the brewed goat milk into the tableware where the cat eats/drinks daily and sprinkle a small amount of young cat food so that bits of young cat food float on the surface. Finally, observe the cat’s eating situation. Most kittens will occasionally eat a little bit of cat food that floats to their mouths in the process of drinking milk. The main purpose of this stage is to let her know that in addition to milk, there are other foods (kitten food) that she can eat, but she is not forced to eat it as her main food. Stage 2: Soften the kitten food with goat milk and guide the cat to eat it. At this stage, increase the proportion of food in the cat food bowl, more food and less milk, it is best to soak the kitten food in goat milk for a while and then give it to the kitten. Most of the cats leaving the milk is actually dominated by this stage of the way, basically kittens will try to eat the goat’s milk soaked in soft young cat food, this stage should be based on the acceptance of the cat, so that the bowl of goat’s milk is less and less, until only the soaked soft cat food is left. Stage 3: From soft to hard, adapt to dry food Wait until the kitten has been used to eating softened kitten food, provide it with food gradually from soft to hard over (that is, from soaking for 10 minutes to soaking for 5 minutes, 3 minutes, and finally transition to fresh and dry kitten food.) At this point, the cat’s weaning process is complete! Note that during the weaning period of the kitten, the owner should not give the cat a bath at will. The bathing time should wait until 2 weeks after the cat is successfully weaned and vaccinated. At this time, the kitten’s body has produced antibodies and can resist the stimulation of the external environment, and will not be so easy to get sick, so the owner can give the cat a bath and clean.