When Do Kittens Stop Feeding Off Their Mum

Puppies grow up quickly.

When do kittens stop feeding off their mum. They just stop feeding them and will swat them away when they try to nurse. They start to transition from their mother s milk onto solid foods a process known as weaning at around 3 weeks to 4 weeks of age. In general kittens need their mother s milk until they are a minimum of 4 weeks old. Sometimes the family stays together in a colony and sometimes.

Do not use cow s milk as this will cause stomach upset and diarrhea in some kittens. That means they have to learn to get their own food. Even though she was spayed she still produced milk. The vast majority of mother cats will know when it s time to wean the kittens.

Dip your fingertip or the syringe or bottle the kitten is used to nursing from into the liquid let the kitten lick it then guide him by moving your finger down into the bowl. A mother cat would normally stop feeding their kittens around 6 8 weeks after giving birth to them the mother cat would stop feeding them and start to push them off because they grow teeth and. Instead they ll be chowing down on puppy food. The weaning process usually continues for about another month until the kittens are fully weaned between eight and 10 weeks of age.

The liquid kitten food should gradually get thicker until it is a watered down canned kitten food or a moistened kitten kibble. Before long those little guys won t be nursing from their mother at all. Serve kitten milk replacer in a shallow bowl. Feral cat mothers don t actually abandon their kittens.

Kittens sucking on their mother at 9 months old isn t normal in the wild. This makes them dependent and cats are independent creatures. The complete weaning process generally takes about a month meaning that the wee kittens are usually fully weaned when they are between 8 and 10 weeks in age. I had a cat gypsy when i was a teenager that adopted four weaned kittens that my mother brought home.

They shouldn t be relying on their mother to this time. She let them nurse on her until they got pregnant with their own litters. They should be stopped even if it comforts them. They certainly should mot be nursing at 4 months and should be separated from their mother unless you plan to keep them in which case they should be getting vet visits by 6 months to be fixed to prevent more unwanted pregnancies and inbreeding.

They should be seeking you for comfort because you re a human. Usually the mother weens the kittens completely by 8 or 9 weeks old.