How To Take Care Of 1 Week Old Kittens

Get her used to weekly combing and grooming.

How to take care of 1 week old kittens. Feed kittens on their stomachs not their backs like human babies and tilt the bottle. After they re done eating you ll need to burp the kittens. Their eyes are closed and their ears are folded down. 1 3 weeks.

Our little blind mice. This is perfectly normal don t try to open their eyes they will open on their own soon. Their eyes open during the second week but their vision isn t very good at this point and they ll need to be kept out of bright light says the spruce pets. Take care that it s not in a drafty location.

Newborn kittens may nurse about every 1 2 hours. Gather towels and place the kittens in a box a cat bed or anything that s an open top container. At birth the kittens are both blind and deaf. Make sure the formula is slightly warmer than room temperature.

Use specific kitten bottles to feed them kitten formula. Put them on your shoulder or on their stomachs and pat them gently until they burp. How to care for 1 week old kitten. Kittens open their eyes and ears kittens come into the world with their eyes and ears closed and spend the first week or so of their lives blind and deaf.

Make sure the litter box is always available to your kitten and cleaned frequently. 1 week old kitten care. Kittens will generally use litter boxes by instinct however you can help teach her to use it by placing her in the box after meals and play sessions. Step two before each feeding you are advised to sterilize the nipples and bottles by boiling them in water for a few minutes.