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Originally Posted by one1002
anyway, i found this kitten 3 weeks ago..it was barely 2 weeks of age..perhaps 2 weeks..been taking care of it till now..took it to the vet, and the vet told me to come back once he is 1 month and a half.
at first, i gave him milk which i bought from a petstore..it's called Bengy..having hard time to get him to drink it from the bottle. He kept refusing it, pushing and screaming.. I had to use the syringe and force feed him (in a gentle way of course)..The way i feed him was i lift him up and feed him using the syringe..of course not vertically and not like human baby. I cant get him on the belly to feed like a normal kitten would do. i managed to give 2-3ml per feeding for 5 feedings. still, he's one lil hard headed kitten. Luckily he still survive until today.
After that, i tried feeding him whiskas junior (wet food, tuna flavored)..i put it in a bottle lid (the big one, like the F&N syrup lid lol)..luckily he eats it. But somehow, it's rather suckling than eating. Is this normal? As long as it consumes the food, i think it's fine, right?
Just now, I bought a milkodog, and tried using the bottle. Good news and bad news. First, he sucks on it. Then, he pushed it away. I tried to put the milk on the lid, but it seems that he still doesn't know how to lap from the lid. He kept pushing his head into the milk, and then cough/sneeze.. I had to resort to the old way of feeding him, which is by using the syringe.
But now, I decrease the milk volume to 2ml per feeding + whiskas.
I'm still trying to wean that lil guy. Any pointers? thx!
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Don't worry. I have the same experince as you are. I worry to much then.
As time flies without I notice, they learn to eat and use litter sand without need to be teach.
The kitten is totally normal. They will learns to suck the food first. Once he get use to it (about 2 weeks), and have grown all the teeth, he'll learn to lick the water and eat solid food itself.
You also can try give him boiled chicken, cut them in small portion. This will helps the kitten to learn to chew, not sucking. But make sure them already have their teeth first okay.. Hope this will helps u!
