Things You'll Need
- Pet nursing bottle
- Sewing needle
- Kitten milk replacement formula
- Canned kitten food
- Blender
- Shallow dish
- Towel
- Cat treats
- Food processor
- Meat baby food
- Canned tuna
Instructions
Bottle feed kittens 4 weeks old or younger, since they will still need to nurse at this age and cannot eat solid food. Take a pet nursing bottle and poke two small holes in the top of the bottle with a sewing needle that has been dipped in hot water. Mix up the kitten milk replacement formula according to the directions on the package --- if using the powdered form --- and pour it into the bottle. Heat the formula to 98 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit by placing the bottle in a bowl of hot water. Place the kitten on its stomach over a towel and place the nipple into its mouth. Squeeze a small drop of formula into the kitten's mouth. The kitten should start to suckle.
Feed kittens between 4 and 8 weeks old with a mixture of kitten milk replacement formula and canned kitten food. For kittens 4 to 6 weeks old, mix two parts of the formula with one part solid food and place the mixture in a blender until smooth. For kittens 6 to 8 weeks, mix two parts of the canned food with one part of the formula, stirring the mixture by hand. Spoon the mixture onto the edges of a shallow dish and place it over a towel. Place the kitten next to the dish and rub a small amount of the food onto the kitten's lips with your finger to tempt it to eat.
Give kittens older than 8 weeks old canned kitten food. To tempt the kitten to eat the food, place it on a shallow dish and heat it for a few seconds in the microwave to make the food smell more pungent and palatable to the kitten. Rub a small amount of the food onto your kitten's lips to tempt it to eat.
Place cat treats in a food processor and blend them into a powder. Sprinkle the powder on top of the canned kitten food for kittens 8 weeks or older. The scent of the treats should draw your kitten to the food. You can also add a small amount of meat baby foods to the canned kitten food to attract your kitten to the food.
Put a small amount of canned tuna into a shallow dish and mix it into canned kitten food. Pour a small amount of the water from the tuna onto the top of the tuna and canned food mixture. The aroma of tuna should attract your kitten to eat the food.