i just adopted this little guy yesterday. he was advertised as 8 weeks old but when i asked the birthdate the lady said they were born the first weekend in march, which would make them only 5 weeks old. i dont know how to tell the age. i will add pictures in a little while. if he is only 5 weeks then does he need milk replacement or anything?
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Question about baby kitten
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I once rescued a Kitten, and the vet told me she was only 4 weeks old at the time. But he just told me, that as long as the kitten is eating and drinking fine, there is no need for milk replacers.
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okay thanks
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here is a picture in case anyone can guess the age? he was very hungry when i first got him, i kept putting more and more food on the plate but he kept eating it all so i finally gave him the whole can
What a little cutie he is.
I love orange babies, we have two orange girls.
I love orange babies, we have two orange girls.
Awwww.....what a cutie!!!!
aww he is cute! does look young though.
pretty much free feed kittens dry food and give them wet periodically.
pretty much free feed kittens dry food and give them wet periodically.
Honestly, he does look a bit closer to the 8 week mark than 5 weeks. What a little darling orange boy!!! You must be smitten!!!
aww is is a very pretty orange....I love orange kitty's
jenn
jenn
no advice but holy cutie
he is sooooo cute! Want to cuddle him!
I might be off on this, but I was told by a few folks that their eyes usually change color around 6wks old (in other words - by by baby blues and hello adult color). That might help you a bit. Are his eyes blue? Also, his weight might help a tiny bit too. I just got done with three litters myself and did a lot of research, learned a lot and was very good about weighing them. I'm by no means an expert (in fact you'll find my plea for help when I got them on this forum somewhere
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Also, mine ate food at that age and no KMR because it was giving them diarreah, but to help their little teeth, in addition to the canned food, I took the dry kitten food and added a touch of warm water so that it softened it just a bit. Once they began really going to town on that I backed of the water bit by bit and now they eat the dry just fine.
He is a cutie by the way!!!
Also, mine ate food at that age and no KMR because it was giving them diarreah, but to help their little teeth, in addition to the canned food, I took the dry kitten food and added a touch of warm water so that it softened it just a bit. Once they began really going to town on that I backed of the water bit by bit and now they eat the dry just fine.
He is a cutie by the way!!!
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his eyes are still blue, but when i got my humane society kitten she was supposedly 10 weeks old and her eyes were still blue as well. ill hafta do some research on that.
he is just the cutest ever!!!!
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from what i could find, the eye color usually changes around 8-10 weeks. but my other cats didnt change until about 4 months......
Wow! All 3 of my litters had their eyes change at around 5 1/2 - 6 wks and the 3 litters we've had at adoption the past few weeks were all 8 weeks old and all their eyes had already changed. Interesting. Now I'm confused.
i would say from size he looks to be about 6-7 weeks old?
eye colour change can be different for all kittens. iv had a litter before where there eyes were still blue untill about 8 weeks then started changing. then this litter i have now there eyes are already starting to change and there 4 1/2 weeks old. chloe was 6 weeks old when we found her and her eyes still had a tint of blue to them.
eye colour change can be different for all kittens. iv had a litter before where there eyes were still blue untill about 8 weeks then started changing. then this litter i have now there eyes are already starting to change and there 4 1/2 weeks old. chloe was 6 weeks old when we found her and her eyes still had a tint of blue to them.
He looks a little older (btw he's a red tabby). At 5 weeks they are still kinda uncoordinated with walking/running.
He's really too young to be away from mom/siblings. Is he your only cat? If so, you might consider adopting a 6 month old or older. He'll get the benefit of proper cat ettiquet from another cat. Otherwise he may wind up with problems in social/behavior skills from being away from mom too soon. Ideally they should stay with mom and siblings for a minimum of 10 weeks - better for 12-16 weeks.
He's really too young to be away from mom/siblings. Is he your only cat? If so, you might consider adopting a 6 month old or older. He'll get the benefit of proper cat ettiquet from another cat. Otherwise he may wind up with problems in social/behavior skills from being away from mom too soon. Ideally they should stay with mom and siblings for a minimum of 10 weeks - better for 12-16 weeks.
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i have two other 10 month old kitties
