Kitten weaning!!!!!!!!!!

WEll All my babies are doing fine!!!!!!!..They are 4 weeks now and i would like to get them to try and start to have a Little bit of something other than their mothers milk......DO i try them with Just warm milk or Milk with water I know they must continue with mama,s milk but i dont think it would hurt for them to start to try somethig different.....HAs anyone got any suggestions please?.....
Thanks
Ghostkitten

I hope you are talking about replacement milk and not homogonized milk. Milk for small kittens can cause digestive upset and blocked bowels. It is the only liquid you can drink that comes out solid, so please don't give your new babies regular milk. I usually start them out with baby food, chicken or turkey, then some dried food when they are old enough mixed with baby food and a little water. Gradually as they grow, they will get dry food and kitten canned food. I stop the water, because the dry kibble is good for their teeth and jaws.

Yep, regular milk is not good for cats. Meat based baby food is great, just make sure it doesn't contain any onion powder.

Check out this article about kitten nutrition:
http://www.thecatsite.com/nutrition/kitten.html

Kittens really can't and wont eat anything else until they are about 6 weeks old. You can start with mixing the KMR milk replacer with the dry food to make a soft gruel or try a little canned kitten food. They can start to get dry food at about 7 or 8 weeks. The dry food you cant really force on them but leave it out for them to nibble if they want to. They will usually go for it because they like it and it's new.

Originally posted by ghostkitten
WEll All my babies are doing fine!!!!!!!..They are 4 weeks now and i would like to get them to try and start to have a Little bit of something other than their mothers milk......DO i try them with Just warm milk or Milk with water

I know they must continue with mama,s milk but i dont think it would hurt for them to start to try somethig different.....HAs anyone got any suggestions please?.....

Thanks
Ghostkitten

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We put out a kitten canned food, 6 oz. size, mixed with a teaspoon of plain yogurt or cottage cheese. The yogurt and cottage cheese add calcium but you won't overdose them like you might with a powdered supplement. Our last litter was 7 kittens, so we used 2 cans mixed like I stated and mom and the kittens chowed down. We actually started supplementing mom's wet food immediately after birth. It's always a good idea to add calcium to a nursing mom's diet, especially with a large litter, as her body will only manufacture so much for the kittens and then it starts to pull from mom's own resource; her bones. Hope this helps.

Pete