12 day old kittens

slushie79

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Hello,
I have 12 day old kittens (orphaned) and we have been bottle feeding them, when can we introduce wet food?
We are keeping 1 and have a home for the other, when can she go to her new home?
How do we clean them, and how do we potty train them?

Any advice is great!
 

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Wet food; beginning somewhere at week 4.

New home: Earliest at week 8, preferably say week 10-12...  Now, they dont have own mommy, not here nor there. Do you have a friendly adult cat home and there? Or a cat friendly dog?  If so, it may  weigh on the scale on exactly when.

If they are supposed to be alone cats, better to let them be toghether as long as you can, so they can learn social knowledge frome each other, if not from the mom...

I suppose you do already have some way to clean them?  What are you doing?

[edit.  baby wipes wetted in warm water should do.  If necessary you can held their behind in running luke warm water, and dry them afterwards. It shall be a just little more than lukewarm for you]

Litter training.  Right, they cant follow moms example.  They will probably begin somewhat later than when if mom shows them.

Have shallow litter, for example such aluminium folie bakery, fill them with non clumping litter.

They will try at latest when they ate more solid food...   Set in them there after they had eaten. Stimulate some.

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Good luck!
 
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