My kitten is aggressive around food

Hello everyone,

I've noticed that my 6 week old kitten becomes very aggressive when I give her food. She eats and if I put my hand near her plate she makes sounds and wraps her arm around the food and swats at me if I get too close. She also takes a piece of her food from the plate and eats it away from me and then returns to her plate for more sometimes.
This behavior has improved since I've put dry food for her to munch on at all times but her behavior still worries me. She is fed well and not starving to be so defensive around her food.
Please help!

6 weeks really is very young to be away from mom. Some of her defensiveness may stem from her young age. For now, try leaving her in peace to eat. So long as she isn't getting aggressive as you're putting the food down for her I don't see it as too much of a problem at this stage. My best guess is that she's just feeling a little insecure. You may find Feliway diffusers help her to relax a little.

A six-week-old kittten is barely weaned and needs to eat wet food every 4 hours, and like Columbine said, also nibble on dry kitten chow in between. We do not recommend kittens be separated from their moms and litter mates until at least 8 weeks and preferably 12 weeks.

sarthur2 said:

A six-week-old kittten is barely weaned and needs to eat wet food every 4 hours, and like Columbine said, also nibble on dry kitten chow in between. We do not recommend kittens be separated from their moms and litter mates until at least 8 weeks and preferably 12 weeks.

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She is a rescue. I adopted her because she didn't have a mothet around

Ah, thank you! She is lucky to have you! Just feed her often and enjoy her!

sarthur2 said:

Ah, thank you! She is lucky to have you! Just feed her often and enjoy her!

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Thank you
She is a joy!