1.6 IB is normal for a 6 week old kitten. Last year my 6 week old kitten refuse solid food, so I decided that I would put wet food (the gravy part) on her lips and paws 3 or 4 times a day. She hated it, but I did not give up. She finally graduated from her mom's milk to solid foods at 10 1/2 weeks. She ate wet food, finally, at 8 weeks. MCARBONE4 your right your kittens are under weight, if you could, you might want to give them KMR to boast their weight up a bit.
If these kittens are without their mom, sometimes the best thing to do is confine them in a dog crate with food/water and litter. Kittens, like babies, don't always know when they need to go so the idea is to provide them less area to roam in so that they are forced to use the litterbox. Once they get that down..you can expand the area that they are allowed in..but make sure to give them several litterbox options (small aluminum cooking pans are great). Also, it is best not to use clumping litter at this age...but instead use a bio-degradable brand (like Feline Pine).Originally Posted by mcarbone4
I have two 6week old kittens as well and they are much lighter than yours.Mine are 6oz and 8oz. So you must be doing soemthing right. I think my kittys are underweight. good luck. By the way....how is your litter box training going? mine seem to go everywhere BUT the litter box. ?? so weird.
Is there a reason you need to seperate mom from her kittens?? Even though weaning starts at 6 weeks of age...it typically takes a period of time before the kittens are fully adjusted to canned food. You may want to take the kittens into a seperate room and allow for them to have their own can of kitten food...but then I would return them to mom. Also, it is preferable to place kittens at 10-12 weeks, after they have received their first distemper shot (so they have been seen by a vet).
Ok..now I understand..some people want to completely seperate kittens so they can place them earlier...but I understand you want to allow the kittens to eat away from mom.
