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I was planning on doing it when she is around 4 or 5 months old. That is how I did the previous kitten I raised a year ago (she’s doing well too). I figured I would give her plenty of time to grow but not wait so long that she goes into heat.

I just wanted to give an update. The kitten is doing well and is very playful. She often likes to snuggle and wrestle. She is going to be 13 weeks old in a couple days. Thank you for the advice. Hopefully that may be the last one I will raise because I know if I raise more I will want to keep...

Will do. All I know is even if she only took in 12ml each feeding, if she was fed every 3 hours instead of 4, she would still end up in the long run eating more per day than in 4 hour feedings if she ate 15ml each time on average. I am finding this all to be a big balancing act, but I do like...

Since she will be 4 weeks old soon, should I change the frequency of feedings to 5 hours and then 6 hours around weaning age, or should I stick with what I got going on now a bit longer if I have reason to believe she will get more nutrition that way? My original plan was to hit 6 hour feedings...

I really do thank you for your patience. This is my second kitten so I am still a little green if you know what I mean. She is either a naturally smaller cat genetically (despite having what I thought to be an average birth weight) or she has a huge growth spurt in her future I guess.

Every 4 hours or 6 times a day. She usually likes to stop around 12ml or so at first at which I let her play around, and afterwards I’ll offer the bottle again so she will eat a little more so that she can meet her daily required intake if she needs to grow more than what she’s been doing. I try...

Can weight fluctuate downwards throughout the day as they grow? I weighed her for the heck of it an hour ago, and she weighs a little less then than what she did last night a few hours ago. She weighed at 332g last night, but an hour ago she weighed at 333g... but that was after she ate around...

Well... I think it is safe to say it is impossible for her to be younger than I think considering when we got her she still had her umbilical cord. Plus we took her in assuming that day was the day she was born. Can’t get younger than that. I also don’t know what you mean by cutting her baby...

All right. Well it is looking she may be a tad over 12 ounces when she is 4 weeks which means she only gained around an ounce in one week. Has me a little concerned especially considering she started out at around 3.3 ounces which I consider to be normal. I know of one website that says they...

Hey. Once again thanks for all the help. I had another question. I ask here because each site seems to have slightly differing answers... I guess because each cat is different I dunno. What would you say is the average minimum weight for a 4 week old and 5 week old kitten? It is looking like it...

Well I doubled her oil intake from .1ml to .2ml which I think equals around 5 or 6 drops. That is how many milliliters I was told to give her for lactulose too, but I am holding on that for now because I am afraid of possible laxative addiction assuming she hasn’t already grown dependent on the...

Also, to add on to the post I just made... if I was to have to administer laxative if oil does not cause her to poop, is lactulose I got from my vet addictive and cause kittens to depend on it in order to poop, or can I give it to her indefinitely until she becomes more regular? I also have...

Today is her 23rd day, and she is roughly 315g now. So I guess a 75g increase in around a week since I first started this thread. A 10g increase average spread across a week sounds pretty good now that I think about it. I typically weigh her at night right before feeding and stimulation, so the...

Thank you so much. I am learning things here that most sites that teach how to take care of kittens do not actually seem to say. Most sites I have seen seem to make it come across as if it is indeed a science and a numbers game. “Your kitten better gain this amount of weight, or she will die!”...

Yes I have tried the oil drops, and that didn’t seem to help much, but I’ll continue that. I am also stimulating her as well, sometimes 3 attempts per feeding just to try and be sure. I typically just feed her first, burp her, stimulate, let her walk around and explore a little, and try feeding...

Okay. Now I seem to be having an opposite problem. Instead of pigging out easily eating at least 15ml, she is now only eating maybe around 12ml if I am lucky. It is now a rarity for her to eat up to 14ml. I was planning on transitioning her to feedings spaced 4 hours apart in her third week, but...

I appreciate that. One other question. I see olive oil brought up a lot on different sites. Is canola oil also okay? I have on occasion given her 2-3 drops of wesson canola oil. I haven’t been giving if to her every single feeding, but I suppose I could start. I also read on one site in...

I get that. In fact I reference her content a lot. However this kitten in that age range can often times down up to 25ml, and no I am not force feeding. She consistently drinks over 14ml almost every single time. I just don’t get it. Not just that but her and the previous kitten I raised dealt...

Oh, I totally understand that kittens will eat more as they grow. It just caught me off guard that the amount she wants does not line up with the charts I have been referencing. Nowhere do the charts say the numbers are minimum requirements. One even said to be careful not to go too far over...

Thank you. So there is little possibility of her regurgitating her food back up as long as I allow her to eat only as much as she is willing to take in? It’s vomiting and diarrhea that are my two concerns when feeding her those big amounts. I am a numbers guy by nature, so it is strange for me...