I have a mama cat and she seems to be staying longer and longer away from the babies. Should i put some wet food down for them ?
At what age do kitties start eating moist food ?
I have a mama cat and she seems to be staying longer and longer away from the babies. Should i put some wet food down for them ?... Other Pet Discussions : At what age do kitties start eating moist food ?...
Yes, you should put moist food down. When the mother starts to spend more time away from them it means she is weening them. The average age for the kittens to start eating is 3-5 weeks old.
They usually are weaned around 6 weeks. Mom will show signs of not wanting to nurse because they have teeth. One of my mama cats brought the kittens to me when they were ready to be weaned! It took me a few minutes to realize what she was doing. But that doesn't usually happen. You have to start the kittens out with watered down food and should put them on newspapers because it gets messy.
a kitten can start off eating moist food between the ages of 4 and 6 weeks so yeah long as they have sum teeth there good to go and the mama cat is just trying to wean them ..
www.purrinlot.com/kittenbirthcalendar.htm Put in kitty's birthday and it will give you a round-a-bout time.Usually around 3-4 weeks they can have soft food, but should nurse with mommy as long as she'll let them. At least 8 weeks.
My friends young cats only consume the gravy part of the cats food.She buys pricey food...Science diet etc.For the other cats....visiting cats etc I put out friskies....anything with a lot of gravy going is what they seem to prefer.The brown solid kinda stuff they don't go for.You may have to experiment a bit with the food.My friend got samples from pet store.At one point she had 8 different kinds of cat food available.Cats also change their minds about what food they prefer.