If you are interested in what and how to feed the kitten,it means that in your house this squeaky miracle appeared on thin legs and with a trembling tail that promises to grow into a brutal or impressive handsome cat or turn into a self-sufficient and self-satisfied cat. But it will be later. And now your house is announced with heartbreaking cries, which only one more portion of food, intended for the sounding calf that emits these sounds, is capable of stopping. And the cries will stop for a bit. After a few hours you will again run into the kitchen, in order to cook food for your loud-sounding pet. And once again, you will be surprised at how often and how much your still-grown pet does not eat. And this can continue indefinitely. To know more how many times to feed the cat until she came out of such a tender age! Do not despair - we will help you: tell you about how many times, how and what exactly you need to feed a small kitten. We will write down all the weeks and months of his first year of life and introduce you to the rules of feeding. And if you are ready for this literacy program, then let's get down to it. 
Feeding a newborn kitten
Unfortunately, sometimes newborn kittens remainwithout a mother, and sometimes the cat for any reason can not feed them. That's when a person has to perform the functions of a wet nurse and take care of helpless babies. Of course, a person can not completely replace a cat's mother, but to help him survive the kitten is quite within his power. Immediately make the reservation that feeding the kitten - the occupation is very, very troublesome and no less responsible. Without food the baby will die, and you will have to feed it very often. In addition to the feeding regime, you should also familiarize yourself with the methods of feeding a newborn baby. Weight gain is the most important indicator by which you can judge the development of a baby. Therefore, the first two weeks of his life you will have to weigh a kitten every day. And since the third week, the baby is weighed every three days. Note that from now on the weight of the small cat will grow more rapidly than the weight of the kitty. Slow weight gain indicates an incorrect feeding regimen or insufficient food volume. The newborn kitten weighs from eighty to one hundred and thirty grams - it all depends on the breed of the baby. Within a week, his weight should double, and then every week increase by about a hundred grams. Kittens at the age of eight weeks weigh about one kilogram. The first thing you need to do is to buy a substitute for cat milk in a pet store or learn how to prepare a formula for feeding yourself. The usual cow (and even goat!) Milk is not suitable for feeding kittens, since the protein content in it is ten times lower than in the milk of a cat. To prepare the milk mixture, it is necessary to mix four parts of cow's milk (boiled) and one part of raw egg white. All this must be beaten to homogeneity and heated to the required temperature. You can also use baby food for babies. That's just to feed a small cat to breed this mixture you need twice as much as the baby. The feeding schedule is constructed in direct proportion to the dynamics of kitten weight gain. Each day, its weight should increase by about twenty grams, and for each grammed grams add four to five grams of milk formula. But how many times a day to feed the kitten, can be seen from the chart.
- First week
The first two days of the baby are fed every two hours during the dayand at night. The third, fourth and fifth day - every two hours in the afternoon and every three hours at night. From the fifth to the seventh day the baby is fed every four hours. In the first week, the temperature of the mixture should be 38-39 degrees, and its volume - 30 milliliters per hundred grams of kitten weight in the first four days and 38 milliliters per hundred grams in the remaining days of the week.
- The second week
The baby continues to feed every four hours day and night. The volume of food is still 38 milliliters per hundred grams of kitten weight. But the temperature of the mixture for feeding is reduced to 30-32 degrees.
- The third week
The volume of food is increased to 46 milliliters perevery hundred grams of kitten weight. The temperature of the milk mixture is lowered to 28-30 degrees and continues to feed the kitten every four hours during the day. Toddlers who are on maternal feeding begin to be fed from the fifteenth day of their life. But the artisan bait is put only from the fourth week of life.
- Fourth week
You can start giving the kids other products: scraped or twisted in a meat grinder low-fat beef, lean curd, egg yolk. But nevertheless it is necessary to continue to feed them with a milk formula. The temperature of the food from this point is brought to room temperature, and its volume remains the same - 46 milliliters for every one hundred grams of kitten weight. The first ten days of newborn kittens are fed only with a milky mixture. And from the eleventh day, you must gradually accustom the kids to solid food. The easiest way is to alternate the milk mixture and very liquid semolina porridge. Only sugar in any case can not be added to either the mixture or the semolina. The first four weeks of the kitten should be fed only with a pipette, a very small nipple or a syringe without a needle. At the fifth week of life, it is necessary to begin to accustom a small cat to a bowl. This usually happens quite easily. The baby is greased with a mouth porridge or a milk mixture and brought to a small bowl - a hungry kitten begins to lap on its own. 
Feeding after the first month of life
From the second month the milk mixture ceases to bethe main food of the kitten. From this age the baby must be fed with other products, but up to three months the mixture should be given as a bait. After the first month of life, the menu for kittens will include almost all the foods that feed the adult cat. By the way, high-quality ready-made premium feed can also be included in the diet of kittens. It is important that this food is designed specifically for toddlers. But up to six months it is better to feed the kittens with natural food. So, include in the diet of your pet the following foods.
- Raw or boiled beef or chicken. It is important that the meat is lean and well-ground. Boiled meat is preferably diluted with milk or broth to the state of gruel.
- Boiled fish - only boneless and only sea! Fish should also be crushed into gruel and given no more often than once a week.
- Porridge on milk and meat (low-fat!) Broth, cooked from mango, buckwheat, rice, oatmeal and yachka. Porridges must first be liquid, and then viscous, so that the baby can lap them.
- Hard boiled eggs are also ground and mixed with milk or broth.
- Low-fat cottage cheese and kefir, as well as other sour-milk drinks without sugar and flavors.
- Vegetables and fruits, grinded on a fine grater. They also can and should be given in raw or boiled form, adding to porridge or minced meat.
It is necessary to include in the baby's diet vitamin andmineral additives, especially necessary for a growing organism. They can be purchased at pet stores or veterinary pharmacies. Only here to calculate the dosage and frequency of admission should be strictly in accordance with the instructions, or even better - after consulting a veterinarian. Allowed to feed kittens and baby food, but such food should not be the basis of the diet of kittens. The question of how many times it is necessary to feed a growing cat, remains relevant at least in the first six months of her life. Up to three months of age, kittens are fed four times a day. In the fourth month of life, the frequency of feeding is gradually adjusted to three times a day and so continue to feed the growing cat or cat until about eight to nine months. From this age the animal is transferred to two meals a day. In one feeding, the baby can only be given one kind of food. True, this does not mean that food can not be combined. It is perfectly permissible to cook porridge on milk or meat broth, and also add vegetables or fruits to them. It is advisable to alternate different types of protein and in one feeding to give, for example, minced meat, and next time cottage cheese or egg yolk, mashed in milk. The most important thing is not to overfeed your baby and leave him hungry. And one more important point. It is at a young age that pet preferences in food are formed. If you accustom him from the young nails to vegetables and fruits, then in the adult cat they will not cause dislike. But these products are the best source of vitamins! But if you regale a small kitten with ready-made food, then you are unlikely to be able to feed the adult animal with other food. In general, with regard to ready feed, the owners should be very cautious. The fact is that such food contains all kinds of additives that cause addiction to the animal. It is often impossible to translate the cat that has become accustomed to dry or wet fodder for natural food. So be careful! 
Helpful Tips
When feeding the kittens, in addition to adherence to the diet, it is necessary to monitor the hygiene of the babies:
- Milk formula for feeding should be fresh. You can store them no longer than a day.
- All bottles, nipples, pipettes and syringes must be washed after each feeding. And at least once a day they must be boiled.
- The first month of life is very important to give babiesfood only recommended temperature. Mixtures should be heated, but not overheated. If the food quickly cools, then its temperature can be maintained with the help of a water bath or simply lower the bottle with the mixture into hot water.
- If the baby is deprived of maternal care, thenit is necessary to monitor his hygiene: clean the eyes, ears and nose. It is necessary to help the child to go to the toilet after each meal. A mother lick her cubs. And you need a soft slightly moist gauze to massage the sides and tummy of the baby, so that it is relieved. A light and smooth massage under the tail will simplify the task.
In a word, attention and care never and for no oneare not superfluous. And when it comes to the life and health of pets, a person simply has to be a caring owner. How else? After all, we are responsible for those who have tamed.
