4 weeks is the absolute MINIMUM you can ween a cat. This is only suggested if mother is sick, her milk has dried up, or if the kitten is being pushed out. Any time before then, a cat will need to be bottle/tube fed. Typically, the best time to ween a cat is about 8 weeks. If you do it too early or too late and the cat could develop a fixation on nursing. This could cause it to nurse on other animals, like dogs, or on blankets or fingers. It's a BAD thing. It's cute, but there's a lot of drool and it gets old very fast.
Kittens can drink from the mother as long as she lets them. As with human babies, mother's milk is best. Mother's milk not only gives kittens 100% nutrition, it also has factors promoting strong immune-system development.
When kittens nurse they knead the mother cat's breasts with claws unsheathed to stimulate milk flow. As the kittens grow their claws grow, too, and get firm. When the kneading become too uncomfortable the mother cat will wean her kittens on her own.
While the kittens are still nursing you can start putting wet cat food in front of them at around 6 weeks of age.
Most kittens are fully weaned by 12 weeks, which is the youngest that cat breeders will release a pure-bred kitten. By 12 weeks the kittens gradually have become accustomed to eating food from a bowl.
By 12 weeks a kittens also has had time to learn how to be a cat from both the mother and from playing with siblings. Kittens roughhousing together is natural, and teaches them that teeth and claws can hurt when they play too rough.
four weeks old, and is usually completed when they reach eight to ten weeks.
Until it is 6-8 weeks old, since that's when it would normally leave it's mother. Most kittens stop drinking milk a little before then.
It usually takes about nine weeks for a mother cat to have her kittens.
only for short periods of time--30 minutes
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Puppies and Kittens should all be sold at the youngest age of eight weeks.
Kittens should be kept with their mother for 6-8 weeks. They should be on solid food prior to being removed from their mother. Some kittens ween easier and earlier than others, but the most important thing is the kitten is able to live off dry food before giving up its mom.
10 weeks
3 months, probably. And be cautious when you do since you don't want to startle the mother. However, if the mother brings one of her kittens out to show you, then 2 months is probably OK.
Generally the mother cat will go off to a secluded area to have her kittens and she has obviously has chosen to have her litter of kittens under the bed. As long as she is going under the bed to feed them then they should be fine. However, at a month they should be out and walking about so make up a bed (or put a cushion with an old blanket on it) and take the kittens and put them there and watch to be sure the mother cat is tending to their needs.
He'll do it as long as mother allows. As long as he is not losing weight, let the mother decide.
as long as they are genlty patting (not hitting) and the mother cat is not upset by the children touching the kittens i dont see why not Make sure they dont touch them until the kittens' eyes are open otherwise the mother might get mad and could stop taking care of them .
Newborn kittens generally open their eyes in 10 to 14 days. As far as raising new born kittens the mother generally does all the work. They are very particular about caring for their babies and you shouldn't touch them really at all for about five days at least. This may sound strange but the mother cats take care of their kittens on their own and need little help from humans. They could possibly choose not to care for the kittens if they are bothered to much. Kittens are very delicate and the germs from human hands could cause their eyes to mat up and not ever open. As I said before they are delicate and for the most part your mother cat will know what to do and your kittens should be just fine. Hope this helps.