Older than 3 weeks

You will find if a kitten is over three weeks old it can normally handle soft food. This can include canned food, chicken/beef congee and you can even slowly start to introduce them to biscuits. But to get them used to the hardness of the biscuits for a week soften the biscuits with water. If the kitten is confused and will not eat soft food you may need to bottle feed milk and slowly introduce it to soft food on a plate over time.

Remember fish is not a good diet for kittens or cats. Fish can give a cat bad stomach problems and diarrhea. Please stick to canned food and biscuits as well as meat (chicken and beef.)

Further Healthcare - Important!

Deworm your new kitten

• Kittens need to be dewormed at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks, then again at 12 and 16 weeks of age.
• You can then move to 6 months and 1 year, then deworm as an adult.

Vaccination and Rabies

• Cats need their first combination vaccine at 9-10 weeks old.
• They will also need their Rabies vaccine at 12 weeks.

Sterilization

• Cats need to be sterilized before the age of 6 months. This is extremely important!

Fleas and skin care

A kitten with fleas can be treated very easily. Medicated shampoos can be found in pet shops around town easily.

• Using a wet baby wipe add a tiny amount of shampoo and wipe over the kitten.
• Rinse using clean wet baby wipes. Make sure to dry the kitten and keep warm straight after washing.

Sickness

If you find the kitten has severe, watery diarrhea, becomes lethargic, and does not eat or drink, you will need to contact your local vet immediately. A kitten with these conditions can die extremely fast. In emergency whilst waiting for vet treatment you can attempt to syringe feed sugar water to the kitten. But please be careful and do so gently.

Any other unusual signs of sickness or injury please contact your local vet to help you.