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When can kittens start to eat meat?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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9y ago

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kittens can start to be weaned at 4 weeks ( one month ) of age. At this time you should also have water down for them at all times. Now when weaning you will be starting with wet or canned food so they will be getting a lot of water from the food anyway, but having water down will get them familiar with it and eventually they will start

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11y ago

Kittens will generally start exploring water dishes and trying to drink by four weeks of age, although they tend to do poorly at it for a bit. By eight weeks of age, the kitten should be able to drink water pretty well.

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8y ago

Kittens eat when hungry, generally every 2 hours when just born. If bottle fed, they need warm kitten formula, not milk. By 6 weeks, they have teeth and should be started on mashed wet food. They will still nurse sometimes.

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Kittens first learn to eat mashed wet food before they learn to lap water. So extra water is put in the MASH so they get some fluids. Kittens will more likely walk into and fall into a bowl of water before learning to lap it. They, they see their mom drinking, and figure out how to lap it themselves.

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11y ago

Kittens can generally start dunking their noses in a shallow dish of water and lapping the water off their noses at about 4 weeks. By 8 weeks of age, they should be drinking readily.

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9y ago

The mother cat encourages the kittens to feed shortly after giving birth. Weaning can begin at approximately four weeks, but the mother and kittens are usually the guide.

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13y ago

new born kittens eat milk

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