Weaning Kittens Early. Start with a diluted kitten milk in a shallow bowl. Rivera kittens can begin to eat on their own at the age of 3 to 4 weeks.
There has been some changes over the past decade or so about how some animal control facilities or shelters deal with the problem of orphaned kittens who are too young to eat on their own. Once your newly born kittens reach about three to four weeks old they will be ready to start their gradual journey onto solid food their mother s own bowls of food will be far too rich for them and could cause stomach upsets and diarrhoea. If you are bottle feeding an orphaned kitten or one whose mother isn t able to feed her weaning can begin as early as three weeks.
With mom they ll start to try to eat her food and she ll push them away from her says benson.
Determine when to wean your kitten. Rivera kittens can begin to eat on their own at the age of 3 to 4 weeks. If you are bottle feeding an orphaned kitten or one whose mother isn t able to feed her weaning can begin as early as three weeks. The process of weaning usually starts when kittens are about three to four weeks old and takes two to three weeks to complete.
