Weaning (4-8 weeks)
Summary When you touch something contaminated—either in the kittens’ space or elsewhere—and then touch another thing or things, you are potentially a fomite transmitting pathogens. Learn how to minimize being…
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Summary Cleaning and disinfecting are ways to minimize the transmission of pathogens, agents that live in a host and cause infections and diseases. This article outlines the differences between these…
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Summary The weaning process may be different for each kitten, even those in the same litter. Therefore, it’s important to learn about different weaning approaches in terms of timing and…
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Summary You’ve considered all the factors to help make your decision to intervene or not. There is a lot to think about; some situations may make it easy to decide…
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Summary Kittens’ best chance of survival is being with their mother through their weaning process, and it’s best to leave them in place with their mother whenever possible. So, before…
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Summary Weaning is an important milestone when kittens transition from the queen’s milk or kitten milk replacement formula to solid kitten food (wet and dry). It may not come easily…
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Summary Carefully observing the daily changes of weaned kittens from their weight and eating, defecating and urinating habits to energy level is essential. Such changes can be the first indication…
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Summary Kittens can usually be confined to a small space until they are almost 4 weeks old and begin weaning. At this time, they are learning to eat on their…
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Summary Caring for weaning kittens is usually less intense than caring for bottle kittens. Some aspects of caring for bottle kittens are no longer part of the daily routine; other…
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