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Feeding Your Cat During Nursing And Weaning
The demand for milk by nursing kittens will continue to increase for about 20
to 30 days. Consequently, the females food and water requirements increase
during this time. The female may have to be fed two to three times a day. Fresh
water in a clean container should be available for drinking. Dry food should be
fed moistened during this period to increase the females food intake and to
encourage the kittens to start to nibble solid food.
When kittens are three to four weeks of age, the weaning process is underway:
the kittens interest in solid food begins and the females interest in nursing
declines. Moistened food in a shallow dish (this can be the same dish used by
the female, if it is shallow enough for the kittens to eat from) should be
available to the kittens for several hours each day. At this time, the females
food intake will gradually decrease. By the time the kittens are weaned, the
females food consumption should again be near normal levels.
On the first day of weaning, the queen should not be fed, but water should be
available. On three successive days, limited feeding, ¼, ½, and ¾ the normal
maintenance amount respectively, is recommended. On the fifth day, the food is
increased to the amount the queen was fed prior to breeding.
Reducing the queen’s food intake and then gradually increasing it helps
decrease milk production and aids in the maintenance of healthy mammary glands.
If, after this time, the queens body condition is such that more food is needed,
increase her food intake until her condition is back to normal.
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