How to Wean a Bottle Fed Kitten

If you've adopted a tiny kitten, chance are you've had to bottle-feed it for the first few weeks. The weaning process can be a bit tricky, but in a few weeks your kitten should be eating from a dish just like a grown-up cat.

Instructions

1

Continue to feed the kitten formula until it is about four weeks old.

2

Place formula alone in a bowl or saucer.

3

Put some of the formula from the saucer on your finger and hold it to the kitten's mouth until it laps it up.

4

Make the connection between your finger and the saucer of formula by slowly moving your finger back to the saucer, and then to the kitten's mouth several times.

5

Offer the kitten the saucer of formula.

6

Slowly start mixing the formula with a smooth-textured food such as strained baby food meats. The resulting mix should be about the texture of runny oatmeal.

7

Gradually use less formula in the food and add some softened kitten chow or canned kitten food to the mix.

8

Gradually add dried food to the mix.

9

Continue this process until the kitten is eating only cat food and the formula and baby food are eliminated.