Comments on: What kind of cat food do you feed a NEW mother cat? http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/ A Feline Health Guide Blog Mon, 21 May 2012 22:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: motomouth_1965 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-959 motomouth_1965 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:34:14 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-959 MM...You're going to receive both responses. Yes...feed her kitten food and No...just feed her adult food. The best answer for your friend is to ask her vet. She may want to take her cat in for evaluation to make sure that she is recovering properly from the delivery and that she is producing enough milk to feed her babies. As far as the answer you received about not handling the kittens, please disregard this portion of the answer. It is very important that the kittens are handled regularly from an early age to help with their socialization with people. It is too easy for young kittens to become feral. Just have your friend make sure that she and anyone who handles the kittens uses a good quality hand sanitizer both before and after handling. This will help keep the kittens healthy. MM…You’re going to receive both responses. Yes…feed her kitten food and No…just feed her adult food. The best answer for your friend is to ask her vet. She may want to take her cat in for evaluation to make sure that she is recovering properly from the delivery and that she is producing enough milk to feed her babies.

As far as the answer you received about not handling the kittens, please disregard this portion of the answer. It is very important that the kittens are handled regularly from an early age to help with their socialization with people. It is too easy for young kittens to become feral. Just have your friend make sure that she and anyone who handles the kittens uses a good quality hand sanitizer both before and after handling. This will help keep the kittens healthy.

]]> By: Eileen http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Eileen Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:00:55 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-958 yes!! feed her kitten food. she needs the vitmens from it. yes!! feed her kitten food. she needs the vitmens from it.

]]> By: Jasmine http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-957 Jasmine Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:43:24 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-957 Kitten food is often recommended for nursing cats, but don't keep her on that after the kittens have been weaned. Kitten food is often recommended for nursing cats, but don’t keep her on that after the kittens have been weaned.

]]> By: Katprsn http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Katprsn Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:43:05 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-956 Yes should feed her a good quality kitten food until she is done nursing her kittens. The extra vitamins and nutrients in the kitten food will help her produce enough milk to feed the kitten and keep her from losing so much of her body mass! Yes should feed her a good quality kitten food until she is done nursing her kittens. The extra vitamins and nutrients in the kitten food will help her produce enough milk to feed the kitten and keep her from losing so much of her body mass!

]]> By: Nikki http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-955 Nikki Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:02:21 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-955 Feed the cat her normal cat food and water. Let the babies drink milk from the mom and when they start getting fur and their eyes open give them kitten food (also when they stop drinking milk). P.S. Don't touch the babies until they are 8-9 weeks or until there eyes open or else the mom wont take care or it. Hope this Helped. =) Feed the cat her normal cat food and water.
Let the babies drink milk from the mom and when they start getting fur and their eyes open give them kitten food (also when they stop drinking milk).

P.S. Don’t touch the babies until they are 8-9 weeks or until there eyes open or else the mom wont take care or it.

Hope this Helped. =)

]]> By: Trish http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-954 Trish Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:00:59 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-954 She should be fed kitten food. She needs all the fat and protein she can get right now. Any good-quality brand will do. Moist food is good because it helps her get liquid as well as nutrients; however, I would definitely keep both moist and dry food available for her, as well as water, of course. She should NOT receive milk. She should be fed kitten food. She needs all the fat and protein she can get right now. Any good-quality brand will do. Moist food is good because it helps her get liquid as well as nutrients; however, I would definitely keep both moist and dry food available for her, as well as water, of course. She should NOT receive milk.

]]> By: violet grimm http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-953 violet grimm Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:25:36 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-953 yeah thats what we gave my cat the man at the pet shop said if you think that they are looking under weight you can give them the powdered milk that u use for bottle fed kittens :) i got a tin of the stuff and my cat loved it (it smells yuck tho!!) yeah thats what we gave my cat the man at the pet shop said if you think that they are looking under weight you can give them the powdered milk that u use for bottle fed kittens :)
i got a tin of the stuff and my cat loved it (it smells yuck tho!!)

]]> By: Brianna Garcia http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Brianna Garcia Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:36:32 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-952 she ffeds her kittens milk. but juss buy her some meow mix she ffeds her kittens milk. but juss buy her some meow mix

]]> By: orangebuttercat74 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-951 orangebuttercat74 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:09:37 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/what-kind-of-cat-food-do-you-feed-a-new-mother-cat/#comment-951 Yes, until she's done nursing! Yes, until she’s done nursing!

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