What medicine should be kept at home when raising a cat?
0 Jul 26,2025
Young cats cannot eat rice. The gastrointestinal tract function of young cats is not stable enough, and their teeth are not fully developed. Therefore, you can only feed goat milk powder or nutritional paste and other foods that are easy for cats to digest and absorb. The main component of rice is starch, and young cats have a weak ability to digest starch. If the amount of feeding is too large, it can easily lead to vomiting, diarrhea and other serious conditions.
How to feed young cats:
1. Food: mainly goat milk powder, fed 5 to 6 times a day, and the feeding schedule should be determined according to the time of the cat and the owner. , or feed the kitten when it is hungry;
One-month-old kittens can only eat liquid food, and buy special pet goat milk powder for feeding. Cats are lactose intolerant and cannot drink milk. There is really no goat milk. Milk powder can be replaced with rice soup or thinner millet paste, but milk should be avoided. Kittens should eat small meals frequently and feed them 5 to 6 times a day, or the feeding time can be determined according to the owner's condition.
2. Feeding amount: Start trial feeding with 4ml of goat milk. If the kitten returns the milk after drinking, increase the amount gradually. After one day of testing, the feeding amount can be fixed according to the kitten’s size;
< p>Kittens are small and don’t eat much at each meal. First brew 4ml of milk powder and feed it to the kitten. If it still cries, it means it is not full. Then increase the amount of food until the kitten is full. As long as you fall asleep. Generally, after one day of testing, you can know the kitten's food intake. Make an appropriate amount of milk powder each time. It is best to throw away the unfinished milk powder and do not keep it for the next meal.3. Feeding supplies: You can use a 10ml syringe (remove the needle) or a small bottle to feed the kitten.
When purchasing goat milk powder for cats, you can first inquire whether it comes with supporting feeding supplies, whether it is a small syringe or a small bottle, how much temperature it can withstand, how to use it, etc. After the goat milk is brewed, let it sit for a while. Set it to cool down, and when the temperature reaches the temperature of the back of your hand, you can feed the kitten.