VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

FEEDING REQUIREMENT FOR HAND REARED KITTENS

Age in week	Food	Number of meal in 24 hour	Milk meal in ml	Caloric requirement for 24 hour	Expected body weight
1	Milk mixture in bottle	12 - 9	2 - 7	40 - 80	100 - 200
2	Milk mixture in bottle	9	7 - 9	80 - 100	200 - 300
3	Milk mixture in bottle	9	10	112	300 - 360
4	Milk mixture in bottle	7	10	115	350 - 420
5	Reduce bottle introduce solid	7		120	400 - 500
6	Milk in bowl; solids	6		125	450 - 600
7	Weaning complete	3		130	550 - 700