My cat had 3 ginger babies on June 16. After 48hours I realised the smallest wasn’t feeding well and was very dehydrated. I bought some formula and started syringe feeding, it was touch and go for a few days but now he is putting on weight really well and even starting to take the bottle sometimes. he was 73g when i weighed him at 2 days and now he is 160g at 10 days old and he is alert and active and not dehydrated at all. Mum cat is still happy to cuddle and keep him warm and she toilets him so all seems to be going well.
My question is, everywhere I have looked says they need feeding every 2-3 hours at this age. He will take 8-10ml really quickly but then if i try to feed him 3 hours later he will have maybe a ml or 2.
Should I try to give him less but more regularly (5ml every 2-3 hours) or just let him have the 10ml every 4 hours (sooner if he’s meowing)
I’ve had cats all my life but never had to feed one from newborn so this is all new. I’m proud that I’ve brought him back from almost death to a happy active kitten so I just don’t want to do anything wrong at this stage x
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