Kitten Feeding

Ensure that each kitten is eating:

  • Discard any disposable bowl in cage from AM feeding.

  • Wet food cans, wooden sticks, and disposable bowls are kept in the top cabinet drawer or on the wire shelving of each room.

  • Feed each kitten 1/8 of 5.5 oz can in a small metal or disposable bowl; use wooden stick to divide, distribute, and mash up each serving per bowl.

  • Adult cats with special needs also can be fed wet food according to staff instructions.

  • If you have food left over in a can, give it to your favorite adult cat(s), and discard empty can in trash.

  • Feed prescription food (Adoption Room 2) according to staff instructions.

  • Do not feed if cage card specifies otherwise (e.g., “Do Not Feed”, “Special Diet”).

Cats or kittens that need Probiotics will have a red checkmark in the upper right corner of their pink medical card.

  • Probiotics are stored in a small blue vial along with the food.

  • Put 1 teaspoon over the food and mix it in. A teaspoon measure is in Adoption 2; ½ teaspoon measure in Adoption 3.

  • CRITICAL: Note on the medical card that you have given probiotics to the cat/kitten by writing “VOL” in appropriate place.

  • If kittens arrive with a pink medical card, check if Probiotics have been prescribed; if so, put a red check in upper corner of card.

If you are uncertain about feeding instructions, ask staff. If no staff member is available, DO NOT FEED and leave a note on cage that you did not feed wet food to that cat/kitten.