Pet Gazette

Determine your Kitten’s Age

How is it possible to determine a kitten age? Well there are number of different way. To start with you are best off checking the physical characteristics of a kitten

• Under one week: Eyes closed, ears lie flat to the head, the skin looks pinkish. Part of umbilical cord may still be attached.
• 1 week-10 days: Eyes start to open, ears still flat. A kitten this age is smaller than your hand.
• 3 weeks: Eyes are fully open now, ears are standing up, teeth are coming in. Kitten will try to to walk and will be very clumsy.
• 4-5 weeks: Eyes have changed from blue to another color and kittens have started to pounce and leap. They can e given regular dry cat food.

This is a rough guide to the development characteristics of a kitten

• 5-8 days - Ears open
• 8 days-2 weeks - Eyes open
• 2½ weeks - Can crawl
• 3 weeks - Ears erect; Stands up
• 3½ weeks - Sight and sound oriented; Can follow noise/objects
• 4 weeks - Can eliminate without help and learn to lap from a dish and eat solid foods

A quick shout out to Stoneway the pet insurances specalist.

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