Kitten Care Resources

Getting Started

Find out how to find kittens to help, what supplies you’ll need, and how to prepare for fostering

• Planning for Foster Kittens
• Kitten Supplies

Videos

• What if I find a Kitten (IMPORTANT VIDEO TO WATCH)
• How to Set Up Space for Foster Kittens
• Kitten Nursery Care Routine for Neonates!
• Learn How Baby Kittens Grow: 0-8 Weeks!
• Safely Introducing Kittens (From Different Litters!)
• 5 Ways to Comfort a Kitten
• Tips for Overnight Kitten Care

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Assessing Kittens

Learn how to determine the kitten’s age, sex, and weight, and how to monitor a kitten’s general health.

• Determining Age
• Determining Sex
• Weighing Kittens
• Assessing General Health

Videos

• Male or Female? How to Tell the Sex of a Kitten!
• Weighing In!

• Feeding Kittens 

  Learn everything you need to know, from bottle feeding all the way through eating independently.

  • Bottle Feeding
  • Syringe-Feeding Kittens
  • Weaning Kittens
  • Feeding Weaned Kittens

  Videos

  • How to Safely Bottle Feed a Kitten
  • 10 Tips for Tricky Bottle Baby Kittens
  • How to Syringe Feed a Newborn Kitten
  • How to Wean Kittens
  • When Can A Kitten Eat On Her Own?

• Bathroom Business

  Learn how to stimulate kittens, how to litter train, and how to get to the bottom of bathroom issues

  • Stimulating Kittens
  • Litter Training
  • Diarrhea
  • Constipation
  • Urine Scalding

  Videos

  • How to Help Baby Kittens Pee and Poop!
  • How to Litter Train Baby Kittens
  • Giving Kittens an Oopsie-Poopsie Butt Bath
  • How to Deal With Kitten Diarrhea

• Physical Health

  Learn about routine medical care, common physical ailments, and supporting critical kittens.

  • Routine Care
  • Helping Kittens with Ringworm
  • GI Parasites
  • Respiratory & Eye Infections
  • Pneumonia
  • Ear Mites
  • Fleas

  Videos

  • Helping Kittens with Ringworm!
  • Ick! These Kittens Need a Flea Bath! (How to tell if a kitten has fleas–and what to do.)
  • How to Give a Kitten a Flea Bath
  • Treating an Eye Infection in a Kitten
  • Helping Kittens Survive Pneumonia
  • Subcutaneous Fluids for a Dehydrated Kitten

• Behavioral Health

  Learn about common kitten behaviors and what you can do to help ensure they live happily ever after in their forever home.

  • How to Get Kittens Not to Bite You
  • Trimming Kitten Claws

  Videos

  • Helping a Feral Kitten Become Friendly (Step by Step How-To!)
  • How to Socialize Hissy Feral Kittens

• Preparing for Adoption

  Learn about how to advertise and photograph kittens for adoption, and how to find a great forever home.

  • Picking the Right Home
  • Adopting in Pairs
  • Advertising Kittens
  • Photographing Kittens

• Find more help on the Kitten Lady website!

  Click here to go to the Kitten Lady website.