My kitten only licks formula, won't eat wet food from bowl. What to do?

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I've been bottle feeding my kitten formula and blended kitten wet food, but today I tried to make her eat out of her bowl so I but some wet food in it and I tiny bit of formula milk over it but all she did was lick off the liquid and won't actually eat the wet food, what do I do? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 month and 10 days old | 4.5 lbs

Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS · Accepted Answer

It does take time for kittens to get used to eating out of a bowl, and you'd done the right thing by putting wet food and formula milk together. I would mix them together with some dry kitten food to make a mush. Soak the kitten food in the formula milk to make it softer. The mush should be the consistency of oatmeal. Over the next two weeks, gradually increase the amount of dry kitten food and decrease the amount of canned food and KMR you use until Oreo is eating the dry kitten food only. Keep this kitten mush out at all times, and reduce the amount you bottle feed her so she get used to eating from a bowl. You may have to stick your finger in the mush and get her to lick it off, then bring your finger closer and closer to the bowl until she is eating out of the bowl.

My kitten only licks formula, won't eat wet food from bowl. What to do?

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