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My kitten's mom hurts her. Can I keep and care for a 1-month-old?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | 1 month and 6 days old | 0.7716 lbs

My kitten is one month old and she is a stray cat.. Most of the time my kitten stays with me but not with her mother because her mother cat tries to hurt and bite my kitten... Her mother rarely feeds her kitten her milk.. What should i do... My kitten doesn't stays with her mother.. Should i keep the kitten with me?

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Answered By Karly Macon, DVM, MS, CVA Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

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Published on May 11th, 2017

If the kitten is this old you can introduce softened kitten food or canned kitten food and it will be ok away from mom. Make sure you schedule a vet visit to get her dewormed and checked out. She needs her first vaccines at 8 weeks.

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