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My kitten was born too early. What care does it need to survive?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

How to save a premature born kitten? another kitten dead at pregnancy time.

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Answered By Susan England-Foster

Veterinarian

Published on July 8th, 2017

Unfortunately this is really hard to do. You want to make sure the kitten is warm and body temperature never gets cold. I would recommend taking the kitten to a vet so they can show you how to place a feeding tube and start feeding a kitten milk supplement. It is very important that the kitten gets colostrum with in 24 hours. Colostrum has antibodies in it to help support the kitten.

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