My kitten is weaning. Why is she biting the bottle and not drinking?

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I'm weaning my kitty as it is more than 1 month old. She eats cooked chicken and fishes one time a day. When I feed her with bottle, she attacks d bottle and bites the nipples aggressively. It is very difficult to get her latched to the nipple and even if she is very hungry she doesn't drink as much as before. However, she eats meat or fish to her fill. I see this behaviour for the last 3 days. What could be the reason? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 1 month and 9 days old

Anna M., DVM · Accepted Answer

Hello, and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Sounds like your kitten is successfully weaning! It sounds like she's becoming less interested in bottle feeding, since she is taking solids, and is likely playing with the nipple now more than feeding from it. At this stage, kitten food will do her more good than meat or milk replacer. I recommend offering her both dry and canned kitten food (you may want to crush the dry food a bit if she needs help eating it), and you can also offer a bit of the milk replacer in a little saucer for her to lap up herself, to encourage self-feeding. Keep trying to do the bottle feedings until you're confident she's eating kitten food on her own, but don't stress too much if she seems to be losing interest as her "real food" consumption picks up. Hope this helps!

My kitten is weaning. Why is she biting the bottle and not drinking?

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