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My kitten won't drink water. Should I give cat milk or other options?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered

I have 2 kittens and one of them will drink water but the other one isn’t drinking anything should I try something to try and make him drink water or should I try cat milk??

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Answered By Susan England-Foster

Veterinarian

Published on January 2nd, 2018

It is hard to give you a good recommendation because I do not know how old the kittens are. Typically once kittens are weaned I do not recommend giving milk. You can try can food due to a higher moisture content or even putting warm water into dry kibble. If they are still nursing than putting a small amount of kitten milk into the can or dry food is okay. Hope that helps

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