I want them to start working on either canned food or dry food at that six-week mark....
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If it's with its mom and it's a newborn kitten, I would encourage you not to—at least not to do a lot of handling....
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It's a great question....
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Well, first bring your kitten to the veterinarian as soon as you get your kitten, so we can do a physical exam, get them off to a great start....
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The best way would be to monitor their weight....
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It kind of depends on the age of the kitten, number one, as well as how long of a gap there is....
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That’s generally around six to eight weeks old....
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This is a question we get often....
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We do an exam when we're vaccinating your cat to ensure that your cat looks healthy enough to receive vaccines....
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We're going to probably ask some questions of you about the kitten’s vaccine history....
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The three core vaccines that I require for kittens are going to be the feline distemper vaccine, which protects against the common viral diseases t...
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It's best to use a kitten replacement milk from the pet store containing more appropriate calories and nutrition for them.
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I generally recommend that kittens should start weaning about five to six weeks of age....
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A couple of things. Humans don’t like to eat the same food every day, and then we try to project that on our pets....
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For the most part, these preventives are very well tolerated....
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Typically at their first visit, depending on when that visit is....
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Heartworm preventions are 95% effective or more if administered properly and given regularly.
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Heartworms are not visible like other parasites, how people think, "Oh, I could see a worm on a fruit from a dog or a cat or something to that exte...
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Cats that roam and are outside more are a little more at risk of becoming infected with heartworm. It's much less than the risk of a dog....
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We tend to see sometimes that they can be a little sore at the injection site....