Kitten Growth Milestones
Kitten Growth Milestones Courtesy of University of WI Shelter Medicine Program
| Age | Weight | Milestones |
| Birth | 2 – 4 ounces | • Eyes and ears are closed
• Sleeps 90% of the time • Minimal handling |
| 2 – 3 days | • Umbilical cord falls off | |
| 4 days | • Begins to purr | |
| 10 – 14 days | 8 ounces | • Eyes and ears should be open |
2 – 3 weeks 12 ounces • Baby incisors erupt, can begin to eliminate without help
- Will start crawling, standing and playing with littermates
- Begin regular handling
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Ready for deworming
4 weeks 1 pound • Baby canine teeth erupt, beginning to walk but
do not have great balance, will begin to groom
themselves, able to thermoregulate
- Continue daily handling
- Ready for first vaccine
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Ready for gruel and may be ready for introduction of dry kitten food
6 weeks 1.5 pounds • Baby premolars erupt
- Running, playing, using the litter box, grooming themselves
- Should be eating dry kitten food, supplemented with canned
8 weeks 2 pounds • Ready for surgery and adoption!
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