How to determine the age of a kitten?

With the kitten purchased from a reliable person everything is simple - the owner will tell you the exact date of birth of the baby. It is somewhat more difficult to deal with those pets that some people buy in numerous bird markets. But the biggest problem arises with the founders. The age of cute toddlers to an inexperienced lover is extremely difficult to determine. But it is necessary to know it for several reasons - the vaccination calendar, the baby's nutrition depend on this. Therefore, it is desirable to know how the kittens look in a month or a half, when they have an umbilical cord and other signs that can help to calculate the date of birth of a fluffy pet.

The definition of age for the smallest kitten

1. Crows, whose umbilical cord is still attached to the abdomen, is not yet three days old.
2. Kids with not open eyes, most likely have not yet reached the age of ten.
3. The ears of the kittens are pressed to the head until the week of age.
4. Newborn babies have a delicate pink skin.
5. Kittens are unable to get up and move independently until 2 or 3 weeks.
6. If the weight of the pet does not exceed 110-113 grams, then it was born no more than a week ago.
7. Almost all the kittens first have bright blue eyes, and only after three weeks there is a pigmentation, which gives them a final color. But with some breeds that have natural blue eyes, this method will not work.
8. Incisors appear in cats at about 3-4 weeks of life. The teeth, located behind the fangs, cut through later (a month and a half). In a two-month old kitten, all the milk teeth should already be present. From the 4th month up to six months they completely change to permanent.
9. If the kid wants to play and even tries to scratch, he is already over four weeks old. At this time, kittens begin to actively explore the world, jump, some reflexes characteristic only of cats, react to stimuli, extraneous noise.

Determining how many months the kitten is by its weight

This method is somewhat inaccurate, because all the kids are a little different, nutrition plays a big role, and the breed of the pet means a lot. But approximately to determine the weight of kittens, if not for months, then at least in the first weeks of life, you can still try.

It is clear that the weight of Maine Coon and a representative of a small breed from a month old will be radically different. An important role is played by bait, which the owners pet pets. In six months, kittens gain up to 70% of their normal weight (2.5-3 kg), and the final weight of the cat can be determined in about two years.

How to determine the age of a kitten a year or more in its weight? This is already quite problematic. Large adult Britons reach six kilograms, and smaller cats - 3-5 kg. Therefore, you need to use other signs - by how the incisors of the lower jaw, upper jaw, and canines are erased. It is known that basically all cats have central incisors by 10-12 years, and by 15 years - all the other incisors. But such subtle calculations are rather unreliable, they can be done relatively accurately only by an experienced veterinarian.

Up to what age should the kitten stay with the mother?

Know the approximate age of the kitten is very important when buying a new pet in your house. Not all breeders act honestly. Disputes about the age at which kittens are given go for a long time. All the same it is better, when the kid will pass with the mum "elementary school" of adaptation and will seize some useful for cats skills. It is advisable to take him to a new family not earlier than to two months of life, and the most optimal age is 15 weeks.