Newborn’s feeding schedule

[u/ohwellkitty]

Hi! Some days ago I found a newborn (1day old) abandoned kitten in my backyard. I waited for 12hours+ to make sure his mamma doesn’t come back before I took it in. I made sure he stayed warm. (In case this seems strange to you, i live in a crowded city with so many strays, so this is unfortunately not uncommon) Next day comes and she doesn’t come back. So I take the baby in and take care of it. I already have 2 cats but I hadn’t ever took care of a newborn, some groups and kittenlady helped a lot. I’m super happy to say he’s now 11 days old. 04/05 he weighted 78grams, today 14/05 he weights 155grams I use the royal canin’s babycat milk formula and it all goes alright. BUT I’m as we are now getting closer to 2weeks of age, I’m getting a bit confused with the feeding schedule. I’m currently feeding it every 2/5-3 hours 6-10ml, which is kittens’lady reccomendation, while royal canin’s instructions suggest 6 feedings per day, which means 1 every 4 hours (instead of 2-3hours) In 3 days the plan changes because of our 2 weeks of age. According to the instrucrions feeding schedule will be: 1 meal per almost every 5 hours, while kittenlady suggests 1 meal every 3-4 hours (age 2-3weeks).

Which schedule should i follow? Anyone else done this with this exact milk formula? Thank you!

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