If you feed mum near the kittens on a shallow dish, you will soon see them wandering over for a look and a sniff, and maybe a lick.

Last week when I was away, my kitten-carer Patrick gave Cuba some chopped raw lambs heart and told me several of the kittens were very interested, licking it, at 3 weeks old.

Mine are 26 days today and some of them have been eating raw beef mince, soaked dry food (mush it up with your fingers to a paste) and raw chicken mince.... a couple of them with great enthusiasm.

Once they are all eating well I will introduce small amounts of other foods, such as canned or pouched, cooked chicken & fish. I doubt they will try dry kitten food on its own just yet as their teeth are only just through.

Sometimes they will lick food from your fingers but beware, if they like it they often try to chomp on your finger too!

You can also try offering food to them on a small plastic teaspoon but the best way is let them figure it out themselves. You can also very very gently smudge a tiny bit of food from your finger into their mouths but be careful not to scare them or it will set them back.

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