How Long Do Kittens Need To Stay With Their Mother Before They Can Be Adopted Out?

8 weeks., or till they start eating solid foods

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Assuming they are healthy, and eating well, 8 weeks is the youngest suggested. They need to be eating wet food and drinking on their own, walking well (not spraddled out) and mom will show signs of weaning them, because their needle teeth hurt! You'll see teeth when the babies weee-owww at you crying to be put back with mom.

Breeders often wait till 12 weeks for the kittens to be more well developed, and have started their shots, or even been early-spayed. This prevents unlicensed purebreds and accidental kittens.

Early spay/neuter is really the only way to prevent more unplanned pregnancies. Even with a voucher, shelters find compliance to spay a pet is not good, so some are doing it too.

A number of holistic vets and many breeders are feeding raw diet to their animals to improve overall health. This is still controversial, as with humans arguing over natural diet versus processed. It (raw commercial diet) does improve coat and energy, and reduce stinky litterbox. A tablespoon of raw meat a few times a week puts gloss on the coat.

Suggest you read up on it and get both sides of the debate. I mention this because good diet means good kittens, and helps the mom, too. Cats don't bring corncobs to the doorstep, after all!

You may want to take the babies to a shelter, as "free" kittens end up in laboratories, or treated as disposable pets very often. It's worth the cost of the surrender fee to protect them. Good luck!

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I believe 8-10 weeks, they usually have to be able to eat solid food or at least soft food, and drink on there own. Good luck!

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