Sentences with phrase «kitten during its first few weeks of life»

This «passive» immunity protects the kitten during its first few weeks of life, while its immune system is maturing, but, at some point, this immunity fails and the kitten must produce its own, longer - lasting «active» immunity.

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A kitten's weight may double or even triple during the first few weeks of life.

Depending on how much immunity the mother had available for transfer to her kittens and the amount nursed during the first few days of life, the maternal immunity will drop off when the kitten is somewhere between six and fourteen weeks old.