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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2004is it possible to feed a kitten too much?
Shaina became a little food-monger. now a tea-spoon of canned food is not enough and she can gulp down a table spoon. her tummy looks normal for a kitten, as i was told here, but it seems to make it uncomfortable for her to clean herself. she demands her wet food, but i suppose if she actually wanted to eat, she would eat her dry food. -L circa Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:26:41 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, MadHatter (devil_m@y_care.lost) said, > Shaina became a little food-monger. now a tea-spoon of canned food is > not enough and she can gulp down a table spoon. her tummy looks > normal for a kitten, as i was told here, but it seems to make it > uncomfortable for her to clean herself. she demands her wet food, but > i suppose if she actually wanted to eat, she would eat her dry food. Well, she might be making up for lost time. :-) Since you said she has been thoroughly de-wormed, I'd just feed her small portions of wet food very frequently and leave the dry available just in case (since she doesn't seem to want it anyway). When you say she seems to be uncomfortable cleaning herself, what indications are you getting that this is the case? Is her tummy really, really big, or is it like the tummies of the kittens in the pictures I posted? Laura  SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde >circa Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:26:41 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >MadHatter (devil_m@y_care.lost) said, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Laura she pretty much looks like those kittens, as far as i could tell: large round belly. when she cleans her butt, she sometimes falls over, although it may be that she is only 2 months old. i saw her fall over a few times since her tummy grew. i figure as long as she has 2 bowl movements per day, she is ok, right? -L circa Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:23:06 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, MadHatter (devil_m@y_care.lost) said, > >> Shaina became a little food-monger. now a tea-spoon of canned food is > >> not enough and she can gulp down a table spoon. her tummy looks [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > fall over a few times since her tummy grew. i figure as long as she > has 2 bowl movements per day, she is ok, right? <chuckle> The falling over likely has more to do with her being a kitten than anything else. As long as she is eating and drinking and peeing and pooping and starting to perk up, I'd say she's probably progressing just fine. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde >circa Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:23:06 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >MadHatter (devil_m@y_care.lost) said, [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Laura ahhh, good! oh yes, she is perking up all right - play time now is at 5am, that's why i am up. god, i need to get her a playmate. our cats at home play at night and let us sleep! -L circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 05:25:39 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, MadHatter (devil_m@y_care.lost) said, > ><chuckle> The falling over likely has more to do with her being a > >kitten than anything else. As long as she is eating and drinking and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > 5am, that's why i am up. god, i need to get her a playmate. our cats > at home play at night and let us sleep! Great news, though! :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde >circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 05:25:39 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >MadHatter (devil_m@y_care.lost) said, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Laura she has this little plastic ball with a bell inside that she plays with, but she doesn't like to be watched. every time we walk into the living room while she bats it around, she stops and waits until we leave. i guess she doesn't want to be entertainment for humans. :) -L circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:11:07 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, MadHatter (devil_m@y_care.lost) said, > >> ahhh, good! oh yes, she is perking up all right - play time now is at > >> 5am, that's why i am up. god, i need to get her a playmate. our cats [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > living room while she bats it around, she stops and waits until we > leave. i guess she doesn't want to be entertainment for humans. :) She's saving it for when she has to be extra cute to get out of misbehaving. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > she pretty much looks like those kittens, as far as i could tell: > large round belly. when she cleans her butt, she sometimes falls > over, although it may be that she is only 2 months old. i saw her > fall over a few times since her tummy grew. i figure as long as she > has 2 bowl movements per day, she is ok, right? I love kittens. *g* Yeah, they do tend to fall over when they try to contort themselves into interesting positions to clean. As she matures, that'll go away. Enjoy the antics while you can - they grow up so fast. Although I have a 4 year old who still seems to think her tail is chasing her sometimes... <hehe> Signature-- ~kaeli~ Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are God. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace Unless your force feeding, then no.. its not possible. :) > Shaina became a little food-monger. now a tea-spoon of canned food is > not enough and she can gulp down a table spoon. her tummy looks [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -L |
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