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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004Another kitten question (sorry)
They are so adorable. Feeling better, and so very active. They are each eating 2 cans (3 oz cans) of Innova per day now. Is that about right? I haven't looked up the calorie content (though I know it is high enough in fat for kittens), or their calorie requirements as little kittens, I just feed them all they want to eat for now. They eat very, very little dry food, though I leave out kitten dry Wellness mixed with Kitten chow (to wean them off the Kitten Chow); they know the good stuff. ;) Funny, up until I got them Saturday, all they'd ever eaten had been dry Kitten Chow. I did notice on Saturday when I brought them home that they would practically dive into the water dish and drink a lot of water, but they have evened out now in that regard. They must have been very dehydrated eating the dry food all the time. The other night at the vet they were weighed, and Rhett was 3 lbs, Scarlett was 2 lbs. Do little kittens really eat more than my 11 lb Shamrock does? They have regular bowel movements, even, and I only see poop once per day when I clean the box.  SignatureCheryl > They are so adorable. Feeling better, and so very active. They are > each eating 2 cans (3 oz cans) of Innova per day now. Is that about [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Shamrock does? They have regular bowel movements, even, and I only > see poop once per day when I clean the box. Francis, who is probably just over 4 lbs now, will one day not eat very much and then the next act like he has four hollow legs. Yesterday he ate more than any of my adult cats (12-14 lbs), but today he's just nibbling. He's not sick or anything. It's just that the growing sometimes needs more input that other times, I think. Tomorrow I'll probably have to open 3 cans for him. Today he's had about one small can of kitten food (in two servings) and some minced chicken and a little dry kitten food. Day before yesterday he ate half a large can of cat food, demanded many tastes of my dinner, and then wolfed down a goodly saucer of minced chicken. (He was on cat food, which he likes the taste of better, while I was moving him from grazing to set meal times. He's now out in the general population, so I can't leave a dish of dry kitten food out. The big cats are already too big! Priscilla > Francis, who is probably just over 4 lbs now, will one day not > eat very much and then the next act like he has four hollow > legs. Yesterday he ate more than any of my adult cats (12-14 > lbs), but today he's just nibbling. He's not sick or anything. > It's just that the growing sometimes needs more input that other > times, I think. That's good to know. Eating (or not eating the usual amount) is one of the things that freaks me out the most about cats after going through what I did with Shadow. Tomorrow I'll probably have to open 3 cans for > him. Today he's had about one small can of kitten food (in two > servings) and some minced chicken and a little dry kitten food. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > leave a dish of dry kitten food out. The big cats are already > too big! Rhett and Scarlett aren't going to be in the general population for a while yet. At least not when I'm at work. I just can't wait for them to feel better so that I can introduce them to Shamrock and Bonnie! Plus, I am missing so much fun since I can't sit in there all the time when I'm home (Shamrock gets jealous and hollars from the other side of the door). No one else likes the Innova so I won't have to worry about them eating the kittens food. Bonnie only eats dry Wellness and the kittens don't eat much dry so I don't think I have to worry about that, and Shamrock is stuck on his FF/Wellness canned mix, and Pro Plan canned which he wolfs down in a single sitting. It will be interesting in the weeks to come. lol I've enjoyed reading your posts about Francis. SignatureCheryl > I've enjoyed reading your posts about Francis. Thanks. He's such a doll -- when he's not climbing up my leg or biting me or sending me to Urgent Care with a deep scratch in my cornea! Priscilla Hi Priscilla, What in the world were you doing putting your cornea in the way of his claw? :) Rhonda > Thanks. He's such a doll -- when he's not climbing up my leg or biting > me or sending me to Urgent Care with a deep scratch in my cornea! > > Priscilla our new kitten (4 months now) eats more than any of our adult cats. the adults eat around 5 oz. of wellness a day, give or take, the kitten eats at least that much plus snacks a couple times a day. she's also always the first one done eating and wants to move on to the other cats' bowls. i dunno where she puts it all. > They are so adorable. Feeling better, and so very active. They are > each eating 2 cans (3 oz cans) of Innova per day now. Is that about [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Shamrock does? They have regular bowel movements, even, and I only > see poop once per day when I clean the box. |
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