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I am wondering how much I should feed my kitten. I have read a bunch that says as much as he can eat or up to double what a cat of his weight would need.... but I think he is eating ALOT. We have three cats- mom and two of her kittens; Bub, Bear and Penny. Bub chunked out on kitten kibble after she stopped nursing the kids so we don't free feed anymore. We feed wet twice a day and a measured amount of dry at bedtime. They each have their own dish (we are so proud that it only took a few months to get them to only eat out of their own dish!) The kittens are 5 months and the vet believes Bub is only about a year and a half. Bub ( 11 lbs - up from 4.5 lbs the week she gave birth) gets 5 oz a day plus a 1/3 cup of meow mix dry kibble, Penny (weighs 5 lbs 4 oz) eats 6 oz a day plus a little kibble.
The boy kitten, Bear, is the one who has us concerned. Currently he weighs 8.5 lbs ( we weigh weekly) and he is eating 4 oz wet friskies in the morning and evening ( so 8 oz total) and a 1/2 cup dry meow mix (plus most of his sister's) at bedtime. By my calculations that is enough for a 14 lb cat... but a kitten can have up to double what a cat gets, right? Could we actually feed him 12 oz a day plus the 1/2 cup of dry and not be over feeding him?! We are also starting to wonder how we are supposed to bring him down to an adult diet once he reaches a year.
Thank you for your help folks! My husband and I are so unsure of how to take care of our little darlings and this site has been a lifeline for all the crazy question we come up with
The boy kitten, Bear, is the one who has us concerned. Currently he weighs 8.5 lbs ( we weigh weekly) and he is eating 4 oz wet friskies in the morning and evening ( so 8 oz total) and a 1/2 cup dry meow mix (plus most of his sister's) at bedtime. By my calculations that is enough for a 14 lb cat... but a kitten can have up to double what a cat gets, right? Could we actually feed him 12 oz a day plus the 1/2 cup of dry and not be over feeding him?! We are also starting to wonder how we are supposed to bring him down to an adult diet once he reaches a year.
Thank you for your help folks! My husband and I are so unsure of how to take care of our little darlings and this site has been a lifeline for all the crazy question we come up with