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honestly it wasn't so much about me wanting to keep the cat for myself or even about separating the two, they're still so little I don't think it would have been that big a deal, it was more knowing that she would be raising him in an appartment where he'd be by himself for 12 or 13 hours a day...

Hi everyone!! I'm very worried and sad and was hoping someone could help me out. I adopted a six-week old kitten a month ago, and a few days later agreed to care for his brother until my friend who's adopting him could move to her new pet-friendly appartment. It's been amazing watching them...

thanks so much everyone!!! we've increased his portion size and that was definitely the problem. i feel bad for not having realized this before :( and yes, we have a small scale that we used to weigh them on but they've grown and are now over the maximum weight so we're going to try and get...

Ok, so assuming Oto's eating 36g DMB per day (less in reality), I'll try and calculate how much that would be equivalent to in raw food: 36g + 75% moisture = 144g of raw food per day 144 g / 4 = 36g per meal I think I'll just stick with 50g per meal for now though and see how that goes...

Oh!!! And for the swallowing food whole problem, we're chopping his food into bigger chunks. He's chewing now, but just barely enough so he can swallow it and keep eating more!!!

Thanks so much for the moisture calculation!!! The only thing is that the amount I mentioned for Oto is actually what he eats IN THE WHOLE DAY!!!! I weigh out 40g and put his bowl down repeatedly throughout the day, but I never need to add more food, because he always leaves enough for the last...

For Oto we weigh about 40g of dry kibble (1.4 oz, a little more than the amount recommended on the bag) in the morning which he eats throughout the day, and some days he doesn't finish it. We don't even divide it into portions with him because he just stops eating and we pick the food up. With...

I have a growing suspicion about my 8-week-old kittens. One is ours, Figaro, while the other, Oto, is only staying with us temporarily until his new owner moves to a pet-friendly appartment. We're feeding Figaro raw and some canned, while Oto's owner has asked us to feed him dry kibble, which is...

I'm so sorry to read all your veterinary troubles, and especially that your cat is still sick :( You haven't mentioned your other cats since the first post, I'm assuming none of them are showing any symptoms? Hope everything works out alright, keep us posted!!

I wish I could, we're quickly falling in love with the little guy, but unfortunately he already has a new owner, we're pretty much his temporary home until his owner moves to her new pet-friendly appartment building. But yes, we've definitely noticed that Figaro is happier, more active, and even...

Great, thanks!! I'll try and see what supplements, probiotics and taurine powder I can find, and if they're American brands I'll post them here to get your opinion. As to adding Vitamin E... is this something I can buy at any pharmacy (according to the amount of milligrams) or is this a special...

Hi Leeann!! It's nice to meet other new cat owners like me :) Figaro's brother Oto is here, and we're having so much fun watching the two of them play. The funny thing is that Figaro was the runt of the litter and Oto was the big one, but Figaro is always the one starting the rough-housing, even...

Hi Otto!! I would have thought the same, but he had his check-up four days ago and was de-wormed then, so I think it's probably the food preparation, and the hunger is probably about the portion size. I'm gonna wait a couple days and see if the new food (with the right proportions) helps, and if...

I can't thank both of you enough!!! My mom and I were really unsure about the proportions, so this information was perfect. Also, since both of you seem to be pretty knowledgable on raw feeding, I was wondering if you could tell me if the following are true: 1) raw fish is unhealthy for cats...

OK, thanks!!! His brother arrived and at first he wasn't too pleased, but I'm sure he'll be happy to have company when we're out for a few hours. I agree that 6 weeks is too young, I intended to pick them up sometime after 8 or 9 weeks, but unfortunately their mother's owner didn't want to keep...