Ally is about 6 and a half months old. Probably closer to 6 and 3/4 months.
Ollie is only 5 and a half months old. She is now only 2/3ds his size, maybe I'd even go so far as to say 5/8ths.. but that might be exaggerating. I'd have to really measure and weigh them to be sure. In any case, Ollie is growing MUCH faster than she is.
I'm just a little worried about her ultimately being teeny if she doesn't start growing fast.
I don't care so much about her size itself, but rather any possible health issues that might arise. Do the same type of health issues present themselves in super-small cats as in people that suffer from dwarfism or similar lack of normal growth?
She also still eats so little. She's healthy, but her appetite is not like Ollie's. He is my Hoover food vac whereas she isn't picky, but just doesn't eat much no matter whether she likes the food or not. I think her stomach must be small preventing her from eating more than a small amount at a time.
Anyways, she's just getting closer and closer to being full size and she's still so incredibly small IMO. It's cute and all, but I'm thinking more in terms of what will the future hold for her.
Should I consider taking her to the vet to see if she needs growth hormone or wait until she's older before worrying?
I know she's still very young. I just remember that my cousin was originally projected to be slightly under 4 feet tall or something scary small, and my aunt and uncle were reluctant to put her on growth hormone, but when they finally did, they had kind of missed the boat. She grew with the hormone, but is still very small and would have had a chance at more "normal" size had they acted sooner when she was much younger. She's about to graduate from high school and is maybe 4' 4" or something like that. She could have been several inches taller had they acted sooner. I don't want to make any mistakes with Ally.
I see the feral cat that comes around my house a lot because she lives across the street (my neighbor takes care of her to the point that she even lets them pet and hold her now - she's basically become their outdoor cat over the last year or 2). Anyways, my neighbor saw her grow up feral as a kitten and says she was the runt. She's more than twice Ally's size. For Ally to be at almost 7 months and that cat being more than twice her size as the runt, scares me for Ally's sake.
Dunno what to do if anything.
I think if there was any place that would know, it would be where Ally and Ollie is going to be treated in Minneapolis for routine vet care. At the U of Minnesota vet-school clinic. Surely they would know if I should do anything as they'd be on the cutting edge of veterinary science.
I probably can get Ally in there for her first visit at the end of June as we'll be settled in then.
Ollie is only 5 and a half months old. She is now only 2/3ds his size, maybe I'd even go so far as to say 5/8ths.. but that might be exaggerating. I'd have to really measure and weigh them to be sure. In any case, Ollie is growing MUCH faster than she is.
I'm just a little worried about her ultimately being teeny if she doesn't start growing fast.
I don't care so much about her size itself, but rather any possible health issues that might arise. Do the same type of health issues present themselves in super-small cats as in people that suffer from dwarfism or similar lack of normal growth?
She also still eats so little. She's healthy, but her appetite is not like Ollie's. He is my Hoover food vac whereas she isn't picky, but just doesn't eat much no matter whether she likes the food or not. I think her stomach must be small preventing her from eating more than a small amount at a time.
Anyways, she's just getting closer and closer to being full size and she's still so incredibly small IMO. It's cute and all, but I'm thinking more in terms of what will the future hold for her.
Should I consider taking her to the vet to see if she needs growth hormone or wait until she's older before worrying?
I know she's still very young. I just remember that my cousin was originally projected to be slightly under 4 feet tall or something scary small, and my aunt and uncle were reluctant to put her on growth hormone, but when they finally did, they had kind of missed the boat. She grew with the hormone, but is still very small and would have had a chance at more "normal" size had they acted sooner when she was much younger. She's about to graduate from high school and is maybe 4' 4" or something like that. She could have been several inches taller had they acted sooner. I don't want to make any mistakes with Ally.
I see the feral cat that comes around my house a lot because she lives across the street (my neighbor takes care of her to the point that she even lets them pet and hold her now - she's basically become their outdoor cat over the last year or 2). Anyways, my neighbor saw her grow up feral as a kitten and says she was the runt. She's more than twice Ally's size. For Ally to be at almost 7 months and that cat being more than twice her size as the runt, scares me for Ally's sake.
Dunno what to do if anything.
I think if there was any place that would know, it would be where Ally and Ollie is going to be treated in Minneapolis for routine vet care. At the U of Minnesota vet-school clinic. Surely they would know if I should do anything as they'd be on the cutting edge of veterinary science.
I probably can get Ally in there for her first visit at the end of June as we'll be settled in then.
