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post #31 of 35
7/16/09 at 9:27pm
I just got caught up on this thread - how is little (big?) Jax doing? His weight sounds pretty good to me. My eight kittens weighed between 5 and 9 ounces at 3 weeks. At 6 weeks, the smallest was still only 11 ounces, so you are doing great!
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post #32 of 35
7/24/09 at 3:34am
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Ok, I need some help/advise. First let me say Jax is doing fabulous. Growing like a weed. I added a litter pan to his box this week and after the first few days he has taken to it like a champ.


He has just now turned 5 weeks old, weighs more than my kitchen scales will hold. So he is over a pound. Wow! from just under 7 ounces to a pound. Woo Hoo!

Now for the advise. I can not get him to accept anything other than the bottle. He will fight me at every feeding when I offer the wet or dry kitten food. ( all of this is then introduced in a shallow bowl)

I've mixed it with his milk, I've dipped the nipple in the wet trying to get him to take it and nothing seems to work. I've even crushed the dry food and mixed it with the milk.

One thing I haven't tried is putting the wet in his bottle with the milk and giving it to him that way. Has anyone done this?
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post #33 of 35
7/24/09 at 6:23am
I couldn't get my bottle babies to take the solids either and I ended up starting with the bottle. I mixed wet food (pate style) with the formula until it was really runny and then cut the tip of the nipple off so it would flow through. It took a full day for them and then they were licking it off my fingers. By day 2 they were eating it out of the bowl
Good luck, I hope it works for you!
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post #34 of 35
7/24/09 at 6:38am
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Originally Posted by AMYSCRAZY View Post
I couldn't get my bottle babies to take the solids either and I ended up starting with the bottle. I mixed wet food (pate style) with the formula until it was really runny and then cut the tip of the nipple off so it would flow through. It took a full day for them and then they were licking it off my fingers. By day 2 they were eating it out of the bowl
Good luck, I hope it works for you!
Thank you thank you!!! I didn't know if by adding wet to the bottle I was just encouraging the bottle.
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post #35 of 35
7/25/09 at 9:17am
Your brother must be getting excited about Jax being almost ready to enter his life.

Weaning vibes are on the way Eva .
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