Sybil and her kittens

Some of you may have read about Sybil and her experiences under my garage in the Strays forum. Well, she's now safe in the house with her babies and I just wanted to get an idea of whether or not they sound like they're on the right track.

There are 3 kittens, 2 girls and 1 boy (although I'm not naming them until the vet verifies this ) They all seem healthy and active, eye's are open and they wander around. This morning for the first time I saw two of them tumbling around and playing. So I figure they're about 4 weeks old. DH and I weighed them all last night and I was wondering how these weights look to everyone. I've had rescues with health issues, but never kittens before so I'm a bit out of my depth

1. Grey & White. Female. Very loud. 14.14oz (she looks huge compared to the others)
2. Brown Tabby with white socks. Female. 11.78oz. (She loves to hang out with the grey kitten, which looks funny considering their size difference)
3. White with Brown tabby splotches. Male. 13.64 oz. (he's the quiet one and usually just sits there watching his sisters.

Do they sound like healthy weights? Also, how often should I be weighing them? Sybil is so tiny and thin as a stick, so it looks so odd to see them nursing from her. Sorry no pics at the moment. I have them, but my computer's on the fritz so I can't upload until it's fixed.

I never really worry about weight. I usually go by the feel of the bodies/tummies. Rule of thumb is a pound per month of age - females slightly less. They seem fine to me - maybe a bit under, but I'm sure once you get them on canned kitten food in a few weeks, they will pick up the weight.

You can start at 5-6 weeks in getting them to eat solid food. Mom will need to be spayed in another month. Are you feedng mom high quality canned and dry kitten food? If she is that skinny, you might want to start getting the kittens to eat solid food so they slack off on nursing so much.

Would some KMR help Mom with putting on/maintaining some of her weight? Not that unusual to give to nursing cats.

She has a variety of wet and dry kitten food available but I'll pick up some KMR as well...the kittens will probably be starting towards actual food over the next week or two, so it might be nice to have some for that.

Each of the kittens seems to be gaining about .5 - .75 of an oz per day, so they're certainly getting bigger and more adventurous since the beginning of the week. They all wandered out of the nesting box to join mom for some love last night.

Computer's fixed and pics are here: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=220168 if anyone would like to see them.