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weight in aprox. 8 month old kitten (photos)

post #1 of 7
2/8/12 at 5:54pm
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Hi guys, 
I just wanted to make sure I'm on the right track nutritionally. Good cat food is hard to come buy in Australia so i'm feeding my kitten the best i can find here which is Holistic Select. He gets mainly wet food with a bit of dry if I'm going out for longer than expected, and during the night when he wakes up demanding food at 4am!


He has been having one can of 5.5oz size per day, and about 2 handfuls of dry food.

They recommend: Adult: Feed about one can per 7 lbs. of body weight per day, Kitten: Feed up to twice the adult amount to kittens (for wet food)


Am i feeding him the right amount? he looks slim from ariel view but seems to have a bit of sag in his stomach (which appears to be skin)??

I will attach photos so you guys can see better :) (sorry its quite hard to get a good photo)

I put him on the bathroom scales and he is at 4.5kg. I always thought he looked like a pretty small cat but we aren't sure of his age (probably between 8-9 months)

Thanks!!

NOX2

NOX1

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post #2 of 7
2/8/12 at 6:04pm

Aww...pretty baby.  :)  I think you are feeding just fine.  All kitties grow differently...some are big and some are petite.  I have adult cats that range in weight from a petite 7 pounds to a huge 12 pounds!  All are healthy for their body type.  If your kitty doesn't walk around crying for food all the time, then you are likely doing just fine.   

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post #3 of 7
2/8/12 at 6:40pm
If you're really worried, just feed him more until he gets to the official adult size, which is one year. It's really hard to make a kitten overweight since they're so active. My kitten is 7 months and extremely active and he gets TWO 5.5 oz cans a day and free fed on grain-free kibble. He's a pig. laughing02.gif
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post #4 of 7
2/8/12 at 7:11pm

He looks very healthy to me. My Mollie is fully grown and she looks almost the same (only she has that loose flap they all get under their bellies). He actually looks really trim and fit, but it's hard to tell from photos. Check the cat body weight charts they usually hang at the vet:

 

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post #5 of 7
2/8/12 at 7:34pm

He looks similar in size to my 7 month old kitten. We feed him one can of dry, and 1/3-1/2 cup of dry food per day (we give him some more if his dish is getting empty before we go to bed - we don't want any 4am wake ups either laughing02.gif). Your boy is so pretty 

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post #6 of 7
2/8/12 at 9:19pm
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thanks guys! glad to hear that he looks like he is on the right track. you would not believe that this kitten was one sick boy! almost lost him countless times to malnutrition, URI and ringworm when we got him - he was a mess. I'm glad that he is now looking quite healthy too clap.gif

 

Is it normal for all cats to have that flap of skin under the bellys?

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post #7 of 7
2/8/12 at 9:43pm
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by the way - no idea why this is posted in behaviour.. was meant to be in nutrition. sorry about that!dontknow.gif

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