My kittens did not have access to food for 14 hours, panic!

Ok, I know all about Hepatic Lipidosis.

Here is what happened.

I have two kittens, about 15 weeks old now.

They came to me on a raw and wet diet.  My other cat of 12 years is wet only.  We would do two meals a day and everything worked out.

I work all day and usually dont get home till 7-8, so I try and feed then and in the morning.

Wednesday night I fed them, they finished fast, so I put another dollop of raw, and added some canned NV rabbit, somehow the remainder of the can fell out(hand slip) on the counter so I grabbed it (gross) and tossed it into their bowl, knowing that was more than they could eat (1 whole can).

The next morning(Thursday), I saw a pretty good portion left so I tossed, mostly because there was raw mixed in, and I have a hard and fast 8 hour rule for raw (yea i know others do 15 min rule).

I figured since they had access to all that food that I shouldnt put out more (here was my mistake).

I get home Thursday night at 10:30 PM (hence the 14 hour gap), and feed them half can of wet and 5 oz raw.

That was done by morning.

Before I left, I put out more food, to which they jumped out of their sleep and rushed to eat it.

As you can tell, I am a panicked dad, I know I cant turn back time to have made sure they had access to food, I know they should never go 8 hours without access at this age (14weeks)

Someone please tell me they are ok.

God I hope they adapt to scheduled feeding.

I think I am going to start feeding them in my main floor walk in shower, I dont use it at all, and I can spray down the area.

Only problem is I like feeding cats upstairs (prevents roaches, near where they sleep and poop)

Dont worry too much!   Hepatic Lipidosis is mostly threatening these obesite / fats.

Or if he were very weak.

Kittens in the wild dont always get food precisely on time, if mom is out and hunting...

And sometimes you must hold back their food because of say, they have problems with stomach and you must quiet it down.

So, dont expose kittens too such intervalls, but no big harm.

Without water would be more serious.

Good luck!

I think they'll be fine but just so you know, that's not necessarily true about HL. It can happen to any animal at any time and cats are more susceptible to it. Although yes, if they are obese and have any other underlying health issues, they can develop it easier. But as long as none of them have gone 48 hours without food and don't look jaundiced at all, they're fine. 

Guys thanks for the info, I know I was in a panic, but when I saw they were so hungry this morning, (they havent gotten to communicating/begging for meal) I freaked out thinking if they are this hungry, then they must have been super hungry last night, as they never come at me for morning meal (mind you they have lived with me for 2 weeks now)

These guys are bengals, and I have an 11 year old bengal who is very communcative.  Its hard to adjust from a lifer to babies.

Also as to the fatty liver thing, my cat Korina (11 year old bengal pictured in my avatar) had a massive heart failure from mitral valve stenosis (heart disease that is not hcm).

She refused food and stopped eating. She lost every ounce of fat, and maybe some muscle, became skin and bones, had to force feed her with this huge syringe (dog section petsmart) of baby food chicken, and her wet blended for 3 weeks.

I was sure with my understanding of Hepatic Lipidosis that she would die from that, I will never know without having done a blood panel, but I guess my understanding was too elementary.

The forcefeeding did not slow the weight loss.

We were ready to put her down (humanely, we have an at home service here), the day I went and put the deposit on these babies, she started eating on her own.

I slowed down on her meds from every other day (lasix, diuretic removes water from lungs) to every five days, now she hasnt had the med in over ten days.

And she is FAT, I thought I was too used to my kittens

She needs to see a doctor again for them to listen to her murmer, and i should continue her meds, enlarged hearts dont get smaller.

Also, she is not living with me. When she was going downhill I was near a breakdown, so to help she moved back to my parents house (lived there with me her whole life till I bought my house 2 years ago) and that helped too, maybe she never got used to the city life.

Could be. Stress can play a huge part in their illnesses. My Alex had HL and she was very jaundiced but she was overweight and had stopped eating suddenly when this happened. She did recover from it but died from a pancreatic infection several months later. I know what it's like to have an elderly sick one and then go to rambunctious kittens. I was the same way when I got Lacey and Finney. Everything scared me at first because I was so on edge still about everything!