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Hi everyone
I'm hoping you can give some advice. I'm a 1st time cat owner and have been reading a lot about keeping cats but a lot of the advice is contradictory. So hoping you can help.
I got 2 kittens who are 7 weeks old now and the owner I got them from said she was feeding them Whiskas wet kitten food with Whiskas dry kitten food mixed in. She said she also gave them Whiskas kitten milk along with them getting feeds from their mum. So we had been doing this when we got home but they weren't interested in the food or the milk. Thought must be due to their first day in a new environment. Then 2nd day managed to get them to take the kitten milk and they have been taking that since. They have not been eating the Whiskas food at all. When I was at their first vet check she suggested either some chicken or tuna so they have been eating the tuna not an awful lot but at least they have ate some. Have mixed in the dry food with it but they just picked out the tuna and left the rest. The thing that worries me is that both their stools are quite runny ( apart from 1 kitten doing a proper poo on the 2nd day). I'm worried it might be the food or the milk. They won't touch water but drink the milk. I started their de-wormer today although they hated it! I have to give them it again for next 2 days.
They are really lively and bright so don't look ill or anything.
I'd be grateful for any advice you can give me. Thanks!
I'm hoping you can give some advice. I'm a 1st time cat owner and have been reading a lot about keeping cats but a lot of the advice is contradictory. So hoping you can help.
I got 2 kittens who are 7 weeks old now and the owner I got them from said she was feeding them Whiskas wet kitten food with Whiskas dry kitten food mixed in. She said she also gave them Whiskas kitten milk along with them getting feeds from their mum. So we had been doing this when we got home but they weren't interested in the food or the milk. Thought must be due to their first day in a new environment. Then 2nd day managed to get them to take the kitten milk and they have been taking that since. They have not been eating the Whiskas food at all. When I was at their first vet check she suggested either some chicken or tuna so they have been eating the tuna not an awful lot but at least they have ate some. Have mixed in the dry food with it but they just picked out the tuna and left the rest. The thing that worries me is that both their stools are quite runny ( apart from 1 kitten doing a proper poo on the 2nd day). I'm worried it might be the food or the milk. They won't touch water but drink the milk. I started their de-wormer today although they hated it! I have to give them it again for next 2 days.
They are really lively and bright so don't look ill or anything.
I'd be grateful for any advice you can give me. Thanks!