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Introducing Smike. He's a stray / semi feral, about 10 weeks old, gunky eyes, snotty nose, and scary thin. Started on eye ointment, amoxicillin, wormed. After finally being captured and picked up 2 days ago, he melted into my hands, purring and has barely stopped since. He's sequestered in his own room for now, and eats like a little proverbial horse. We didn't have kitten food on hand, so fed Calif Natural venison. Now have a variety of wet kitten food (all premium,grain free) and want to get some healthy meat on his bones. A little diarrhea this morning, but he's otherwise alert, busy, loving and active. We don't want to overwhelm his little half-starved system. We're feeding him 3-4 times a day, about 1/4 of a 3 oz can each time. Does that sound about right? Is it okay to switch foods around, or would it be better to stay with one kind? And is there any particular meat base that would be best, or should be avoided (fish vs poultry vs beef, etc)? Is there any sort of supplemental goodie to add to help him fatten up? And finally...he's a boy. Having been thru two males with blockages and one FLUTD female (ALL of whom were on meaty, grain free canned food before and ended up on S/O), is there any wisdom on keeping boycats healthy and free-flowing right from the get-go? I SWORE I would never have another boy, but what can you do when HE picks YOU?
Smike and I thank you... Julie
Smike and I thank you... Julie