Feeding a stray kitten - about 4 months old

motorcurl

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A kitten came to our porch bowl about three weeks ago.  Shy but friendly, she allowed me to pet her within a week, and has now moved into my home.  (I'm a sucker for these babies!)  She is not feral at all...totally friendly and now very comfortable in my house with my four inside cats. I have posted her info on a Lost and Found pets board in my area with no responses, and am working to get her into a foster-rescue-adoption program.  Finally got a response from one rescue, but they are slow to get me into their program.

I think this kitty is about four months old, since she has started getting her adult teeth.  My question is...how much to feed her?  It's been a while since I've had a kitten.  She appears to be starving all the time.  I am feeding my cats canned Wellness Core turkey/duck and canned Merrick's Purrfect Bistro chicken.  Two get some kibble on the side.  I'm feeding the kitten the same food (as little kibble as possible).  She eats half of a 5 oz can then goes looking for more, so I give her another quarter of a can.  She takes a break for awhile, then wants more, which I give her.  All in all, I think she's eating almost two 5 oz cans a day.  Two feeding periods, morning and evening, but those periods stretch out for about 3 hours each time, getting small portions throughout the period.  (As an aside, the rescue program that has responded only feeds Merrick's Healthy Cat dry food.  I'm not happy about that.)

I need to get her into the vet for a once over.  She's got very smelly, soft poos, so I'm sure she's got the usual assortment of stray kitten parasites.  Maybe that's contributing to the constant hunger?  How much should this kitten be eating?

Thanks!
 

ondine

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If she has worms, that would most definitely make her hungrier, as they are sucking all the nutrition out of her.

Maybe you could give her kitten food.  It has the extra nutrients she needs now.

Thank you for helping her.  It sounds like she really needed it.  Hopefully, the rescue comes through.  Fingers crossed!
 
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