Meet Cheeky!
Little miss Cheeky has been with me since this past Sunday night, May 15th. I spent a week getting my house spotless and getting everything needed in preparation before picking her up. When I picked her up, the woman had told me that the kittens were 7 weeks, litter trained and eating hard food. I thought 'AWESOME', she's ready to come home <3
Everything has gone perfect thus far - Apart from her not eating. I expected her not to for at least the first night, considering she may have been nervous in getting to know her new home...but no issues, except not eating. She played her first night, drank from the water dispenser, explored, slept, explored some more and even stalked our eldest cat her first night. Cheeky is incredibly brave, rambunctious, adventurous and well......very very cheeky. LOL! She gets along incredibly well with myself and my boyfriend and just started being accepted by our 7 year old cat, Elizabeth (Lizzy), who she has been following non stop and chasing each other around the house. (Thank goodness)
Monday went by and I tried everything to feed her. She sat next to Lizzy while Lizzy ate and seemed very interested but did not eat her food. I asked the previous owner for the dry food they were feeding her because I am very strict in transitioning my animals and I don't want any problems if they can be avoided. I bought her Fancy Feast kitten formula soft food and warmed it up with the hard food the previous owner had her on. (Kit-N-Kaboodle is the brand they were feeding her, not my style, but to each their own I suppose.) She did not touch it after she sniffed it. So, I then tried giving her just the hard food they said she was eating, but nothing. She showed absolutely no interest in the Kit-N-Kaboodle, didn't even take a whiff.
Tuesday rolls by and I'm freaking out, that's how I am. She is showing no signs of illness, distress, nothing. The Vet the previous owner took Cheeky to said she was in great health and to continue what they were doing. I feed Lizzy (my eldest) Merrimack adult healthy weight mixed with Instinct Raw food. She used to be my grandmother's and was not in the best shape so I took Lizzy and she is the healthiest she's ever been. I'd like Cheeky to follow suit in the diet. I went to my pet store to buy some extra things to spoil the girls with and I was on a mission to get kitten milk. I want my babies to get the absolutely necessary nutrition they need and so I came home, followed the instructions and Cheeky was STARVED. That's how fast she was lapping up and going crazy. But I was informed that she was eating the Kit-N-Kaboodle so I don't understand. Maybe they lied to me? So my mother and the associate at the pet store both told me to try and soak the Merrimack hard food in with the formula. I tried that, she drank the milk all around and even suckled the hard food but they were left in the bowl. So, when it came around 3-4 hours later, she was meowing up something fierce, so she must be hungry and she knows I have the milk now, oh jeez. Another thing I read was at least try her Fancy Feast soft kitten food and mix it in with the formula. I didn't want to waste anything, so I gave her a very little bit at first. No go, she wanted just the milk.
So here's the famous question: WHAT AM I DOING?! lol Will she grow out of this? My Vet called me back this morning and told me to come bring her in for a quick wellness visit but from everything I told my vet, he said it sounds like she's doing awesome. He also told me that kittens can continue to drink the milk for up to 4 months and it's usually recommended to mix it with their food. That's great and all and I will do but how am I going to transition her? Any feedback is more than appreciated and this is my first baby pet I've taken under my care for the first time. I want everything to be purrrfect! <3 Thank you peeps!
My best,
Bonnie (First time mommy to a kitten)
Little miss Cheeky has been with me since this past Sunday night, May 15th. I spent a week getting my house spotless and getting everything needed in preparation before picking her up. When I picked her up, the woman had told me that the kittens were 7 weeks, litter trained and eating hard food. I thought 'AWESOME', she's ready to come home <3
Everything has gone perfect thus far - Apart from her not eating. I expected her not to for at least the first night, considering she may have been nervous in getting to know her new home...but no issues, except not eating. She played her first night, drank from the water dispenser, explored, slept, explored some more and even stalked our eldest cat her first night. Cheeky is incredibly brave, rambunctious, adventurous and well......very very cheeky. LOL! She gets along incredibly well with myself and my boyfriend and just started being accepted by our 7 year old cat, Elizabeth (Lizzy), who she has been following non stop and chasing each other around the house. (Thank goodness)
Monday went by and I tried everything to feed her. She sat next to Lizzy while Lizzy ate and seemed very interested but did not eat her food. I asked the previous owner for the dry food they were feeding her because I am very strict in transitioning my animals and I don't want any problems if they can be avoided. I bought her Fancy Feast kitten formula soft food and warmed it up with the hard food the previous owner had her on. (Kit-N-Kaboodle is the brand they were feeding her, not my style, but to each their own I suppose.) She did not touch it after she sniffed it. So, I then tried giving her just the hard food they said she was eating, but nothing. She showed absolutely no interest in the Kit-N-Kaboodle, didn't even take a whiff.
Tuesday rolls by and I'm freaking out, that's how I am. She is showing no signs of illness, distress, nothing. The Vet the previous owner took Cheeky to said she was in great health and to continue what they were doing. I feed Lizzy (my eldest) Merrimack adult healthy weight mixed with Instinct Raw food. She used to be my grandmother's and was not in the best shape so I took Lizzy and she is the healthiest she's ever been. I'd like Cheeky to follow suit in the diet. I went to my pet store to buy some extra things to spoil the girls with and I was on a mission to get kitten milk. I want my babies to get the absolutely necessary nutrition they need and so I came home, followed the instructions and Cheeky was STARVED. That's how fast she was lapping up and going crazy. But I was informed that she was eating the Kit-N-Kaboodle so I don't understand. Maybe they lied to me? So my mother and the associate at the pet store both told me to try and soak the Merrimack hard food in with the formula. I tried that, she drank the milk all around and even suckled the hard food but they were left in the bowl. So, when it came around 3-4 hours later, she was meowing up something fierce, so she must be hungry and she knows I have the milk now, oh jeez. Another thing I read was at least try her Fancy Feast soft kitten food and mix it in with the formula. I didn't want to waste anything, so I gave her a very little bit at first. No go, she wanted just the milk.
So here's the famous question: WHAT AM I DOING?! lol Will she grow out of this? My Vet called me back this morning and told me to come bring her in for a quick wellness visit but from everything I told my vet, he said it sounds like she's doing awesome. He also told me that kittens can continue to drink the milk for up to 4 months and it's usually recommended to mix it with their food. That's great and all and I will do but how am I going to transition her? Any feedback is more than appreciated and this is my first baby pet I've taken under my care for the first time. I want everything to be purrrfect! <3 Thank you peeps!
My best,
Bonnie (First time mommy to a kitten)
