4 day old kitten weight

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right Lilly's kitten's are 4 day's old now i got some scale's today but they ain't really good it was the only one's i could get at the time though any way this is there weight's could u please tell me if they sound right lol
forest weigh's....6oz
tigerlilly weigh's....7oz
midnight weigh's....7 1/2oz
i will be keeping a check on them to make sure this is right in gm's i can only get an average of around 200 is the biggest then a few gram's less for the other's i will be getting electric one's soon also i have been reading another thread and a 2 week old kitten was weighing 11oz , i know lilly's kitten's looked really big when they were born but could they really have been 4-5 oz? or is this normal?
 

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I am using a cheap kitchen scale and it is impossible to get an exact weight because they wiggle so much, but I get a good idea and as long as they gain weight it is good to go.
Mine were about 4 oz at birth, 8/9 oz by 1 week and almost 12 oz at 2 weeks.
 
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so the 7 1/2oz is good at 4 day's old ?? these are cheep kitchen scale's aswell but i did it a few time's to make sure they read the same
 

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I would think that that's a good weight, depending on how much they weighed when they were born. From reading these forums, I learned that they are supposed to double their weight at 1 week old.
 

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You bet thats a good weight! Eek. My runt weighed in at 7.5 ounces last night and she is 16 days old.... My largest is 9oz but I guess I have to remember they were premature at birth (2oz and 2.5oz for the rest). They have all officially opened their eyes today. The runt opened the soonest, last Thursday and the last one opened their today.
 
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lol i might be off by about 1/2oz each 1 but i thought they looked big when they were born i have more pic's that i will post soon
 
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