We are fostering 4 to 6 week old kittens for the shelter we volunteer at. They came in as ferel kittens without their mother unfortunately and right now they have us feeding both wet and dry food, but I don't think they are eating much of the dry if any. How much should they be eating? We feed them 2 to 3 times a days and split a 3oz can between them, but they only eat maybe a quarter of their half. But usually less than that. Does this sound about right for their age?
I also started feed them KMR which is the milk replacement as they were trying to nurse off of us. So I will offer that once a day usually after work in addition to their second meal. One of them seems to be doing fine, eating and drinking plenty of the milk. The other one not so much of either and he's the one I'm concerned about. When we are in there with he meows constantly which makes me think he's hungry, but he won't eat much. Should I go out and maybe buy a different wet food for him? The shelter gave us fancy feast kitten food. Obviously they won't be giving us or them the high end stuff because it is expensive, but I don't mind trying something else in the meantime. Also would that even be a good idea because once we take them back in 3 weeks they will get what the shelter gave us.
For the most part they both seem to be happy and healthy. They play and love attention and do not seem ferel anymore, I just want to make sure they are getting enough food or being offered the right stuff.
I also started feed them KMR which is the milk replacement as they were trying to nurse off of us. So I will offer that once a day usually after work in addition to their second meal. One of them seems to be doing fine, eating and drinking plenty of the milk. The other one not so much of either and he's the one I'm concerned about. When we are in there with he meows constantly which makes me think he's hungry, but he won't eat much. Should I go out and maybe buy a different wet food for him? The shelter gave us fancy feast kitten food. Obviously they won't be giving us or them the high end stuff because it is expensive, but I don't mind trying something else in the meantime. Also would that even be a good idea because once we take them back in 3 weeks they will get what the shelter gave us.
For the most part they both seem to be happy and healthy. They play and love attention and do not seem ferel anymore, I just want to make sure they are getting enough food or being offered the right stuff.