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Simon was 1 month old and around 7 ounces when we rescued him late this July. His sister Carly was a whole pound. She now weighs nearly 7 pounds. Simon weighs 4 pounds. He is not thin for his body size, not malnourished, everything at the vet checks a-ok, no worms or anything, but he's still very small. His sister is much bigger than him. He's probably seven inches tall from foot to shoulder and maybe ten or eleven inches long from neck to rump. While his sister has recently gone through a growth spurt, it's been over a month since Simon has grown at all or gained any weight. Still he looks fine for his size and he eats a cup of food a day. He's proportional, so I don't think he's affected by any sort of cat dwarfism. Do you think he's just a small cat? He was obviously the runt of the litter, but so was our Binky, and she's now a hefty 12 pounds (she should be 10 and we're trying to cut her down to that. Binky's only a year and a half.) Simon still retains a kittenish face and is the sweetest little tuxedo gentleman you can imagine.
Any advice would be appreciated, we're still pretty new cat owners. In fact we'd never had cats before we rescued these four.
Any advice would be appreciated, we're still pretty new cat owners. In fact we'd never had cats before we rescued these four.