I have a couple of issues with my girl. Right now my 9 month old kitten Siouxsie "Waffles" (because she stole a waffles off my plate once)is fat. She's fixed. She doesn't go outside. She has all her shots. She does play & run around. I went away in December for a week and I came back and I was like WOW Waffles.. You're fat. And she is. She likes goes from bowl to bowl and eats. I adopted Waffles when she was 8 weeks old as a playmate for Pixel who is now a year and 5 months. They did love one another for a time, but I feel like as soon as Pixel turned like a year she was like "i'm too old to act like kitten all day". She just settled down. And I switched them out of kitten food shortly after because Pixel was putting on weight. We have another set of cats, who live separately now due to health issues - and being old and crotchety. She gets along with Pixel and the old cats, so she'll go back from forth between them. No issues. But I feel like she's only doing it to eat now - because the older cats have different food. I haven't given them any of their fancy feast since I got back form vacation but I think Waffles steals Pixels and then sleeps for like 2 days from food coma. This cat isn't just about cat food - She ate cookies on xmas on my dinning room table because the lid wasn't on correctly, she ate my step sons chipotle, she chew thought the bag and the Aluminum wrapper to eat the burrito. She chewed chip bags, she stole my waffles & a pancake that was on the counter. She's tried to eat the dog food. She actually will climb up u if you're standing and cooking anything chicken related. And if you open any bag or can - she's in the kitchen with you 1 second in. She's always trying to eat. She's been dewormed and everything. And 100% not pregnant. What should I do about this eating machine? Can someone suggest some filling food, maybe she'll stop eating like it's the last supper?
Next problem - We recused a little kitten he was approx 5 weeks old then he's 8 weeks -ish today. We call him Zeus. I found his brothers and sisters and him in the wood right next to my house when we were walking the dog. No mother in sight and it being 30 degree going down to the teens I bought the kittens inside and called the vet. Only Zeus made it the rest weren't really responsive when we got them to the vet. I really would like to keep him he's such a sweet boy. But 5 cats and a dog is a lot. Anyway he's been palling around with Waffles lately. He's also been nursing on her. She won't stop him. They both sit there and pur while she cleans him and he nurses. Waffles is fixed she's not producing milk, so now she has scabbed nipples. Every time I find them together I offer Zeus some kitten food, wet/dry but I think he's just doing this for comfort. But he's hurting her and she won't stop him. Now it's like when she's not being nursed from, she's eating. That's her life now. I'm worried about her. I've tried putting them in separate rooms. But Zeus just screams, he's screamed all night long - for 8 hours.
Next problem - We recused a little kitten he was approx 5 weeks old then he's 8 weeks -ish today. We call him Zeus. I found his brothers and sisters and him in the wood right next to my house when we were walking the dog. No mother in sight and it being 30 degree going down to the teens I bought the kittens inside and called the vet. Only Zeus made it the rest weren't really responsive when we got them to the vet. I really would like to keep him he's such a sweet boy. But 5 cats and a dog is a lot. Anyway he's been palling around with Waffles lately. He's also been nursing on her. She won't stop him. They both sit there and pur while she cleans him and he nurses. Waffles is fixed she's not producing milk, so now she has scabbed nipples. Every time I find them together I offer Zeus some kitten food, wet/dry but I think he's just doing this for comfort. But he's hurting her and she won't stop him. Now it's like when she's not being nursed from, she's eating. That's her life now. I'm worried about her. I've tried putting them in separate rooms. But Zeus just screams, he's screamed all night long - for 8 hours.
