I go back to work tomorrow after a nice week off. My kitten has nicely increased her weight and size. Now she's probably between 6-7 weeks old and about 1 lb 4 oz. The trouble is in leaving her food to eat while we are at work. She shows zero interest in the baby cat dry food. And if I leave it out for her to find, the adult cats will go to great lengths to get it.
Her breakfast is about 1/2 a can of kitten food, so I think about 1.5 ounces mixed with a teaspoon of KMR second stage and water to make a bowl of smoothie.
There's no way to feed her again before I get home from work, but I could easily feed her 2 times in the evening. She's been asking for lunch about 1 PM.
I can't free feed the adult cats since 2 of them are overweight. My only option would be to put the kitten in the bathroom, but then that leaves out important cat socialization time.
All but one of the adult cats tolerates her and two of them dote on her, my boy Scooter being the most motherly.
I tried putting some of the kitten cereal inside one of those play cavern scratcher since she's the only one that can fit in it. Three of the cats had their heads jammed in there to snuffle up the treat. There simply is no place the kitten can get to that the others can't also reach.
Should I sacrifice togetherness for the possibility she might nibble on dry food she otherwise doesn't want to eat?
Her breakfast is about 1/2 a can of kitten food, so I think about 1.5 ounces mixed with a teaspoon of KMR second stage and water to make a bowl of smoothie.
There's no way to feed her again before I get home from work, but I could easily feed her 2 times in the evening. She's been asking for lunch about 1 PM.
I can't free feed the adult cats since 2 of them are overweight. My only option would be to put the kitten in the bathroom, but then that leaves out important cat socialization time.
All but one of the adult cats tolerates her and two of them dote on her, my boy Scooter being the most motherly.
I tried putting some of the kitten cereal inside one of those play cavern scratcher since she's the only one that can fit in it. Three of the cats had their heads jammed in there to snuffle up the treat. There simply is no place the kitten can get to that the others can't also reach.
Should I sacrifice togetherness for the possibility she might nibble on dry food she otherwise doesn't want to eat?