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Hi everyone,
So my darling Ava is 6 months old now and over the last month or so I have noticed her eating slowing down a lot. She eats a mixture of wet and raw so if the mods think it is better you can move this to the raw forum but I thought it would be better in the general area.
She still likes food but she won't eat as much in one sitting as she used to. She also seems sick of of wet so I am feeding her more raw and she eats almost the amount that an active cat should get but not how much a kitten should get under the guidelines (I am upping her amount today to how much an active cat should get). Plus she eats probably 1-3 oz of wet and at the end of the day I let her eat some nature's variety LID turkey and I am guessing she probably eats at least 100 calories of this. She also gets bits of meat from me and eats the dogs leftover wet (it does not have anything dangerous for cats in it).
While her and Frank run around in the mornings she is not an incredibly active kitten and sleeps a lot of the day. Also like Frank a lot of her play involves her lying down while I have to wave the wand at her.
Is it normal for kittens to not eat as much at 6 months? I am just always worried she doesn't eat enough for a kitten and I do know she would eat more if I left out dry and I worry I am depriving her (I know it is crazy). But the thing is she is pretty chunky and big and I also worry about that. Here she is:
So my darling Ava is 6 months old now and over the last month or so I have noticed her eating slowing down a lot. She eats a mixture of wet and raw so if the mods think it is better you can move this to the raw forum but I thought it would be better in the general area.
She still likes food but she won't eat as much in one sitting as she used to. She also seems sick of of wet so I am feeding her more raw and she eats almost the amount that an active cat should get but not how much a kitten should get under the guidelines (I am upping her amount today to how much an active cat should get). Plus she eats probably 1-3 oz of wet and at the end of the day I let her eat some nature's variety LID turkey and I am guessing she probably eats at least 100 calories of this. She also gets bits of meat from me and eats the dogs leftover wet (it does not have anything dangerous for cats in it).
While her and Frank run around in the mornings she is not an incredibly active kitten and sleeps a lot of the day. Also like Frank a lot of her play involves her lying down while I have to wave the wand at her.
Is it normal for kittens to not eat as much at 6 months? I am just always worried she doesn't eat enough for a kitten and I do know she would eat more if I left out dry and I worry I am depriving her (I know it is crazy). But the thing is she is pretty chunky and big and I also worry about that. Here she is: