Well as alot of you already know about Tiger & Lily I am beginning to get a little concerned. They were born on July 12th so that puts them at just over 7 weeks old and they are both healthy and very playful.
My concern is that they are not eating anything other then nursing from mom. Mom has been getting cranky every once in a while over the last few days but she still nurses them with no problems - Just meows at them and runs/walks away if she is not in the mood to nurse. The kittens are lapping water from their dish and I have a dish of dry kitten food, wet food mixed with water so its more like water ( hoping that they'd drink that instead of the water one day ) and I also mix up the dry kitten food with water so it is softer hoping they will try that and I have no luck with anything, and I also have a dish of cat milk out.
I have tried to put it on their mouths, have them lick it off my finger and I have pushed their little noses into the dishes and they both turn their nose up at everything I have tried!
I know they are not starving and sooner or later mom will refuse to nurse them but does anyone have any other suggestions on what I can try to get these babies to eat something!! Or if i should really be concerned at all?
Thanks!
My concern is that they are not eating anything other then nursing from mom. Mom has been getting cranky every once in a while over the last few days but she still nurses them with no problems - Just meows at them and runs/walks away if she is not in the mood to nurse. The kittens are lapping water from their dish and I have a dish of dry kitten food, wet food mixed with water so its more like water ( hoping that they'd drink that instead of the water one day ) and I also mix up the dry kitten food with water so it is softer hoping they will try that and I have no luck with anything, and I also have a dish of cat milk out.
I have tried to put it on their mouths, have them lick it off my finger and I have pushed their little noses into the dishes and they both turn their nose up at everything I have tried!
I know they are not starving and sooner or later mom will refuse to nurse them but does anyone have any other suggestions on what I can try to get these babies to eat something!! Or if i should really be concerned at all?
Thanks!