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Hello,
I foster failed on one of my rescue kittens and he's been nothing but trouble when it comes to food. He was found at 8 weeks extremely skinny and sick. There was weeks of force feeding, supplements, medication, on and on. Anyway he did eventually recover, and has been the pickiest eater ever since then.
Once he was mine, I took him off kibble, and started feeding the highest quality wet foods money can buy. My adult cat is on raw (Primal Raw to be exact) and has been for years, I didn't want to start him on raw so young, just because he had such a hard time and I was a little worried about his immune system and such. Moral of the story, hundreds of dollars later, all he wants to eat is raw (he gets Turkey formula) like his big sister.
Primal recommends four nuggets of the turkey a day for a kitten his age and size (we think approximately 5 pounds now, and he's about 4.5 months old). While he seems to be in a good weight range, he looks skinny, and we're feeding him EIGHT nuggets a day, split over four meals, have been for a few weeks, and he is constantly crying for more.
He's been dewormed twice, tested for every disease under the sun, done two rounds of antibiotics, and has his basic vaccines fully finished (rabies and leukaemia to be done with his neuter, January 5).
I've attached some pictures for reference to what I mean when I say he looks skinny. He has a visible waist line and can usually see his hip/shoulder bones. I've also attached one of him with my adult cat (because it is adorable), but she is a very small cat, only 8 pounds with tiny legs and a round little body.
Sorry if it is a silly question, I am honestly not very used to having kittens (teething was a surprise!) as I am a foster home, almost exclusively adult cats, and even the kittens who do come to me are always emaciated/sick.
Thoughts?
I foster failed on one of my rescue kittens and he's been nothing but trouble when it comes to food. He was found at 8 weeks extremely skinny and sick. There was weeks of force feeding, supplements, medication, on and on. Anyway he did eventually recover, and has been the pickiest eater ever since then.
Once he was mine, I took him off kibble, and started feeding the highest quality wet foods money can buy. My adult cat is on raw (Primal Raw to be exact) and has been for years, I didn't want to start him on raw so young, just because he had such a hard time and I was a little worried about his immune system and such. Moral of the story, hundreds of dollars later, all he wants to eat is raw (he gets Turkey formula) like his big sister.
Primal recommends four nuggets of the turkey a day for a kitten his age and size (we think approximately 5 pounds now, and he's about 4.5 months old). While he seems to be in a good weight range, he looks skinny, and we're feeding him EIGHT nuggets a day, split over four meals, have been for a few weeks, and he is constantly crying for more.
He's been dewormed twice, tested for every disease under the sun, done two rounds of antibiotics, and has his basic vaccines fully finished (rabies and leukaemia to be done with his neuter, January 5).
I've attached some pictures for reference to what I mean when I say he looks skinny. He has a visible waist line and can usually see his hip/shoulder bones. I've also attached one of him with my adult cat (because it is adorable), but she is a very small cat, only 8 pounds with tiny legs and a round little body.
Sorry if it is a silly question, I am honestly not very used to having kittens (teething was a surprise!) as I am a foster home, almost exclusively adult cats, and even the kittens who do come to me are always emaciated/sick.
Thoughts?
