Two orphaned kittens were brought in to the shelter at 3 weeks old. They have been in foster care for 5 weeks.
They have grown..but not alot. They still look like 5-6 week olds. They did have fleas and were given Revolution and Strongid. They developed diarrhea a week ago and have been treated for Giardia/Coccydia.
These kittens took forever..and I mean forever, to learn how to open their mouth and eat on their own. Now, at 8 weeks, they will still walk through, stand in kibble and act like they are starving but will not eat it. They are hungry all the time...almost frantic. Crawling up your legs and acting like they haven't been fed for a week when it's only been an hour.
They have full bellies but feel skeletal. I believe they were treated for tapeworms with Profender soon after their arriving and I'm trying to figure out if they have been treated since.
Could tapeworms be the cause?? Is there any other reasons they are always so hungry?
At 8 weeks, they should know enough to eat dry kibble but it's like the human is their food source and won't accept anything but wet food.
I watered some kitten kibble down and after some insistance on my part, they did start to eat it. But they never seem satisfied. It's very frustrating...
They have grown..but not alot. They still look like 5-6 week olds. They did have fleas and were given Revolution and Strongid. They developed diarrhea a week ago and have been treated for Giardia/Coccydia.
These kittens took forever..and I mean forever, to learn how to open their mouth and eat on their own. Now, at 8 weeks, they will still walk through, stand in kibble and act like they are starving but will not eat it. They are hungry all the time...almost frantic. Crawling up your legs and acting like they haven't been fed for a week when it's only been an hour.
They have full bellies but feel skeletal. I believe they were treated for tapeworms with Profender soon after their arriving and I'm trying to figure out if they have been treated since.
Could tapeworms be the cause?? Is there any other reasons they are always so hungry?
At 8 weeks, they should know enough to eat dry kibble but it's like the human is their food source and won't accept anything but wet food.
I watered some kitten kibble down and after some insistance on my part, they did start to eat it. But they never seem satisfied. It's very frustrating...