Hiya,
Girlfriend and I just got a 5 week year old kitten. In the shelter they told us that they were able to retrieve only his sister and him. No mom could be found. The shelter also told us that he was able to eat solid food.
When we got home, we found out that he didn't eat solid food. We were given a bag of what the shelter feed their cats. So we tried giving the solid food with cat milk. He licked the milk away, but didn't touch the solid food itself.
Came to the PetSmart store for the advice, they told us to try and get canned food mushed with milk. We did, worked wonders. Now he started to have tummy problems (diarrhea), so we stopped giving him a milk and continued with just canned food.
He really, really likes it, but he's been having problems with his stool for the past 2 days or so.
Can it be from the diet change? And is there a chance that shelter people lied to us about him eating solid food?
I also read in 2 different sources that kittens are need to be fed Once every 4 hours, while in another source I read that kittens need to be fed every 6 hours 4 times a day. The time is so far apart and I'm not sure which one to believe right now (we are sticking to every 4 hours). Again will appreciate any advice from the people who raised kittens that young.
Here are the pictures of our little purr box.
Him alone with all the toys.
(EDIT: Whoops toys were cut out due to the size of the picture)
Salem and my girlfriend chilling together. He likes to lick her nose, no clue why. He however liked to kiss my face.
PS: He is the most clever kitten I've ever met.
It took me exactly 1 day to potty train him and teach him on how to use scratching post!
He also spends half of the night laying next to my girlfriend's head and than the rest of the night laying at my legs. I've been hardly sleeping for the past few days as I'm terrified of crushing him.
Girlfriend and I just got a 5 week year old kitten. In the shelter they told us that they were able to retrieve only his sister and him. No mom could be found. The shelter also told us that he was able to eat solid food.
When we got home, we found out that he didn't eat solid food. We were given a bag of what the shelter feed their cats. So we tried giving the solid food with cat milk. He licked the milk away, but didn't touch the solid food itself.
Came to the PetSmart store for the advice, they told us to try and get canned food mushed with milk. We did, worked wonders. Now he started to have tummy problems (diarrhea), so we stopped giving him a milk and continued with just canned food.
He really, really likes it, but he's been having problems with his stool for the past 2 days or so.
Can it be from the diet change? And is there a chance that shelter people lied to us about him eating solid food?
I also read in 2 different sources that kittens are need to be fed Once every 4 hours, while in another source I read that kittens need to be fed every 6 hours 4 times a day. The time is so far apart and I'm not sure which one to believe right now (we are sticking to every 4 hours). Again will appreciate any advice from the people who raised kittens that young.
Here are the pictures of our little purr box.
Him alone with all the toys.
Salem and my girlfriend chilling together. He likes to lick her nose, no clue why. He however liked to kiss my face.
PS: He is the most clever kitten I've ever met.