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Kittens must be hitting a new growth spurt
Up until now I have worried about Scarlett in particular, not eating
enough. She's always been sort of a light eater. Now, though, both kittens can't keep enough food in them!! They are constantly hungry! No worries about worms since they were dewormed several times after coming indoors and have never been out since. Scarlett is getting rounder (but only compared to her previous thin-as-a-rail state) so I figure they are hitting a growth spurt and are in need of the extra food. I just keep feeding 'em, and extra at that. I also can't keep them down from high places these days. Ever since Rhett discovered high places like tall dressers, counter tops, refrigerator tops, shelves, etc... Scarlett has followed in his footsteps in the last week. Tonight I heard a voice from my kitchen. I strained my ears to listen closely. There, heard it again! "No new messages" She was standing on my answering machine. Oi. -- Cheryl |
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It never ocurred to me till I saw the header of this thread, but this must
be why the boys' appetites vary so widely. I'm consistent with what I feed the cats in a day -- I go according to the servings listed on the cat food bag. As per the vet, serving food at regular times is better than just saying, "Oh, time to refill the cat food dishes" at varying times from one day to the next. I feed them before I go to bed at night. Most nights, when I go downstairs, there are just a few kibbles left in each dish. But SOME nights, there's a fair amount of food remaining, and other nights, the dishes are completely empty and the cats are ravenous. Maybe those extra-hungry episodes correspond with growth spurts. The cats are 10 months old, so they're still growing. Which would be a good thing... Stanley's gotten a little bit, shall we say, wider than I expected over the past couple of weeks. Hopefully he'll grow into it, or burn off the excess, before long. Goodness knows that they're both active cats, chasing each other everywhere and wrestling all day. It's a big adjustment, going from caring for one senior-citizen kitty to raising two rambunctious kittens. Even when they're kittens who are approaching their first birthday, they're still very much in "pounce on whatever moves, especially if it's my brother" mode. ) Feeding the cats is just one aspect of the day where the differences between older and younger cats are apparent. Donna and the hungry pair, Captain and Stanley |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message ... Up until now I have worried about Scarlett in particular, not eating enough. She's always been sort of a light eater. Now, though, both kittens can't keep enough food in them!! They are constantly hungry! No worries about worms since they were dewormed several times after coming indoors and have never been out since. Scarlett is getting rounder (but only compared to her previous thin-as-a-rail state) so I figure they are hitting a growth spurt and are in need of the extra food. I just keep feeding 'em, and extra at that. I also can't keep them down from high places these days. Ever since Rhett discovered high places like tall dressers, counter tops, refrigerator tops, shelves, etc... Scarlett has followed in his footsteps in the last week. Tonight I heard a voice from my kitchen. I strained my ears to listen closely. There, heard it again! "No new messages" She was standing on my answering machine. Oi. Hehe! Mia and Toffee used to listen to the answering machine too. They would stand on the button and make it stutter "n-n-n-n-n-no new messages" -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net "Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG |
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On Fri 25 Feb 2005 07:23:26a, Gabey8 wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes alkaboutpets.com) : snip It's a big adjustment, going from caring for one senior-citizen kitty to raising two rambunctious kittens. Even when they're kittens who are approaching their first birthday, they're still very much in "pounce on whatever moves, especially if it's my brother" mode. ) Feeding the cats is just one aspect of the day where the differences between older and younger cats are apparent. It sure is!! I've never had kittens in the house before. The youngest I fostered (back a few years ago) were 6 months old; never had to go through the worry of "failure to thrive" or "growth spurts". It's been an experience! I just adore them both. My sister has twin 5 year old barebabies and they were born premature (like most mulitple births) and from my sisters experience with them, they have periods where they can't get enough food. It always coincides with a growth spurt. I just figured it was the same with furbabies. -- Cheryl |
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