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Suggestions on kitten food?
Does anyone have any suggestion on kitten food that might be particularly
appealing to kittens? Sammy's brood is coming up on 4 weeks old this Sunday. All seem to have a complete set of baby teeth formed at this time. Four of the six babies will drink milk mix from a flat bowl although all of them will still breastfeed, and in fact seem to still prefer it. A few of them have even nibbled several small bites of cheese, cottage cheese, etc. It's still to early to wean them and I'm not in a hurry to make the rush to solid foods but the babies don't seem at all interested in the Purina Kitten chow that Sammy has been getting. I've let some soak in the milk they drink but they just ignore it. Since they were drawn to the cheese pretty readily, it must be some sort of appeal factor. Sammy is becoming more vocal in her 'instructions' to the mob - especially when a few of the more rowdy ones gang up on her. She was nursing a few of them earlier and one kept pouncing on and over her head, biting her ears, etc. After a few minutes of verbal warnings and gently moving the hellion off her head, she scooped a paw under him and body slammed him. He got the hint then. The personalities are starting to come out now. One we call Angel is usually the first to come running out with a greeting and will follow me for the greatest distance from home base. The little black one is probably the most endearing of the bunch - exceptional eye contact and vocalizing with us. The one I call Big Red is the little guy who had to have eye drops and seemed to be a bit wary of me. He has shown a preference to nest in away from the other five most of the time. He still gets quite vocal when handled yet Sammy seems to pay little mind to his loud squeals. It's almost like she's got him figured for a big whiner and ignores a lot of his complaints at being handled. The others can make much smaller sounds and she will come running to check up on them. Red seems to play well with any of the others and has one favorite cuddle buddy he will sleep with if he isn't by himself. I wouldn't say he's anti-social, just seems to have a preference for a larger space. Of course with the herd starting to expand their range we have to be a lot more careful walking into the room. |
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"MadHatter" wrote in message ... let us know how the transition to new food turns out. you'll probably need a couple of bowls for them to eliminate competition. the bowls i have are stainless steel, with wider base to prevent tipping over and fairly low, so that Shaina is comfortable reaching her food and water. The cottage cheese is given in tablespoon amounts. Thats about all the whole tribe has any interest in at one sitting for now anyway. For 'bowls' I find that small margarine tub lids work great. If they spill any it isn't a big deal because we're going to replace the carpet soon. All of the babies have shown some interest in one thing or another that I've offered but the only real consistent hit is the milk/KMR mix. They all seem to love that. Problem is keeping Sammy out of the kitten's bowl. She gets hers separately then comes running to hog down what I put out for the babies. One of the comical things that happens is when the one we call Angel runs out to greet me. She comes flying out and stops so quick that her back feet come off the floor like she's about ready to flip over frontward. I'm hoping to see these little ones start peeing on their own soon. I think they can but mom keeps after them so frequently that they haven't really had the need to do it on their own yet. |
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"MadHatter" wrote in message ... let us know how the transition to new food turns out. you'll probably need a couple of bowls for them to eliminate competition. the bowls i have are stainless steel, with wider base to prevent tipping over and fairly low, so that Shaina is comfortable reaching her food and water. The cottage cheese is given in tablespoon amounts. Thats about all the whole tribe has any interest in at one sitting for now anyway. For 'bowls' I find that small margarine tub lids work great. If they spill any it isn't a big deal because we're going to replace the carpet soon. All of the babies have shown some interest in one thing or another that I've offered but the only real consistent hit is the milk/KMR mix. They all seem to love that. Problem is keeping Sammy out of the kitten's bowl. She gets hers separately then comes running to hog down what I put out for the babies. One of the comical things that happens is when the one we call Angel runs out to greet me. She comes flying out and stops so quick that her back feet come off the floor like she's about ready to flip over frontward. I'm hoping to see these little ones start peeing on their own soon. I think they can but mom keeps after them so frequently that they haven't really had the need to do it on their own yet. |
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