Kitten news
Nov. 17th, 2007 04:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leaveoutalltherestSo, we're keeping the little brat. All the others have settled down rather well. Of course, little things that have cropped up that have really pissed me off.
Duo is small, was a bit underweight. I initially put it off as he was the runt and they were in a shelter/rescue. Well, as I said, things have cropped up, things that anyone who has ever dealt with more than one litter of kittens (or a problematic mother-cat) knows. Duo reacts very, VERY much like a kitten that was abandoned by its mother. On top of that, he's also showing signs that he was forcibly weaned, too early. I'm really beginning to think that he's just now hitting eight weeks, or was just barely eight weeks when we got him. He won't eat the kitten chow very well, but chows on regular cat food, and isn't putting on much weight.
So, I got some weaning formula from the vet/petstore place, and he ate it like it was nectar from the gods or something. And then went back for seconds. Between that and the kitten chow, he should put on enough weight here shortly. We'll just have to pay extra attention to him to overcome the separational anxiety issues.
Duo is small, was a bit underweight. I initially put it off as he was the runt and they were in a shelter/rescue. Well, as I said, things have cropped up, things that anyone who has ever dealt with more than one litter of kittens (or a problematic mother-cat) knows. Duo reacts very, VERY much like a kitten that was abandoned by its mother. On top of that, he's also showing signs that he was forcibly weaned, too early. I'm really beginning to think that he's just now hitting eight weeks, or was just barely eight weeks when we got him. He won't eat the kitten chow very well, but chows on regular cat food, and isn't putting on much weight.
So, I got some weaning formula from the vet/petstore place, and he ate it like it was nectar from the gods or something. And then went back for seconds. Between that and the kitten chow, he should put on enough weight here shortly. We'll just have to pay extra attention to him to overcome the separational anxiety issues.