Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Angiew on May 01, 2008, 16:03:23 PM
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My kittens are coming up to 7 weeks old and even though they can now eat if they choose to - they still rely more on mum. I do see then chomping at the kitten biscuit and they are happy to drink water and the lactofree milk I tried them with but do not seem that keen on wetfood - even not really wanting to eat fish or chicken.
I've been leaving them to it as I'm sure it will resolve itself but I would like them to be ready to go at 9 weeks.
Toileting is also progressing slowly and while they are using the trays there a still damp patches around the trays and not enough jobbies in for the 4 of them so again, unless i come across a pile hidden somewhere, I assume mum is still doing a lot of tidying up around them.
Is this the sign of a first time mum? Judiths fat kittens seem to be far more advanced and its their mums 3rd litter.
So is there anything I can do or anything I should be doing in the next couple of weeks? It goes wihout saying (so why am I :rofl:?) that if I don't think they are ready I will hang on to them a little longer.
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If Mum is not showing any signs of being sick of them by now, you might consider letting her into a separate room for an hour or so, but she may fret. Normally a cat will make it clear to her kittens when she has had enough of them ...
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Have you tried mixing milk (eg. Cimicat/Lactol) into mashed up kitten food? It looks disgusting but often works.
Your right it will happen naturally, mum will get fed up of eating poop soon :sick:
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Issey feed her kittens for 4mths !!!!!!
Thats because they were with her, Lilly was the last to stop feeding - She refused to eat kitten food and would follow issey everywhere, poor Issey would be trying to walk away with Lilly clinging to a tit lol