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| 3552.1 | OOOHHHH, lucky you! | BOOVX2::MANDILE | | Mon Apr 30 1990 14:54 | 20 |
| CONGRADULATIONS!
BTW, my vet said "NO MILK!" (it gives them diarrhea)
My two wouldn't eat any of the "Kitten Chow" dry. They wanted
the adult dry. They would eat any of the commercial type canned
for kittens or adults. I have two adults, too, so I fed free
choice dry and put down canned twice a day, morning & eve. The
kittens (now 1 yr old) were malnourished, so they ate like little
piggies for about two weeks. Once they caught on to the fact that
food was not going to disappear, they slowed down and regulated
their own intake. Try to feed dry/canned with an ash content of
below 2.5%. Have plenty of water available, too.
What are you going to name him/her?
L-
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| 3552.2 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Tue May 01 1990 12:18 | 27 |
| Well, I can tell you what I do for Bonnie, my scottish-fold show
kitty. She gets regular food with the gang, but I'm giving her
Hi-vite vitamins. You can get them from Hadleigh House at the
catshows and I'm not sure where else. They area a liquid vitamin
supplement.
Since kittens are so little, I provide them with their own catbox
right in the room in which they are staying. Else them may get
confused or lost and not be able to find the box. Once the kitten
seems to know its way around and is big enough to take stairs etc
if you have them, Then I might go back to just the big boxes. Of
course, I have 5 catboxes around the house so its easier to find
one. You might want to run two boxes for a while just so the kitten
doesn't have to enter the bigger cat's territory (big cat's catbox).
Also, be sure you take her for a "well-visit" as soon as you get
her and before you expose your older cat to her. This is
especially important if you are adopting a shelter cat or a cat
from a "Free kittens" ad, but it is also quite possible to bring
in upper respiratory infections etc from a breeder's.
re: Milk - it gives them diarrea if they can't digest it. Mao gets
some cream (about 1 TBSP) every morning with no ill effects at all.
They certainly don't need it and you may not want them to cultivate a
taste for it, but as long as there's no diarrea, I don't think its
at all dangerous. Better to encourage her to drink water.
N
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| 3552.3 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Tue May 01 1990 12:20 | 13 |
| Oh, I forgot to mention, that my cats get both canned (which is
easier for a small kitten to eat) and dry food.
canned:
Perform
Lick your chops
Alpo
Purina
DRY:
Blue Seal
Lick your chops
Alpo Dry
Perform
Occasional samples from the catshow.
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| 3552.4 | Mine get Science Diet | RHETT::RROGERS | | Wed May 02 1990 20:10 | 14 |
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Hi,
My two kittens will be a year old this month. I feed them Science Diet
Kitten Food and they have both stayed very healthy. I keep their bowl full
and accesible at all times and neither of them are overweight (they are indoor
cats and only go out under supervision).
Science Diet is fairly soft and even when they were six weeks old they would
eat it without a problem. I did not give them any vitamins. You may already
know that Science Diet is only sold in pet stores and not at grocery stores.
My vet recommended it to me and gives away samples at her office.
Enjoy your new cat!
Roseanne
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| 3552.5 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Thu May 03 1990 11:38 | 5 |
| Science Diet is VERY high in calories. You may find that your cats
will start gaining weight when their metabolisms slow down a bit.
Please watch them carefully - a fat cat is an unhealthy cat.
Nancy DC
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| 3552.6 | Science low calorie | SMEGIT::BALLAM | | Mon May 07 1990 15:06 | 16 |
| Science Diet has a low calorie version for adults. I feed it to
Lionel because he has this thing about eating. I was feeding
him Iams, but he ate twice the recommended amount and gained a
pound and a half in three weeks. Could be because he was a little
underweight to begin with and could be because he's insecure
about having enough food. He's a year old, rather large and weighed
8 pounds when I adopted him from the shelter. So now at 9 1/2 pounds
he could still stand to gain weight, but I don't want him fattening
up too fast. To avoid that I'm giving him a cup of Science low
calorie/high fiber/low in the stuff that causes urinary tract problems,
and 1/4 cup of Iams. I'll probably cut out the Iams altogether after
a week or two....will ask the vet about that one.
Karen
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