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Hi all,
I'm fostering a mother cat and a litter of five kittens for a local shelter, and I've just weighed them in preparation for their neuter surgery. I've noticed that one of the kittens isn't gaining weight at the same rate as his siblings. From birth, he's consistently been one of the middle of the pack weights (or at the start, one of the heaviest), and steadily kept that up until about two weeks ago when he started consistently weighing in as the lightest.
He's not underweight - he's almost 7 weeks old and weighs 860g, but I worry that he's slowing down with his weight gain. Do I have any cause for concern? Should I be supplementing his food with anything? He was one of the last to take to trying solid foods, but he's eating just as well as the others now (still with occasional feedings from mum). The other thing is that he's the only fluffy cat in the litter, so he possibly might just be genetically less heavy, but I wanted to check here to see if I should be doing anything else.
Thanks!
I'm fostering a mother cat and a litter of five kittens for a local shelter, and I've just weighed them in preparation for their neuter surgery. I've noticed that one of the kittens isn't gaining weight at the same rate as his siblings. From birth, he's consistently been one of the middle of the pack weights (or at the start, one of the heaviest), and steadily kept that up until about two weeks ago when he started consistently weighing in as the lightest.
He's not underweight - he's almost 7 weeks old and weighs 860g, but I worry that he's slowing down with his weight gain. Do I have any cause for concern? Should I be supplementing his food with anything? He was one of the last to take to trying solid foods, but he's eating just as well as the others now (still with occasional feedings from mum). The other thing is that he's the only fluffy cat in the litter, so he possibly might just be genetically less heavy, but I wanted to check here to see if I should be doing anything else.
Thanks!