Ok, I just want to make sure this sounds right to those of you who breed. I'm bringing up my first kitten. She was an orphan and was presumably the runt of her litter. She was a bottle baby and was completely hand raised. When we found her, she had fleas, ringworm and coccidia. She's been wormed twice that I'm aware of and has had no subsequent problems with worms. She's had 4 negative fecals for the coccidia since being treated with Albon in May and her stool looks fine to me.
She's about 6 months old now and she just seems really tiny. She's always been sort of thin (not skin and bones thin, but, not as plumpy as some of the other kittens I work with) and she's been checked twice by my vet and given a clean bill or health. She weighed 4 lbs. 4 oz. on August 12 and now, she weighs a little more than 5 pounds (I couldn't tell exactly...this was a bathroom scale) today. She eats all right...she'll only eat about a tablespoon and a half of wet twice a day and she eats dry intermittently. I just feel like she isn't growing as fast and she isn't as big as the other female 6 months olds we have at the shelter. Am I overreacting? Should I go see my vet again? Is there anything I can do?
I've been mixing the Dr. Goodpet Optimum Growth formula into her wet food, but that's it. She eats Wellness Turkey and Salmon wet (she won't eat theri kitten formula) and she eats Innova Evo dry.
Thanks for any help!
She's about 6 months old now and she just seems really tiny. She's always been sort of thin (not skin and bones thin, but, not as plumpy as some of the other kittens I work with) and she's been checked twice by my vet and given a clean bill or health. She weighed 4 lbs. 4 oz. on August 12 and now, she weighs a little more than 5 pounds (I couldn't tell exactly...this was a bathroom scale) today. She eats all right...she'll only eat about a tablespoon and a half of wet twice a day and she eats dry intermittently. I just feel like she isn't growing as fast and she isn't as big as the other female 6 months olds we have at the shelter. Am I overreacting? Should I go see my vet again? Is there anything I can do?
I've been mixing the Dr. Goodpet Optimum Growth formula into her wet food, but that's it. She eats Wellness Turkey and Salmon wet (she won't eat theri kitten formula) and she eats Innova Evo dry.
Thanks for any help!