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So Allen is roughly 5.5 months, and weighed 8lbs at his last checkup. So right now I'd say he may be right under 9lbs.
Now that we are getting his Giardia under control, I'm concerned that I may not be feeding him enough. Visibly he looks great, and running your hands lightly over him you can just barely feel his ribs. His foster mom advised me that chances are he's going to grow into a big cat, by the size of his paws, legs, and tail.
His current feeding schedule is 1/4 cup of dry Purina kitten food in the morning, and 1/4 cup dry in the night, mixed with 1/4 can of 3oz Purina kitten can food. He finishes each portion, rarely leaving any behind. Sometimes, for about 10-15 minutes afterwards, he acts like he's still starving and harasses me, but normally gives up.
My mother's cat is a behemoth (read: FAT) and my sister's cat is porking up slowly but surely, so I am determined that Allen will not become part of this trend
My fear is that he'll continue to eat even if he's not really hungry, but if it sounds like he may be genuinely hungry still, I can definitely up the wet, dry, or both.
Is there a specific formula or standard anyone uses?
Now that we are getting his Giardia under control, I'm concerned that I may not be feeding him enough. Visibly he looks great, and running your hands lightly over him you can just barely feel his ribs. His foster mom advised me that chances are he's going to grow into a big cat, by the size of his paws, legs, and tail.
His current feeding schedule is 1/4 cup of dry Purina kitten food in the morning, and 1/4 cup dry in the night, mixed with 1/4 can of 3oz Purina kitten can food. He finishes each portion, rarely leaving any behind. Sometimes, for about 10-15 minutes afterwards, he acts like he's still starving and harasses me, but normally gives up.
My mother's cat is a behemoth (read: FAT) and my sister's cat is porking up slowly but surely, so I am determined that Allen will not become part of this trend
Is there a specific formula or standard anyone uses?