I took in an adult male cat (the father), and a 5 month old, 4 week pregnant cat (kitten really) and she had her babies a few days ago. She had 5, but one was still born and was not as developed as the other 4. The four she has are all doing great, round bellies, sleeping well, and hardly ever a peep comes out of them; they're very content. Mamma kitty spends almost all of her time with them and I give her food multiple times a day in the box they're in. When I took her in she was being fed an adult cat food, Alley Cat, I believe. I switched her to Purina One's kitten formula and she had access to the dry food at all times, and she was also given half a 5.5oz can of wet food (adult) at night. Since having the kittens she isn't interested in the dry food, or water really. I've been giving her about a quarter of a can every 3-4 hours or so. I get up during the night to do so as well. I have been mixing a little water in with the wet food just to make sure she stays hydrated, and twice a day I'm giving her some KMR. I have the powder and I'm giving her 1TBS of powder to 3TBS of water. She loves that. She will eat her treats, so I give her a little bit of her dry food with them to try and get her to eat a little bit of it. So basically I'm trying to figure out if I'm feeding her enough, not enough, or too much. I've read multiple things all over the internet, so I'm looking for opinions from experienced people.
She's eating about 1 1/2 5.5oz cans of wet food a day (in a 24hr period)
She's also getting the KMR 2 times a day, 1TBS of the powder to 3TBS of water each time.
Treats a couple times a day, maybe a total of 10-15 treats for the day with a little dry food snuck in.
She does have fresh water and dry food right by her box, but it doesn't look like she touches it. I'm going to weigh the food bowl tonight and again in the morning so I can see if she's maybe eating it at night. I did also order cans of Science Diet in a kitten formula since she's eating way more wet than dry right now.
I also will be having the father neutered and her spayed once the kittens are weaned and ready to go. I have a shelter in my area that will neuter the male for $20, spay her for free, take the kittens, give them their shots and spay and neuter them before adopting them out into new homes. I realize this is not relevant to the topic, but I've seen a lot of posts that have nothing to do with having cats spayed or neutered, having comments about it, so I'm just putting it out there.
She's eating about 1 1/2 5.5oz cans of wet food a day (in a 24hr period)
She's also getting the KMR 2 times a day, 1TBS of the powder to 3TBS of water each time.
Treats a couple times a day, maybe a total of 10-15 treats for the day with a little dry food snuck in.
She does have fresh water and dry food right by her box, but it doesn't look like she touches it. I'm going to weigh the food bowl tonight and again in the morning so I can see if she's maybe eating it at night. I did also order cans of Science Diet in a kitten formula since she's eating way more wet than dry right now.
I also will be having the father neutered and her spayed once the kittens are weaned and ready to go. I have a shelter in my area that will neuter the male for $20, spay her for free, take the kittens, give them their shots and spay and neuter them before adopting them out into new homes. I realize this is not relevant to the topic, but I've seen a lot of posts that have nothing to do with having cats spayed or neutered, having comments about it, so I'm just putting it out there.