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Good morning everyone! I've dropped my little guy off at the vet for his neuter, he should be coming home in a few hours! I will ask the vet this same question when I pick him up, but it is a curbside service and I don't actually interact with the vet, only an employee who brings the animals out, so I don't really expect a great answer.
On my adoption paperwork it is recommended to feed the kitten as much as he will eat up until the time he is neutered, at which point I should be feeding him based on the packaging directions. My question is how much should I really be feeding him? In the two months I've had him, he has eaten far more than the packaging directs. He eats like double what the packaging says he should for his weight. He is by no means overweight, he has always been on the thin side and when I first got him he was pretty skinny. He is a little over 5 months old, weighed 6 lbs 4 oz a week ago, and so far he has been gaining weight at almost double the normal rate (he's been gaining about 2 lbs a month). He was underweight when the shelter I got him from got him, so I figured he's been catching up this whole time.
I'm worried about setting him back by suddenly dropping his calorie intake, but I also don't want to overfeed him. I was just wondering what you guys thought of this, if I should follow the shelter's directions or feed him more similarly to how he's been being fed.
On my adoption paperwork it is recommended to feed the kitten as much as he will eat up until the time he is neutered, at which point I should be feeding him based on the packaging directions. My question is how much should I really be feeding him? In the two months I've had him, he has eaten far more than the packaging directs. He eats like double what the packaging says he should for his weight. He is by no means overweight, he has always been on the thin side and when I first got him he was pretty skinny. He is a little over 5 months old, weighed 6 lbs 4 oz a week ago, and so far he has been gaining weight at almost double the normal rate (he's been gaining about 2 lbs a month). He was underweight when the shelter I got him from got him, so I figured he's been catching up this whole time.
I'm worried about setting him back by suddenly dropping his calorie intake, but I also don't want to overfeed him. I was just wondering what you guys thought of this, if I should follow the shelter's directions or feed him more similarly to how he's been being fed.