Hi! So I was planning on adopting one adult male cat from a shelter but... something happened and we ended up getting two four-month-old guys from a spay/neuter clinic (they were actually saved from death row at the animal control!). They're adorable and I'll have to post pics later. Their names are Salt and Pepper—Salt is grey/blue and white and Pepper is black and white
Anyway, a couple questions.
1) At the shelter, they were eating friskies canned food and some unspecified dry food. I'm trying to transition them to all wet Fancy Feast pates. My problem is that they don't seem to eat very much, but then they did eat at the shelter before we got them at around 5:00 and when we gave them one can of FF at 6:30 they nibbled a bit and have gone back for more since... now it's about halfway finished. Anyway, how much do I feed them from now on? Kitten feeding seems confusing. Do they each get a can at breakfast or do I just like serve up one can at breakfast and see how much they eat? And then do they need a midday meal? How much then? And how much at dinner? I'm a little lost lol. Don't know their weights yet... I'll try to weigh them tomorrow.
2) The one cat (Pepper) keeps farting, we think. He'll casually walk past and then we'll all smell it XD Anyway, is this a normal, passing behavior? Hope it won't be too long-term, lol.
3) They both smell like the shelter, so we're going to bath them tomorrow or sometime soon. Any tips?
4) They (especially Pepper) meow quite a lot. Sometimes he meows when he's alone and I think he's calling his brother, but other times he'll just meow for seemingly no good reason but will purr when I come over to check on him. Does this seem normal?
Okay, that's all I can think of right now. They're so adorable!! I love watching them play together. Seems a shame that any kittens are adopted on their own!
Anyway, a couple questions.
1) At the shelter, they were eating friskies canned food and some unspecified dry food. I'm trying to transition them to all wet Fancy Feast pates. My problem is that they don't seem to eat very much, but then they did eat at the shelter before we got them at around 5:00 and when we gave them one can of FF at 6:30 they nibbled a bit and have gone back for more since... now it's about halfway finished. Anyway, how much do I feed them from now on? Kitten feeding seems confusing. Do they each get a can at breakfast or do I just like serve up one can at breakfast and see how much they eat? And then do they need a midday meal? How much then? And how much at dinner? I'm a little lost lol. Don't know their weights yet... I'll try to weigh them tomorrow.
2) The one cat (Pepper) keeps farting, we think. He'll casually walk past and then we'll all smell it XD Anyway, is this a normal, passing behavior? Hope it won't be too long-term, lol.
3) They both smell like the shelter, so we're going to bath them tomorrow or sometime soon. Any tips?
4) They (especially Pepper) meow quite a lot. Sometimes he meows when he's alone and I think he's calling his brother, but other times he'll just meow for seemingly no good reason but will purr when I come over to check on him. Does this seem normal?
Okay, that's all I can think of right now. They're so adorable!! I love watching them play together. Seems a shame that any kittens are adopted on their own!