I'm asking this in the breeders forum as I figured who would better know... but if you feel this should be moved....
Anyway, last night I took home our [postal] scale from work and weighed Willow's acorns. They were 1 week on Wednesday.
so at 8 days old they weighed:
(approx. - give or take a 1/4 oz, they sure are squirmy little buggers!)
#1 - 10 oz
#2 - 7 oz
#3 - 9 oz
#4 - 10 oz
I even weighed them 2 or 3 times a piece (depending on kitten) to make sure I wasn't hallucinating.
I've searched around on the net and on TCS for approx. kitten weights as I wanted to make sure #2 was doing okay. But to my surprise I realized #2 was right on track and it's the others that are large(er).
from two different charts:
from web
posted by gayef
birth ~ 3 - 4 oz
day 1 ~ 2 1/2 - 4 3/4 oz
day 5 ~ 3 - 7 oz
1 wk ~ 6.7 - 7.4 oz
day 10 ~ 4 1/2 - 9 3/4 oz
2 wk ~ 9.5 - 10.9 oz
day 15 ~ 6 - 11 3/4 oz
day 20 ~ 7 1/2 - 14 1/2 oz
3 wk ~ 13 - 14.8 oz
day 25 ~ 8 - 16 3/4 oz
4 wk ~ 16.9 - 18.7 oz
5 wk ~ 20.2 - 22.2 oz
6 wk ~ 24 - 26.4 oz
7 wk ~ 27.9 - 30.3 oz
8 wk ~ 31.3 - 35.2 oz
They seem pretty close and I'm sure all litters are different and I'm thinking they vary by breed, but was just curious.
Any other breeders out there that keep record of birth weights? If so what are they and what breed?
Anyway, last night I took home our [postal] scale from work and weighed Willow's acorns. They were 1 week on Wednesday.
so at 8 days old they weighed:
(approx. - give or take a 1/4 oz, they sure are squirmy little buggers!)
#1 - 10 oz
#2 - 7 oz
#3 - 9 oz
#4 - 10 oz
I even weighed them 2 or 3 times a piece (depending on kitten) to make sure I wasn't hallucinating.
I've searched around on the net and on TCS for approx. kitten weights as I wanted to make sure #2 was doing okay. But to my surprise I realized #2 was right on track and it's the others that are large(er).
from two different charts:
from web
posted by gayef
birth ~ 3 - 4 oz
day 1 ~ 2 1/2 - 4 3/4 oz
day 5 ~ 3 - 7 oz
1 wk ~ 6.7 - 7.4 oz
day 10 ~ 4 1/2 - 9 3/4 oz
2 wk ~ 9.5 - 10.9 oz
day 15 ~ 6 - 11 3/4 oz
day 20 ~ 7 1/2 - 14 1/2 oz
3 wk ~ 13 - 14.8 oz
day 25 ~ 8 - 16 3/4 oz
4 wk ~ 16.9 - 18.7 oz
5 wk ~ 20.2 - 22.2 oz
6 wk ~ 24 - 26.4 oz
7 wk ~ 27.9 - 30.3 oz
8 wk ~ 31.3 - 35.2 oz
They seem pretty close and I'm sure all litters are different and I'm thinking they vary by breed, but was just curious.
Any other breeders out there that keep record of birth weights? If so what are they and what breed?