My cat belle, had 5 healthy kittens exactly 4 weeks ago today! She's just over one year old so I have been feeding her the dry kitten food she's been eating for the past year.
when she got pregnant, I added canned kitten food to her daily diet , which she loves. I have a different brand of dry food I feed my other two cats and she shows no interest which is fine. I'd rather her continue to eat the food she's used to, and also it being kitten only makes it better for her and her kittens. f
For the past 2 weeks I've noticed she'll cry big time for canned food. well when she was prego, and right after they were born I gave her as much as she wanted. But she was still eating the dry food too.
Now she refuses to eat the dry food and only wants the canned. I went through 6 small kitten cans in one day! I limited her to 2 big/regular size canned food a day but she won't eat the dry food.
I've caught her on the counters, eating food right out of the pan on the stove, she's dug things out of the trash, she has jumped on the table several times and gotten a left over hamburger, still wrapped, and drug it into the other room, ate thru the wrapper and all! shes never been like this. she has a clean bowl of fresh water and food and yet she won' touch her cat food.
I tried introducing the other cats food and nope! I'm getting upset because her behavior has changed into the not so sweet cat and is getting into everything. I don't know why she's acting like this. I bought normal sized cans but have a hard time finding canned kitten food in the bigger size. I just introduced the canned food to the kitties and after a bit, they indulged. But she'll even come over and eat it all up and not let them have any. she' not mean but will just eat it all.
she' starting to wean them, she doesn't let them nurse very often or for long periods but enough to know they're getting some, but not enough in my opinion. and it's about time they be introduced to wet food anyways. they all have very sharp teeth, and not just a few, like a whole mouth full.
I just don't get why she' acting so hungry and picky. I ran outta her dry food once and had gotten some at the gas station to hold her over for a day and she hated it. when I bought her the dry kitten chow she's used to, she dove in. She always had a preference for it. But now, to not even eat it, but she'd rather dig in the trash, jump on tables and counters, eat her babies portion, eat thru wrappers, is beyond me.
when she got pregnant, I added canned kitten food to her daily diet , which she loves. I have a different brand of dry food I feed my other two cats and she shows no interest which is fine. I'd rather her continue to eat the food she's used to, and also it being kitten only makes it better for her and her kittens. f
For the past 2 weeks I've noticed she'll cry big time for canned food. well when she was prego, and right after they were born I gave her as much as she wanted. But she was still eating the dry food too.
Now she refuses to eat the dry food and only wants the canned. I went through 6 small kitten cans in one day! I limited her to 2 big/regular size canned food a day but she won't eat the dry food.
I've caught her on the counters, eating food right out of the pan on the stove, she's dug things out of the trash, she has jumped on the table several times and gotten a left over hamburger, still wrapped, and drug it into the other room, ate thru the wrapper and all! shes never been like this. she has a clean bowl of fresh water and food and yet she won' touch her cat food.
I tried introducing the other cats food and nope! I'm getting upset because her behavior has changed into the not so sweet cat and is getting into everything. I don't know why she's acting like this. I bought normal sized cans but have a hard time finding canned kitten food in the bigger size. I just introduced the canned food to the kitties and after a bit, they indulged. But she'll even come over and eat it all up and not let them have any. she' not mean but will just eat it all.
she' starting to wean them, she doesn't let them nurse very often or for long periods but enough to know they're getting some, but not enough in my opinion. and it's about time they be introduced to wet food anyways. they all have very sharp teeth, and not just a few, like a whole mouth full.
I just don't get why she' acting so hungry and picky. I ran outta her dry food once and had gotten some at the gas station to hold her over for a day and she hated it. when I bought her the dry kitten chow she's used to, she dove in. She always had a preference for it. But now, to not even eat it, but she'd rather dig in the trash, jump on tables and counters, eat her babies portion, eat thru wrappers, is beyond me.
. And of course you cannot reason with them so they can almost starve themselves before they will eat something they don't want. WHY she doesn't want it you may never know. Maybe she just decided the wet food tastes better 
. But it shouldn't give her diarrhea. Many people feed only wet food. I do. 
. As you said, that's probably not why she isn't eating her dry food, but it may still be an issue.
Or long enough to meet up with her beau? 
Unfortunately, cats can get pregnant while still nursing kittens, and without showing a visible heat. And at just over 1 year old, she's much too young to be having a 2nd batch of kittens. 
I'm very partial to black cats 
