We've recently added two kittens into our household.. Four month old Jupiter is a long, lanky kitten with huge paws and is on the thin side- all of this very much like the siamese/oriental shorthair kittens I grew up with. She's full of energy and is incredibly athletic, affectionate, and intelligent. The vet says her weight is fine, but she's on the small side and she could stand to put on more fat. Zelda, at three months, is the complete opposite in body type- as she is very short and round with teeny tiny paws. It's a lot easier to tell if Zelda is a proper weight or not.
Since I already feed my adult female, Sipr, commercial raw (Stella & Chewy's frozen and Rad Cat), I started the babies on the same diet immediately. All three cats are fed three times a day, with the kittens receiving large portions that they inhale within seconds...
Of course I have read that kittens should be able to eat as much as they can, but it is rather difficult to keep up on the amount of food I have to keep stocked up for these guys. They never seem to be satisfied- they think they're getting food every time we're in the kitchen and they won't leave us alone with our own food. Free feeding doesn't seem to be the answer unless I keep freeze dried on hand and serve it without adding water. I would have to keep my adult cat out of it in that case. So, as an alternative, I started adding chunks of raw chicken to their usual portion of commercial raw. This slows them down considerably, adds a good jaw workout, and inevitably adds the necessary extra calories.
My main question is that if I supplement them with this raw muscle meat, is it fine to leave it at that? or do the extra tidbits need to make the same 80/10/10 breakdown that the complete commercial raw food does? I welcome your insight on this and any further thoughts on the above.
Since I already feed my adult female, Sipr, commercial raw (Stella & Chewy's frozen and Rad Cat), I started the babies on the same diet immediately. All three cats are fed three times a day, with the kittens receiving large portions that they inhale within seconds...
Of course I have read that kittens should be able to eat as much as they can, but it is rather difficult to keep up on the amount of food I have to keep stocked up for these guys. They never seem to be satisfied- they think they're getting food every time we're in the kitchen and they won't leave us alone with our own food. Free feeding doesn't seem to be the answer unless I keep freeze dried on hand and serve it without adding water. I would have to keep my adult cat out of it in that case. So, as an alternative, I started adding chunks of raw chicken to their usual portion of commercial raw. This slows them down considerably, adds a good jaw workout, and inevitably adds the necessary extra calories.
My main question is that if I supplement them with this raw muscle meat, is it fine to leave it at that? or do the extra tidbits need to make the same 80/10/10 breakdown that the complete commercial raw food does? I welcome your insight on this and any further thoughts on the above.
They do eat a lot though, don't they? I just raised my new kitten on raw and fostered a baby abandoned kitten from 5-weeks to 8.5 weeks old. The baby ate 20% of his body weight some days! 
