Thank you very much for the tips! I'll definitely try that out
I've been trying to do this myself, lol. My kitties are fed mostly wet food, and love dry food as a treat. They also love Vet's Best Hairball remedy tablets, they make sure to lick up every spec of powder. I've been using both to try to get them to learn their name. The thing is, at this point, I feel like they know when I'm calling their names but they just don't bother to get up and walk over to me, lol. They come over to me right away when I shake the tupperware container that has the dry food, so I try to say their names at that time as well. They also come to me when I call their name and tap the floor, and once they get to the exact spot I'm tapping on, I give them some hairball remedy.
There's also clicker training, but I have no amount of consistency or will for more involved training.
https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/cat-behavior/training-your-cat
I tried the tapping with the command "Come here" but she just stared at my finger. I'm planning on getting a clicker aswell but my treat reward just isn't that much of a convincing motivational force. I'm trying to find a treat that she'll go crazy for. I've currently got "Soft Snack Kitty Stars" which she doesn't really react to unless i hold them directly beneath her face.
The trick with training cats is to keep sessions short and sweet - literally a few minutes at a time. Find a treat they go really wild for, and NEVER give it at any other time. Cat's aren't programmed to please the way dogs are, so motivation needs to be extra strong/exciting. It can be done, but it takes a LOT of patience!
Thank you very much, both of you! I'm going to change her schedule to four meals a day. Unfortunately there's no kcal on the can but i'll try and giving her somewhere around a full tablespoon.
I'm a kitten mama newbie myself. This forum has helped a lot in helping figure stuff out.
Kittens have smaller stomach capacities, and for a kitty this little, timing it out to four times a day may be better. And I think she'd need to eat a whole lot more than a spoonful at each meal. At 9 weeks, I'm assuming she may weigh around 2lbs, and at a very generalized estimate, that means she'd be good to eat around 4 ozs of wet food per day (1 oz per meal time).
To be more specific about it, this is a link to the feline caloric calculator (not sure how accurate this is, but seems about right): http://petsci.co.uk/feline-calorie-calculator/
If your kitty is at around 2lbs, she could be eating up to 163 kcals per day (though it depends on the kitty). Most wet canned food lists the amount of kcal on their label, but usually, I've noticed that a 6oz can contains anywhere from 150 - 200 kcals/can.
Also, on a side note, it seems that plastic food bowls can give cats facial acne, so it may be good to get a ceramic or metal food bowl for her as well. Something flat like a saucer would work well
That calculator is a great tool, but you really don't need to get too hung up about calories for kittens - feeding to appetite, but little and often really is fine. Most people achieve this by leaving a bowl of kibble out 24/7 and feed 4 small wet meals a day.I'm a kitten mama newbie myself. This forum has helped a lot in helping figure stuff out.
Kittens have smaller stomach capacities, and for a kitty this little, timing it out to four times a day may be better. And I think she'd need to eat a whole lot more than a spoonful at each meal. At 9 weeks, I'm assuming she may weigh around 2lbs, and at a very generalized estimate, that means she'd be good to eat around 4 ozs of wet food per day (1 oz per meal time).
To be more specific about it, this is a link to the feline caloric calculator (not sure how accurate this is, but seems about right): http://petsci.co.uk/feline-calorie-calculator/
If your kitty is at around 2lbs, she could be eating up to 163 kcals per day (though it depends on the kitty). Most wet canned food lists the amount of kcal on their label, but usually, I've noticed that a 6oz can contains anywhere from 150 - 200 kcals/can.
Also, on a side note, it seems that plastic food bowls can give cats facial acne, so it may be good to get a ceramic or metal food bowl for her as well. Something flat like a saucer would work well
Exactly what i do. I've got a bowl of kibble out and feed her three times. Now to change it to four times a day
Hm.. I thought playtime would work because she goes absolutely nuts when i show her my bracelet. She starts rolling around with it and never letting it out of sight.
That's a very good point. There's no harm in having a go with her (keep session lengths to about 1min at this age), but if she's not ready, don't push it. You have her whole life to work with her - there's no point in fighting her over it.
