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My 3-month-old kittens Oreo and Nugget have been doing this thing where they go in the corner of the kitchen or where the front door is and sniff out whatever they can find just to put in their mouths. Or most of the time they will be sniffing the floor anywhere they go because they think that there is food. This is a problem because even though my mom and I sweep every day, they still manage to find tinyyy things to eat and they think that their food is everywhere but their food bowls. We both saw the responses on the last related post to this issue and we even tried feeding them more wet food (we usually give them both half of a full wet kitten food can) and dry food, they don't finish their wet or dry food at all and just yesterday Oreo didn't eat from 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m which was alarming to me since she's the one who tries to hog Nugget's food and eats at our daily scheduled times (around 8:30-9:00 am, 12-1 pm, 4-5 pm, and then 7-8 pm they nap a lot during the times they don't eat). We also tried free-feeding them but they didn't budge at the dry food, we will try adding liquid to the dry food though but they haven't been eating often. My mom kept saying I was overreacting and has been losing her patience with me but this was completely out of the ordinary for me since they're always hungry and love their kitten food (they aren't picky eaters).
We have fed them treats on the floor before and we don't do that anymore but for some reason, they think that the tiny things (dust particle, materials from packages, or even rice grains that even I didn't see) are their food, I noticed this happening even more often this week after they got their rabies vaccinations on Monday (they're fully vaccinated now). No matter how much food we give them, they don't finish it and they would rather try finding stuff on the floor to eat.
The doctor reassured us on Monday and told us that they're completely healthy at around 4 lbs but after they had their vaccinations all they wanted to do was eat stuff off the floor and for a long time they were always interested in their food and they always left their bowls empty and clean but just now recently they don't even pay attention to their food that much. I told my mom that I think something is wrong with them since they're not eating as much as they should and that this problem is gonna affect them in the long run since they're only interested in eating what's on the floor in front of them.
Also, last Friday Oreo knocked down everything on my mom's bar and while I was really mad at her and my uncle who wasn't watching her, I just didn't want her and Nugget to get hurt from the broken glass or for them to drink the wine that had spilled across the floor so my mom did a full house clean but I still found very tiny glass shards around places where she couldn't reach since she is disabled and tries her best to clean the house. But for Oreo and Nugget, it's like it's not enough for them, they still search for things on the floor when there is no food for them on the floor. As you can see, I'm very frustrated, confused, concerned, and angered by their actions because they could've eaten and still can eat something that could send them to the emergency room or upset their stomach.
Honestly, I am scared of the kittens eating something they shouldn't be eating and I have been acting neurotic and I've been like a watchdog around them lately and it's been hurting my mental health because they don't stop looking for something to eat on the floor when they already have their nutritious food in their bowls already. It's like I can't relax around them anymore. I'm thinking of buying Oreo chewing toys off of Amazon so she can be more occupied with chewing them and not her toys which she loves destroying, and even a platform-scratching-plastic-leaf-bush-bed we got for them to sleep on and not for them to bite the leaves off. That bush is not gonna have any more leaves by the end of the year lol. But anyways yeah they don't meow at us and scream at us when we open their wet food cans as they'd usually do and I'm not sure if I'm looking into them too much like what my mom said but I am worried because I want to understand Oreo and Nugget but I'm having trouble learning how to prevent and stop dangerous behaviors like the ones they're having now.
We have fed them treats on the floor before and we don't do that anymore but for some reason, they think that the tiny things (dust particle, materials from packages, or even rice grains that even I didn't see) are their food, I noticed this happening even more often this week after they got their rabies vaccinations on Monday (they're fully vaccinated now). No matter how much food we give them, they don't finish it and they would rather try finding stuff on the floor to eat.
The doctor reassured us on Monday and told us that they're completely healthy at around 4 lbs but after they had their vaccinations all they wanted to do was eat stuff off the floor and for a long time they were always interested in their food and they always left their bowls empty and clean but just now recently they don't even pay attention to their food that much. I told my mom that I think something is wrong with them since they're not eating as much as they should and that this problem is gonna affect them in the long run since they're only interested in eating what's on the floor in front of them.
Also, last Friday Oreo knocked down everything on my mom's bar and while I was really mad at her and my uncle who wasn't watching her, I just didn't want her and Nugget to get hurt from the broken glass or for them to drink the wine that had spilled across the floor so my mom did a full house clean but I still found very tiny glass shards around places where she couldn't reach since she is disabled and tries her best to clean the house. But for Oreo and Nugget, it's like it's not enough for them, they still search for things on the floor when there is no food for them on the floor. As you can see, I'm very frustrated, confused, concerned, and angered by their actions because they could've eaten and still can eat something that could send them to the emergency room or upset their stomach.
Honestly, I am scared of the kittens eating something they shouldn't be eating and I have been acting neurotic and I've been like a watchdog around them lately and it's been hurting my mental health because they don't stop looking for something to eat on the floor when they already have their nutritious food in their bowls already. It's like I can't relax around them anymore. I'm thinking of buying Oreo chewing toys off of Amazon so she can be more occupied with chewing them and not her toys which she loves destroying, and even a platform-scratching-plastic-leaf-bush-bed we got for them to sleep on and not for them to bite the leaves off. That bush is not gonna have any more leaves by the end of the year lol. But anyways yeah they don't meow at us and scream at us when we open their wet food cans as they'd usually do and I'm not sure if I'm looking into them too much like what my mom said but I am worried because I want to understand Oreo and Nugget but I'm having trouble learning how to prevent and stop dangerous behaviors like the ones they're having now.