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I have been interested in a kitten that a neighbour has, a female, and one thing that I liked was that it's been raised inside with it's mother, thogh the mother is inside/outside. I was going to check'em out again today and make a desicion on whether to get this one or not, but I was planning on asking if they could keep her a little longer since it's only about 7 weeks old or so. Turns out they had seperated the kittens from the mother 1 1/2 weeks ago, because the mother had gotten earmites and they wanted to prevent the kittens from getting it, + they wanted to find out if the kittens were able to do without the mother. They also figured that the mother was done with them anyway since she only nursed for 5 min at a time and not being with them much........ How misunderstood all this is!!!! Anyway, it was quite disapointing, but the kitten is a ogod one, and I figured I wanted her despite of this, and if she wasn't with the mother anyway it could just as well be here. They were ready to adopt them out now.
The issue I have with her is that she gobbles down any food I give her, and she swallows dry IAMS kitten food whole. She doesn't chew hardly any of the pieces, and she just keeps swallowing one after another; quite a lot! She's pretty plump. I read that kittens should be able to eat freely without restriction, but I'm nervous about that when she doesn't chew... Won't she get a tummy ace? She's mostly used to canned food or moistened dry food.
I think she's old enough for dry....
The issue I have with her is that she gobbles down any food I give her, and she swallows dry IAMS kitten food whole. She doesn't chew hardly any of the pieces, and she just keeps swallowing one after another; quite a lot! She's pretty plump. I read that kittens should be able to eat freely without restriction, but I'm nervous about that when she doesn't chew... Won't she get a tummy ace? She's mostly used to canned food or moistened dry food.
I think she's old enough for dry....