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Hey everyone. I have been tracking the weight of my feral cat’s kittens every few days and one of them is pretty small. Is this an okay difference or should I be worried?
I’m not sure what you mean by “supply.”The raise is ok. Day 12-15 were bad, but become normal again later on.
IF you supply, what are your possibilities?
Good to know! My scale only goes down to half ounces, so it’s possible there was more of a difference than it could detect.The gain from days 15-20 looks good! A general rule of thumb is that kittens should gain around 10g per day, so the 2 oz in that 5 day stretch is about 57 grams, which is great! Of course, if you want to supplement with KMR or goat’s milk, that will help too.
If you want to supplement feed her. Sorry, supply is similiar but not the same.. Sorry again.
Still; is it OK for momma you handle them? Are you used to using a needleless syringe? Do you have access to goats milk or some good kmr? Which one?
KMR by PetAg in powder is best. But there are also brands based on goats milk. These are good too.
So, it depends in part, on what you have and can.
Its no immediate emergency, but you may perhaps want to.
Ok, sounds good. Because there ARE some risk involved for an inexperienced new be, and in border cases it may be the difference for the decision, to supplement or let momma take care. Or if a momma is verry shy or verry protective, and extra help becomes stressful for all involved.
As hinted, there are often some individual differences, and this doesnt need to be any problem. What we look for, is if they gain properly.
There were a couple of bad days, where she lost at least 1 oz of missed good growing.
But now its back to normal, she adds OK.
The raise is not grandiose, some healthy kittens add even 20+ grammes each day.
But 10 grammes a day (1/3-1/2 OZ) is OK, a good rule of thumb. No need to worry.
So, supplementing isnt necessary. But if you do wish to give extra, you have our blessings for it. Wont hurt, may help some.
Ah ok. Makes sense. Just wanted to make sure we were on the same page there. Yeah, I’ve had cats my entire life and have consequently done plenty of different types of care for many different needs.With new be caretaker I mean here these without any previous experience of handfeeding with a syringe....
As you tell you do have such an experience, Im not worrying more about this.