Thread: How much to feed THESE beasts ?

Well, as of last night they are getting - in addition to unlimited RC Kitten - one 85g pouch of PAH "Purely" kitten each in the morning and same in the evening. They are still cleaning the bowl. While MCs are very obviously bigger, is there a limit I should be careful of ?

I am a little concerned that there may be overly fast feeding going on as they may be competing with each other. They don't scrap or push when feeding from the one big dog bowl, but is there anything I should watch for or even try going back to individual bowls ?

I think I would try individual bowls,less competition as they get older,for sure at some point one of them is going to become top cat over the other two & there would be no worries in the food department,could still have extra bowl of crunchies left down.I luv watching mine all going to their feeding stations in or out. A friend occasionaly comes into feed if we are going out for a long day & the first time she worried who had what where,told her just to open door & wait,then put appropriate dish in front of each cat,she couldn't believe how they all peeled off to respective spots,we have a staggered three tiered wooden beds,Bruce top,Pansy middle & Merlyn when he was fed in there bottom bunk,China RIP one side of the bunks nearest the water fountain,Welly under window other side of fountain & Shimba further round to the left of him,has always worked well,if any of them walked away then it is classed as fair game if one of the others wants it but until that point they all respect one anothers space.
At the moment I don't think there is need to worry about them getting too much they do grow so quickly in these first few months ,plus they seem to have hollow legs
at this age,that is why mine were put over onto tinned Felix quite early on,not so expensive as sachets,with Bruce & Merl it was straight onto it within a couple of weeks of having them,last babes did go a couple of months before going over & with them I did add vitamin supplement for a couple of years but only use that now if they are off colour to give them a boost & it certainly hasn't stumped their growth in any way,ask hubby when he is struggling to hold Shimba out at shows....!
They obviously enjoy their wet food,could you perhaps add a bit of adult dry food to their dish with that,might hold them a bit better ?

I agree that it's probably a little bit of competition, although my babies will happily have a bowl of biccie down and graze on it all day but the minute the wet food goes down, it's gone in a flash!

I have checked the requirements for the age and weight of my kittens and it states they need 55g per kitten per day of dry food. So, I put down 55g in the morning, 55g at lunchtime and then 55g in the evening and this seems to last the three of them pretty well. They don't get fed overnight and don't seem overly hungry when their breakfast comes out.

I was giving them the purely wet kitten food but it didn't seem to agree with them so I am now trying to find another wet food that they all like as well as giving them a bit of cooked chicken and raw steak too.

If they are growing and happy and haven't got the squits with the amount of food they are having then I wouldn't worry.

I was reading some of the older threads so I got interested in the Bozita food too. The descriptions of ther ingredients and the "ethics" sounds good. Price not too bad either. Just ordered a variety to gently test on the monsters from zooplus. We shall see

I was getting bored of seeing how much these kitties can whine about soft food so this morning they shared a whole 410g tin of Bozita. Vanished. Remember these guys have dried food all day. Hmm. Little petals.

I've been having issues with Coco the moggie hogging all the kibbles.

Elvis is still really skinny at 22 months. His bones seem to still be growing faster than he
can add meat, and I can feel his ribs and backbone so I leave the RC MC 31 out for him 24/7.

Coco is a problem, though. Even though she's about 1/3 his size she gobbles the dry stuff
as if it's the last that she'll ever see and she's getting a bit on the plump side, to be polite.

One thing the vet recommended ( besides electronic cat doors ) was the Tiger Diner.



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It seems to entertain them at meals and is supposed to slow down the gobbling.

I'm confused though.

Elvis is my third MC and neither of the first two would stand for being out-gluttoned by a tiny little thing like Coco...

Hmm. New record yesterday. Two 410g tins of Bozita (one morning and one evening) and three 85g pouches of HiLife Kitten. All gone.

Leo appears to be teething and he is also the bottom of the feeding order, even if he is the biggest. So I made sure he ate as much soft as he wanted. Again, playing me like a prize violin.

Bertie is the greedy guts, literally, and has a pot belly after gorging.