Thread: How much are your kittens eating?

The males in general get quite a bit bigger than the females, so they will definitely eat more.

The breeder of our 6mos old male kept one of his sisters. She just told me that the girl is around 8lbs, whereas our male is over 10lbs now (but a girl from another litter is even a bit bigger than our male).

When we got our male that is 18mos now, he would eat an entire 3oz. can of wet cat food first thing in the morning (that was at around 18 weeks). I had never seen a cat eat like that--just like most dogs--wolfing down his bowl of food. Unfortunately, since we have dry food out all day, it is really difficult to know how much any one eats During growth spurts, this male has probably eaten as much as 4 3oz cans and a very substantial amount of dry food in a day. Both males are much heartier eaters than our females ever were. The 6mos old comes and eats meat every single time any of the other three are fed. A couple of times, he has eaten to the point that he has actually thrown up when he got too athletic right afterwards (they eat dry, drink water, then the dry food swells). We could not fathom how he could have had that much food inside him!

As long as your kittens continue to grow, are playful, etc., I wouldn't worry too much about the male eating more. Also, some cats seem to prefer dry food while others prefer wet. One of our females eats way less meat than any of the other cats. We do keep track of her "output" periodically, though, so we know she gets plenty of food.

Just to help with my last post...cat food cans in the US generally come in two sizes: 3oz/85g and 5.5oz/156g. Generally we use the smaller cans (many brands come only in the smaller size). One problem with larger cans is that many cats do not like to eat food cold right out of the refrigerator (only one of our four seems to have no issue with that).