Thread: Chicken Hater !!

Hello everyone ,

Looking for a little bit of advice ppl if possible ..

We have had our little nutcase for just over 3 weeks now ,it is our first MC ,we have had rescue cats previously but never a kitten so we are trying to do our best for the lil girl to give her the best start we could

When we got her she was 13 weeks old and weighing 1.3kg and felt like a broadbean with legs to be honest .the breeder was feeding her royal canin 36 kitten so i continued with this but she didnt seem that overjoyed with eating it and would just graze here and there, so i also got a bag of the rc 34 babycat which with higher fat content i thought would help put a bit more meat on her bones ,after reading so many posts about wet being better for them and conflicting arguments ,like many others i supose i felt it was wrong not to try her with some ,i bought some natures menu kitten chicken flavour which is the only real flavour for kittens i could find ,but she looked at the bowl then back at me as if i had given her a bowl of slugs i then tryed some boiled chicken breast which got the same reaction ...:S i then mixed it with the kibbles which she would eat but if the bowl of kibbles alone was next to it she would eat just them

I was in the kitchen 2 days ago and opened a tin of tuna for kids and out of nowhere came a very excited puss who rounded me up until i gave her a taste ,i think at that point i created a tuna monster ,i have been giving her a small amount mixed with kibbles 4 times a day 15g kibbles mixed with 5g of tuna & she is loving it and cleans up the bowl ,my concern is that i have heard tuna isnt great for kittens and also the only wet tuna cat food seems to be for adults ,is small amounts like this ok tho & would giving her small amounts of adult tuna wet food mixed with her kibbles be ok ?,i would like to feed her both wet & dry food eventualy

I think my problem is that i looked at the weight comparison charts on the forum and realised she was behind all the others posted and with her feeling so lean we should be doing a better job of giving her food she would enjoy, her weight has been increasing but seems still to be behind the others posted and with her being so long & boney she needs fattening up for lack of a better word

13weeks 1.3kg
15weeks 1.54kg
16weeks 1.7kg

Does this seem normal and will she catchup or always be behind the others ,or am i just fussing over nothing and should relax

many thanks in advance
Grace & willow