Growing question

**FreyjaRoMaine** · 5th July 2010, 06:28 PM

I'm not weighing Freyja regularly and am now panicking in case I'm supposed to be - MC weights seem to vary so wildly that I'm not sure I'd know whether the scales were telling me anything alarming or not; should I be weighing her daily/ weekly? Paranoid now!

**Louie-Louie** · 5th July 2010, 06:49 PM

I would just weigh her monthly unless you are concerned

**harrymc** · 5th July 2010, 06:52 PM

No, don't worry, there isn't anything to say they have to be weighed on a daily, or weekly basis. So long as Freyja is healthy, eating regularly etc don't worry. When they are tiny it's a good guide to tell you that they are progressing as they should. As one of the things with MC's is their size, and how big they CAN get, it's just fun to compare, and something that "proud" parents do ! - that's not to say that of course if you do weigh them say monthly, you would be aware if there was a problem sometimes this could be shielded beneath all that fur !

**Miss Kitty** · 6th July 2010, 01:29 PM

Chester was the same - he looked long and thinner before his next growth spurt.

Harry MC - how much does your harry weigh? I"m curious as Chester is about 3 months younger and want to know what to look forward to!

**harrymc** · 6th July 2010, 08:47 PM

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Harry MC - how much does your harry weigh? I"m curious as Chester is about 3 months younger and want to know what to look forward to![/QUOTE]

Harry is 12lbs now, I can't believe he could potentially almost double in size - scary !!

**Karena** · 8th July 2010, 10:01 AM

I managed to weigh Simba last night using some new digital bathroom scales I have. He was 5.6kg which I think is about 12 pounds isn't it. Not sure how to convert that. The scales do pounds and kgs but I had it on kgs and when I went to do it again with it switched to pounds he ran off

I can't remember when I last weighed him what he was so not sure if he is still growing but he seems pretty heavy now when I pick him up

Now I have some reliable scales I may do it more regularly. Do you think he still has more growing to do?

**jckkerrison** · 8th July 2010, 10:16 AM

Yep,more to come yet......
When they reach that age & older I tend to do a monthly weigh in & keep a record,not so much to see what they have put on although it is good to know & when it comes to worming you have their weights but more because of having a couple of older cats if their weight starts dropping it can give you a warning of problems starting up.

**Miss Kitty** · 8th July 2010, 10:27 AM

Commonly, what is the weight range for a Male MC? (in kgs)

**crazycoons** · 8th July 2010, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Karena

He was 5.6kg which I think is about 12 pounds isn't it.Do you think he still has more growing to do?

Kilo to pound conversion (1kg = 2.2046 lbs)... which makes your Simba 12.34 lbs.

My Merlin was 6.62kg when he was 8 months old and he kept growing up until he reached 19 months old weighing at 11.90kg (26.23 lbs).

Rocco was 5.53kg at 8 months and became stagnated at 8.80kg (19.40 lbs) from 20 months onwards.

Your Simba will grow MORE

**Karena** · 8th July 2010, 10:36 AM

Thanks for that. Your Merlin was a big boy! Do you have any pictures of him? I can't imagine a cat weighing that much! He must have looked very impressive.

I always thought the average weight of a male MC was about 17 pounds but I can't imagine Simba getting that big even.