You seem to have changed foods on these kittens quite frequently. You should be feeding them a good quality kitten wet food mixed with KMR, or kitten milk replacer. They should not be eating adult cat food because it is too strong for them and doesn't have what they need at their age. The food should be mixed to a wet slurry and fed to them in a small bowl. For the one who won't eat, she should be fed off a spoon. If she continues not to eat, you may need to ask your vet if you should force feed her or let her keep eating the pate style since at least it's something that she will eat. You will need to be taught how to force feed if that's what the vet recommends. You should not let wet food "sit for a few days" as it needs to be refrigerated or it will go bad and the babies should not eat it then as it will make them sick. Whatever you do, get a good quality kitten food and don't switch them again. Don't feed them "old" food. Keep to one kind of kitten food and mix it with the KMR.

Izadore (Izzie) answered on 9/14/10. Helpful? / 0

The two posters above me are right on the wet food, the kittens will get confused since you are constantly switching food on them. You need to ease in the new food. Since they are 6 weeks old, they shouldn't be eating any KMR, that's what my vet told me, since they are more active they need more protein filled food. Another thing, your smaller kitten, try to see if she will eat more when the bigger one is not around, sometimes a runt stays a runt because s/he is being forced out of the food or being pushed aside. Normally dry food isnt' good for kittens anyway because it's harder for them to eat and it grows bacteria when you mix it with water.

But try to have them eat the friskies you were giving them and slowly mix in the other food. This time around try to slowly intergrate new foods don't shock them by giving them new food all of the time.

Duchess answered on 9/17/10. Helpful? / 0