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My cat has been acting strange and i am wondering if it is just something all female cats do after having kittens?
She is always hungry and walks around the house meowing like crazy. She is eating the dog food, and i think maybe grass. I noticed little bits of grass being thrown up in the kitchen. She is skinny, but not to skinny. Anyone know what could be wrong? I have seen no worms in her bum or poo.
Free feed her as much as she will eat. It's perfectly ok if she's nursing every 2 hours (as most new moms are) as most of the calories will go to the kittens anyway. As someone else mentioned, she's eating for herself and all the kittens. Also, since she is feeding kittens, you need to feed her kitten food, as the extra nutrients will be passed to the kittens through milk, and they will need that extra nutrition.
I would limit her exposure to dog food, it does not contain all the nutrients cats need. If you let her guide the amount of food she eats, though, she might not be tempted to try and supplement her nutrition like that. If she still does, and you are still worried, do take her and the kittens to the vet for a wellness check.
How long has it been since she had her kittens? If she's still nursing, she's definitely HUNGRY!!! I've never had a cat give birth myself, but I hang out at my breeder's a lot, and his postpartum cats are terribly scroungy and skinny and always eating up a storm. (Don't worry, he's a fine breeder, and gives them LOTS of highly nutritious food--after all, they're eating for as many as eight!) If the kittens are already weaned, she's probably still recovering from childbirth. Other Catsters with more experience than I have will give you more advice than I can. And you might want to take her to the vet, just to make sure that nothing's wrong. Good luck!
She's not acting 'strange', she's hungry! If she's still nursing, then she needs to be eating lots more than she would if she weren't also feeding kittens. I've heard that a good thing to feed nursing moms is actually kitten food as it's higher in calories and fat. Don't worry about eating grass. Most cats do that. They seem to know it's good for them and helps them get up hairballs. Also, not all worms will make a cat want to eat more.
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