Beep
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 | | Purred: Thu Mar 7, '13 3:10pm PST |  | |  | | Congrats on your new babies! I adopted a new baby in December, he was a stray that found me. I would definitely check to see if they have worms, if they have not been de wormed yet, that could be one issues. My boy has been de wormed and check again for worms and has none, but he is a bottomless pit, so I hear you. He is in the kitchen two minutes after he eats. He has to go lick every one's bowl, including the dog, when they are done, in case a speck was left behind. I think part of the problem in your case is that they are growing kittens, and kittens eat a lot. I agree also with the other poster that they would be so much better off on wet food. I know it's a hassle, but it's so much better. I think the reason you hear so many cat people preach about wet food, is that we know the issues that it can lead to with UTI's, and we have seen friends and family over the years who feed dry exclusively, and their cats live until 10 or 11, and they die of kidney failure. My own cats have had issues with UTI's, my male almost died twice from urinary blockage while he was on dry, and has been on wet food 4 years now and no more problems. You can read about this. Vets always are quick to push their crappy food on you that profits them greatly, or scare you that they will have horrible gingivitis if they don't eat dry food. If you feel like that is something you think they need, at least giving them some dry food but mostly wet would be better than all dry. When I didn't know any better, way back in the beginning, I fed Beep science diet dry and she was hungry 24/7. Then when I was informed how there was literally no meat, that it was mostly corn with very little meat by product, I realized this poor cat was getting no meat. I then put her on a good quality food that had meat as the first ingredient and she was instantly satisfied. My cats were eating Newman's Own Oraganic, which I find in my local grocery store, but it is a decent canned food, but it had too much grain in it and Stephano was crazy hungry still...he would knock over the trash can, he would eat through a box of cereal to get to it, even when I fed him more, he was still hungry. So I put him on Wellness canned, chicken or turkey (no fish - not good for urinary issues either) and finally, this kitten is satisfied after he eats. I actually am feeding him less now by feeding him a higher quality food. Also, in my opinion, fancy feast classics, which are the pate type, are better than even a good quality dry food. Many cat people agree with me on that. My feral cat eats fancy feast (and squirrels and rats and who knows what else) and she has an amazingly beautiful coat. When I first started feeding my feral, she was a gray, drab, dull color, when I started feeding her, she has all these beautiful colors come out in her coat. I don't mean to preach, I just know what has worked for us over the years, and the things I have learned by trial and error, and from fellow cat owners, and from a holistic vet that I trust very much. My cats are like velvet, they have the most amazing coats, the vets even ooh and ahh over them when they go in. |  |  | |  |
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Hi everyone! Just recently adopted two four and a half month old sister 
