Is Nine Weeks Old Enough for A Kitten to Leave Mum - Photos of new 2nd kitten

anotheruser

If it's not been mentioned already, you could feed her raw food.

Start by giving just a little. Perhaps half a chicken breast a week, in addition to anything she is getting now. Cut it into small chunks, then over the weeks / months make the chunks slightly bigger.

I have trained my kitties to know when it's dinner time by calling DINNER. This is highly useful for calling them back in at the end of the day from the outside adventures world.

Also, feel free to feed a raw egg every so often.
It's full of goodness. Mine prefer the yolk rather than the albumen (the white bit), so I just feed the yolk when feeding egg only. However in my recipe for raw food, that contains the whole egg.

When she's a bit more of a small cat rather than a kitten, replace the meat chunks with a raw chicken wing. You may have to cut it a little to expose the meat but don't worry about the bones - she'll eat them too! Obviously all that is after the killing dance many cats do prior to eating.

GwylimT

anotheruser wrote: »

If it's not been mentioned already, you could feed her raw food.

Start by giving just a little. Perhaps half a chicken breast a week, in addition to anything she is getting now. Cut it into small chunks, then over the weeks / months make the chunks slightly bigger.

I have trained my kitties to know when it's dinner time by calling DINNER. This is highly useful for calling them back in at the end of the day from the outside adventures world.

Also, feel free to feed a raw egg every so often.
It's full of goodness. Mine prefer the yolk rather than the albumen (the white bit), so I just feed the yolk when feeding egg only. However in my recipe for raw food, that contains the whole egg.

When she's a bit more of a small cat rather than a kitten, replace the meat chunks with a raw chicken wing. You may have to cut it a little to expose the meat but don't worry about the bones - she'll eat them too! Obviously all that is after the killing dance many cats do prior to eating.

If you do try this method instead of buying premade raw OP you must add something such as felini complete or ensure you have the correct ratio of muscle, bone liver, heart and general offal otherwise kitty will be deficient in many areas, especially taurine.

anotheruser

Depends.

You can feed up to 20% unbalanced raw food a week, but I always recommend adding it to their existing meals rather than replacing them.

Plus, there are many recipes out there that have balanced levels of meat, bone, liver and offal, which give adequate levels of nutrients.

Many raw feeders think you need to add taurine because a lot is lost during the preparation / freezing. This isn't quite true. Normal wet foods need it because much is lost when the tin is heat treated (IE burnt!). However if you bought raw meat (including heart) from the supermarket, chopped it up, froze it within a couple of days, the levels of taurine after defrosting will still be sufficient

However, as ever, you should always do what you feel comfortable doing.

Here's a guide, which you may find a good read

paddypaws101

if she likes feather wands then get her a Frenzy rod and some attachments from here
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/shop/
You do have to try NOT to let the cat catch the feathers as they try and carry them off as prey, but the toys are very well made.

foodwise....if she is liking the raw meat then you have several options.
Bought in food such as
http://www.naturalinstinct.com/categories/cat-food/
http://www.nutriment.co/
http://www.naturesmenu.co.uk/category-raw-cat-food.aspx

OR go down the home made route with a balanced recipe. Some people use Felini complete added to muscle meat, others like myself use meat, bone and offal to a recipe.
http://feline-nutrition.org/nutrition/making-raw-cat-food-for-do-it-yourselfers

tesuhoha

paddypaws101 wrote: »

if she likes feather wands then get her a Frenzy rod and some attachments from here
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/shop/
You do have to try NOT to let the cat catch the feathers as they try and carry them off as prey, but the toys are very well made.

foodwise....if she is liking the raw meat then you have several options.
Bought in food such as
http://www.naturalinstinct.com/categories/cat-food/
http://www.nutriment.co/
http://www.naturesmenu.co.uk/category-raw-cat-food.aspx

OR go down the home made route with a balanced recipe. Some people use Felini complete added to muscle meat, others like myself use meat, bone and offal to a recipe.
http://feline-nutrition.org/nutrition/making-raw-cat-food-for-do-it-yourselfers

Funny you should say that because I just bought one of those Flying Frenzy toys from Amazon. Its fantastic. It actually makes her teeth chatter. I haven't post much recently as Poppy had a little accident with my computer!

On Saturday I had the laptop on the dining table following a recipe when the cat came flying into the room and launched herself straight at it. She didn't quite make it and tried to stop herself from falling by digging in her claws and in doing so she ripped out the l and the k keys. My husband says he will fix it when it is quiet but it never seems to happen.

Our other news is that we have another kitten.

We discussed getting a rescue cat but my husband didn't want that. He has had his heart set on a Bengal cat for a long time. As it is a special birthday for him this week we decided to go for it. Its not actually a present but just part of the events of this week.

We found a good breeder who had a 13 week old kitten available. She is 10 days older than Poppy. So on Sunday afternoon we drove a few hundred miles to collect the new kitten. Arrived home at 11pm.

Since then we have had days of spitting, hissing and growling from the pair of them but they have now started to play together. They run around the house playing very rough aggressive games but I kind of think they are becoming friends. When I put the hairdryer on they both looked puzzled and kept rubbing noses. They are so funny to watch I hardly ever get anything done!

The new kitten is called Mia and I haven't had a chance to take photos but will hopefully post some soon.

tesuhoha

These photos are not very good but they don't keep still for long enough.

Mia taken on my bed.



My new best friend

tesuhoha

You are probably getting bored with all these cat photos.

scaredy_cat

there can never be too many kitten pics!!!

they look like firm friends now and full off mischief!!

WeAreGhosts

tesuhoha wrote: »

You are probably getting bored with all these cat photos.

never!

they're beautiful!

Pollycat

Which one is the new one?

On the first photos you posted she seemed to be a silver grey tabby but then in later ones she seemed to be more brown.

In the 2nd & 4th of your most recent photos, the brown one looks almost like she has Bengal markings (I'm sure some Bengal owners will be along soon to tell me I'm wrong. )

Either way, they are both incredibly pretty and look like they are best friends.