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   I'm really obsessing over feeding these kittens, almost 6 months. For the most part each of them eat their own food and finish it in one sitting. Often enough Gus walks away from his and leaves 1/4 of it left. Ulysses sees this and goes over and finishes it off. I look at Ulysses and Gus and see two different cat builds. Ulysses is stocky and has a very broad rib area but has a defined waste when looking down on him. Gus is lean and slick looking. I just worry that Ulysses will get fat. :-(

   Should I just pick Gus' food up as soon as he walks away from it and not let Ulysses get to it. I would have to imagine that Gus is probably full if he's walking away from it. It only takes the each of them about 5-10 minutes to eat their food. I don't 'watch' them but I can see what's going on from where I'm sitting while they eat.

   Posted 2 years ago by wolcar #

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   If you can see a waist when you look down, Ulysses is probably not overweight. Cat's do have different needs so if Gus isn't crying for food later, and Ulysses isn't too tubby, they are handling their portions exactly right for them.

   Posted 2 years ago by CheetahBoysmommy #

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   I agree with CBM, cats/kittens have different needs just like people do.

   Posted 2 years ago by AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew #

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   And don't forget, even though they are littermates, they may well have had different fathers and so be quite different.

   Posted 2 years ago by jcat #

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   When you say 'crying for food' do you mean meowing by his bowl area of something like that. I guess that would be a clear sign of being hungry - ha ha He does, at times, when I walk to that area get ahead of me and do circles - never cries for food, though.

   Yes, I can see a waiste on him but he is just so broad in the chest that I can't help but think he is or will be chunky. We will see, I guess. They still are only 6 months.

   Jcat - what do you mean? I did not know this can happen. Same litter with different fathers? Intersting.

   Posted 2 years ago by wolcar #

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   If he's not meowing, he's not crying, just ever hopeful :)

   Yes, cats can have a litter of kittens with more than one father, I'm a bit vague about the technicalities but I bet someone else on TDK will be better able to explain it...

   Posted 2 years ago by jcat #

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   seperate their bowls. Put the bowls in diffrent places. If you keep doing this, they'll understand and won't do it anymore. ;)

   Posted 1 year ago by kittenlover04 #

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   Basically, if the mother cat is in heat and more than one Tom has sex with her, she can become pregnant by more than one father. That's why a litter of kittens may not all be sired by one father, thus genetic differences.

   Posted 1 year ago by IronMaiden #

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