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Afternoon. Any experienced cat people out there?
We have 2 five month old kittens born to a semi-feral cat on our covered terrace. The female kitten is self contained - likes a cuddle but is quite happy to disappear into the woods and fields on her own once she's been fed. Her brother whines almost all the time unless you make a fuss of him. He never goes beyond the garden and follows me around when I'm outside and will often sit on my shoulder. He is quiet when he is with us.
However I'm getting worried that he may have some kind of a problem with confidence. When the kits were three and a half months old he and another sister both went missing overnight. He turned up 24 hours later but his sister was never found. Could he be frightened still of leaving? His behaviour changed at this time, but is getting worse.
And he has now become a fussy eater and while his sister is gaining about 60-100g in weight each week he is losing weight. He looks healthy - bright eyes, shiny coat and does not feel thin. Should we persist with the food he doesn't like - I fear making life harder for ourselves in the future by pandering to his needs. They get dry food (soaked - sometimes in chicken stock
) now they are weaned. They are all outside cats.
I hope he is just a difficult teenager
Any thoughts appreciated!
We have 2 five month old kittens born to a semi-feral cat on our covered terrace. The female kitten is self contained - likes a cuddle but is quite happy to disappear into the woods and fields on her own once she's been fed. Her brother whines almost all the time unless you make a fuss of him. He never goes beyond the garden and follows me around when I'm outside and will often sit on my shoulder. He is quiet when he is with us.
However I'm getting worried that he may have some kind of a problem with confidence. When the kits were three and a half months old he and another sister both went missing overnight. He turned up 24 hours later but his sister was never found. Could he be frightened still of leaving? His behaviour changed at this time, but is getting worse.
And he has now become a fussy eater and while his sister is gaining about 60-100g in weight each week he is losing weight. He looks healthy - bright eyes, shiny coat and does not feel thin. Should we persist with the food he doesn't like - I fear making life harder for ourselves in the future by pandering to his needs. They get dry food (soaked - sometimes in chicken stock
) now they are weaned. They are all outside cats.I hope he is just a difficult teenager
Any thoughts appreciated!
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