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Best food for weight gain
Hi All

I have had my kittens now for a few weeks. Pumba has put on weight and is coming along nicely whereas Timone is a little skinny (I know Siam's are made this way) but I would like her to put on a bit of weight.

Any ideas on the best food to give her for this?

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Hills a/d, also lamb/rabbit mince.
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Hills a/d, also lamb/rabbit mince.
how would you cook the mince? or would it be raw?
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Either is fine. I personally have always cooked the mince, but I have (and it's a very, very, tiny have lol) been considering trying some raw with our next babies.
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Either is fine. I personally have always cooked the mince, but I have (and it's a very, very, tiny have lol) been considering trying some raw with our next babies.
How do you cook it? (daft question I know but what makes sense to me might not be best for my kitts)

Why are u not sure about feeding raw?

What about beef mince - is that not as good as lamb & rabbit?
Also does it need to be top quality mince?
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I have given beef mince before as well but it doesn't put the weight on them in the same way that lamb/rabbit mince does. I only buy the human quality stuff, never the pet quality stuff that can be sold in pet shops.

This is my mince cooking recipe:
Place 500 grams of mince in a saucepan
Add ½ cup of water
Add 3 tablespoons of Goats Milk Probiotic Yoghurt
Add 1 egg yolk
Add small cubes of cheese (optional)
Add ½ teaspoon of Vegemite (or Marmite if you are British) (optional)
Stir whilst cooking
(Cooking Time: approximately 10 minutes)

It's odd about the raw really, have never been happy to feed raw to the cats. I did try it once with chicken wings, they looked at me like I was mad, yet years ago, my dog was on a total raw/natural diet and he did brilliantly on it. So why won't I feed it to the cats??????????? I have absolutely no idea
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I have given beef mince before as well but it doesn't put the weight on them in the same way that lamb/rabbit mince does. I only buy the human quality stuff, never the pet quality stuff that can be sold in pet shops.

This is my mince cooking recipe:
Place 500 grams of mince in a saucepan
Add ½ cup of water
Add 3 tablespoons of Goats Milk Probiotic Yoghurt
Add 1 egg yolk
Add small cubes of cheese (optional)
Add ½ teaspoon of Vegemite (or Marmite if you are British) (optional)
Stir whilst cooking
(Cooking Time: approximately 10 minutes)

It's odd about the raw really, have never been happy to feed raw to the cats. I did try it once with chicken wings, they looked at me like I was mad, yet years ago, my dog was on a total raw/natural diet and he did brilliantly on it. So why won't I feed it to the cats??????????? I have absolutely no idea
LOL thanks kat - will save that recipe
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Re: Best food for weight gain
I use something called Xtra bloom wate. It's a powdered fat supplement for cats/kitten Dogs/puppies, it'd great. I sprinkle it on their raw meat, they love it
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I use something called Xtra bloom wate. It's a powdered fat supplement for cats/kitten Dogs/puppies, it'd great. I sprinkle it on their raw meat, they love it
Hi Selk - where do u buy it from?

Also what meat do u feed raw? I assume not chicken due to salmonella???
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Hi Selk - where do u buy it from?

Also what meat do u feed raw? I assume not chicken due to salmonella???
You can feed pretty much any raw meat to cats, cats are even better equiped to deal with raw meat than dogs. Salmonella is a risk but a small risk and cats are well equiped to deal with that risk. I feed mine, beef, lamb and chicken.
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