r/IllegallySmolCats • u/Suda_Nim • 1d ago

Criminally Smol Gender-blind casting

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Riff-Raff went through a spell of needing extra care during weaning. He was doing what Kitten Lady calls “meat nursing,” where he sucked at the gooshifud instead of biting and chewing it.

His weight stalled - while his sibs put on 40 or 50 grams, he gained 10 and then lost 5.

We moved him to boiled, shredded chicken breast, to encourage him to learn to chew, and he took to it like a velociraptor! He still nursed on the kitten food, tho.

We then tried a new brand of kitten food that had chicken chunks, and all is well now!

Oh - also, he turned out to be a girl.

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u/Trixter-Kitten 1d ago

Kittens always end up covered in food somehow

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u/Suda_Nim 1d ago

They absorb it thru their skin.

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u/bibijack1 21h ago

It seems as if they're checking out their food by swimming the butterfly stroke in it. The more food on their faces and paws, the more they enjoyed it.

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u/Remarkablefairy-8893 1d ago

Pic 3 is melting my heart 😭😭

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u/LadyLetterCarrier 1d ago

mmmm.....chikums!