Thread: First vet visit

hi karena
kiara is the same weight as your boy i read somewhere that kittens go through growth spurts between now and 20 weeks where they strech and lose teeth? not sur if this is true or if even this applies to MCs but their weight will catch up with them..i was worried about kia too as she feels rather boney at the min im hoping that its just this as shes a good eater and was much bigger than her brother! time will tell but try not to worry xxx

I weighed Simba this morning and he is 2.5kg now so going up which I'm delighted about

I work at a vets & up until my friend who is a breeder started bringing her cats in we had never seen a maine coon,its only now a few years down the line that you realise they do come in all shapes & sizes....
My oldest boy Bruce 8yrs is very tall & long & sounds like your boy never did & still doesn't eat hardly anything whatever you try,he has never weighed any more than 7kg but a very happy playful boy,the two babies [now 2yrs old] Welly eats everything he can,has his own & then cleans out everyone elses dish if he can looks quite small in stature & weighs in at 7.10kg at the moment & yet his brother who just grazes at his food & has to really be encouraged to eat looks huge alongside,he is the tallest & longest of all my mc's & weighed in at just under 9kg at booster last week.So proof that the amount that goes in doesn't always contribute to size !
Your baby looks great & there is a lot of growing time yet.

Thanks for your comments - I'm probably being a paranoid mum - bit like watching your kids eat when every mouthful counts)lol But my two sons are eager for Simba to be a giant I think - they keep telling their friends how big he is going to be so I guess I'm a bit worried he won't disappointment them, though they love him so much now - I have never seen two teenage lads go so gooey over an animal. I think I should tape them when the are talking to Simba, I could threaten to show their friends next time I want something done

They certainly do put on weight in spurts, and yours is not yet at what I would consider the peak growth period based on our last two males. The peak seems to be from like 5-7/8 months. During that period, our males ate like every hour (except when asleep). We had never seen cats "wolf down" food like they did. Our 7+mos. old just exploded between 6 and 7 months--put on 2.5lbs--and much length. Interestingly, we have noticed a dramatic drop in his appetite over the last couple of weeks now, so apparently the really fast growth is over. He actually now turns down food unless it is the right flavor--i.e., he is a normal cat. Seems so bizarre after a couple of months of eating anything and everything (wet food wise). Feeding was so simple--except for its frequency.