I’ve thought that these kittens are remarkably similar in size, except for Coda, who has seemed bigger and stronger since the day he was born – although born last and a day late!
Today we weighed everyone, and it’s verified. Each of the girls weighs in at almost exactly one pound. Coda weighs 17.5 ounces. Little butterballs, all of them. They’re not, of course, actually fat, just appropriately roly poly for healthy kittens just over four weeks old.
Tex weighs about 9 pounds, although I’m not sure how accurate our read was, since he wasn’t interested in standing still.
Mama Sylvie weighed in at only 6.5 pounds. She’s such a tiny girl! A baby kitty with babies of her own. She had lost some weight from not eating much for a couple of days. When you’re nursing, you can drop weight really fast! The kittens never stopped growing, but Sylvie took a hit. Now she’s packing in the food and putting the lost weight back on, thank goodness. I’m feeding her three times a day and supplementing with goat milk.
All the kittens together weigh 4 1/8 pounds, and Sylvie weighs 6.5. When they’re nursing, they are a huge mass compared to her – 2/3 of her weight!
These healthy kittens are growing entirely on mama’s milk. I have started feeding her in their area, so they can try some solid food, but so far, at 4 and a half weeks, they have no interest.