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Why doesn't my kitten eat wet food?

My kitten is four months old, turning five months. It used to be a stray kitten, when I firstly rescued it, it was only a months old. It used to eat perfectly, I mean like it ate a whole dog bowl of food, (for the first two days only) and then gradually left some wet food and ate it later on. But now as the months passed, she’s not eating any wet food by herself that is. I leave her dry food and water out all the time, she prefers to eat dry food – she’s eaten roughly two whole Go-kitten box’s of dry food… but she doesn’t seem to like wet food, I’ve tried all sorts… such as jelly, gravy and so on! I literally feed her with my bare hands, I take the food from her bowl, and let her sniff it and she moves her mouth away, I wait there like 4-5 minutes for her to eat one ‘piece of food.’ I don’t mind feeding her, but it just gets really irritating putting food in her mouth, when they’re meant to do it them self!

I’m not trying to complain or anything, but I’m actually quite worried and I’m asking you guys for help! My kitten weighs about 2.4kg – 2.5kg, and I have to put the food the wet food in her mouth and wait for her to chew it down. She knows how to eat perfectly fine, and she drinks a small amount of water as well, but the main concern is why doesn’t she eat wet food? She’s got all her vaccinations, dewormed, deflead… Everything! She also seems to sleep a lot, and is hella lazy. But she does play… A LOT!

Heres a picture of my kitten: http://de.tinypic.com/r/2mnrv54/6

I know it’s a bit long to read, but thanks if you did and if you can help me. :-) !
I forgot to mention this, but my kitten only licks the wet food, she doesn’t eat the meat… but she licks it.


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Why is my kitten peeing in the sink? [cute picture enclosed]?

So, I picked him up to cuddle with him and noticed that his feet were a little wet. I put my hand to my nose and smelled urine. You know, that mineral smell. I wiped his feet off and washed my own hands. Later on in the bathroom, I noticed yellow liquid in the sink – just a few drops. I bent over to smell it and, sure enough, it was urine.

Unless my boyfriend is playing one heck of a practical joke, or I’m sleep-peeing in the middle of the night, then my kitten is going in the sink.

The worst part is that I’ve seen yellow drops in there before, but always assumed that it was soap residue or hair gel or cologne or something else. I never suspected urine!

I keep his litter box very clean. Scoop 1-2 times a day; add fresh litter to the top every few days; clean out the box and add all new fresh litter every 1-2 weeks. He has no reason for complaints.

He’s probably going into the sink because of the fresh water and then getting ‘inspired’ once he’s in there. He’s still doing his ‘other business’ in the litter box with no problems, except once he ran out of his box really fast before he was finished going. I think something startled him.

Anyway, I bleached the kitchen and bathroom sinks and cleaned out his litter box again today even though I just did it a few days ago.

Any other tips? Explanations? Anyone want to commiserate?

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Him sleeping on his back in our bed before we had a chance to make it. :) No, this has nothing to do with urine. It’s just my way of thanking you for your help.
Also, he still does urinate in his box. I think this is an occasional thing because I find urine in there every day.
deadsmiley – he just turned five months old. :) He’s huge for his age, I know. He’s definitely a kitten.


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