Hello :-) I'm new to Bengal cats, recently bought two kittens from a small local breeder, two girls from the same litter, one snow rosetted (Luna) and one brown rosetted (Katniss). They are now 15 weeks and we've had them just over 2 weeks.
They are both settling in well, eating lots, playing and very affectionate, but nevertheless I'm a bit worried about Luna in particular.
When they arrived I noticed they were sneezing. Took them to the vet, and was told they have 'flu. They are on antibiotics for the sore throat and an anti-inflammatory pain killer. They do seem to be on the mend now thankfully. The breeder (who has been brilliant) says she's contacted all the owners of their littermates and no one else has symptoms, and neither does their mum. They have not been in contact with any other cats, so I have no idea where they picked this up from.
The vet also said that they are underweight, and they are certainly small for their age. Luna weighs 1.9 kg at 15 weeks. I've not weighed Katniss but she is significantly bigger than her sister, and I'd estimate is well over 2kg.
Luna has also recently been regurgitating food. I don't mean vomiting - it's undigested food that comes up easily with no retching and looks the same as it did going in. She's done this two days running now, once about 3 hours after eating, and once a good 12 hours after eating. Her stools are normal and she uses the litter box daily. The don't have worms.
They are fed on a combination of raw (mostly chicken thigh chopped into small chunks, chicken wings for bone, and around 5-10% offal like beef liver and kidney or heart) plus a good quality dry kibble. I did a fair bit of research into raw before I got them and think I've got their nutrient balance right, and they will get some from the kibble too. They are fed 2-3 meals of raw, and have kibble available all day.
Does anyone have any suggestions regarding the regurgitation? I've tried warming their food up to mouse body temp, and am also trying multiple smaller meals starting today. I'm also not sure if I should be giving her more food after she regurgitates - the first time she lost what looked like her whole meal. She did have access to kibble but I didn't give her any more meat.
Luna is so little and fragile anyway that the regurgitation thing has me really worried. I'm very attached to them both and the idea that she might be anything less than robust and healthy just tears me up. I've had delicate poorly kittens before who grew up to be robust cats, but nothing like this.
Am I just being an overprotective new mama? They are both otherwise happy and bouncy but she's so much smaller than her sister.
I should note that although they are from the same litter, Katniss was actually fostered with another mum cat because her birth mother didn't feed her.
Would really welcome any ideas (and hopefully reassurance!) Thank you loads :-) x
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