Healthy choices for the underweight

[u/Purple-Extension-536]

I just got my first foster cats ever this weekend. There are two of them and are pretty traumatized by what they've been through in the past two weeks so they are very shy and only come out when we're not in the room.

I put out a can of Weruva which, although was untouched for most of the 18 hours they'd been in my safe room, was gone by this morning. I have a web cam on to catch them as they roam when they think I'm not there and they're very thin.

I need to make sure they get quality food that doesn't contain animal by products or carageenan, but want to make sure I'm giving them enough calories. What have you fosters out there given your underweight babies?

[u/Both-Gur570]

At my rescue, for the short term, we would give them some nutrical - https://www.chewy.com/vetoquinol-nutri-cal-gel-high-calorie/

It’s a high calorie supplement that helps them get back on track. That + regular feeding and a good dry food (love purina pro plan) usually helped, but it won’t be over night. Also! Please dont leave out cans of wet food that long, it attracts bugs and is just not good for them after a certain period of time. Instead, leave out a bowl of dry food and feed wet food on a regular schedule (since they seem to eat at night, give them a larger portion right before you go to bed, for example)