Re: Anybody heard of this?

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:52:02 -0500, "LeeAnne"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>My sister and her hubby adopted a pregnant (unbeknownst to them) female cat
>a couple years ago.  She had five kittens, they kept 2 and gave away three.
>2 of those three went to one home and when the little-old-lady who adopted
>them passed away my sister and her hubby took those two cats back in (now a
>couple years old).  One of them, is just enormous (not fat, just a big
>kitty) compared to his siblings and the vet told my sister and her hubby
>that this was due to his being fed kitten food for longer than the siblings.
>
>All the cats are different sizes, one is downright lanky.
>
>Just wondering if anybody else heard that feeding kitten food for too long
>can cause a cat to grow larger.
>
>Tx and Happy Turkey!
>LeeAnne
>
Sorry LeeAnne, but the vet is talking rubbish.

The most likely reason is that he just has a different father to the
others. Queens can be fertilized by more than one cat and it is not
unusual to find three or even four fathers to one litter.

-- 
Bob.

Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it
look like the dog did it.