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My 8-week kitten is thin. How to get her to drink and gain weight?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed

My kitten is now 8 weeks old.. she is looking very thin.. I'm giving her whiskas junior ocean fish dry food 4 times per day . And she is drinking only very less amount of water.. how can I make her to drink more water and gain weight ??kindly help me make her healthy.. Thanks in advance!!

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on June 19th, 2018

She is very young, most kittens are very thin at this age.your should start giving her dry food as well as wet food. as long as she will eat mainly wet food she will not drink much as wet food is 85% water.

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