Cat's four-month awkward stage

Cat's awkward stage

At the age of four months, cats enter a period of molting, which may affect their appearance. Generally, the awkward stage is mainly a period of rapid physical growth, when cats look thin and long, not round, and their heads are also sharp. Cat owners can usually groom their fur more often and feed them beauty-enhancing nutritional supplements, such as egg yolk, lecithin, and unsaturated fatty acids, to help them grow healthy fur. Meanwhile, it also increases their skin's resistance to prevent skin diseases caused by damaged fur during the molting period.

Awkward stage timeline

The awkward stage in cats is also a period of rapid growth. Due to the high-speed growth of cats, their appearance and body shape may deviate from the normal direction, becoming less attractive. This usually occurs when cats are 3-8 months old. During this time, owners can increase their nutrition, such as feeding them nutritional supplements to help them grow quickly.

Awkward stage symptoms

Around the age of four to five months, owners may gradually notice that their cat's face becomes sharp, their cheeks are sunken in, their mouth is protruding, their body is not round, and their fur color is dull. This may lead to mixed or low-quality appearance. In fact, this is caused by the cat entering a period of rapid growth, where its internal nutrition cannot keep up with its growth needs, resulting in malnutrition. Therefore, during this time, owners need to provide sufficient nutritional supplements, chicken breast, beef, protein powder, and other high-protein, high-nutrition foods, and regularly groom their fur.

Feeding during the growth period

Cats require a large amount of nutrients during their growth and development, such as protein, vitamins, fat, trace elements, minerals, etc. As long as the cat's physical growth needs are met, they will grow quickly. You can feed them natural cat food with balanced nutrition, cooked lean meats such as chicken breast, fish, and beef, and wet cat food such as cans.