Sunday, August 8, 2010

Does adult cat food eaten by a kitten have any major ramifications for the kittens overall health

Does adult cat food eaten by a kitten have any major ramifications for the kittens overall health?
We have a 20 month and a 5 month old cat living together, so we need to watch when they're eating their wet food together, because the the kitten will try and eat the adults food, which we stop. I'm mainly asking because a friend who also has had cats for years, from kittens, has only ever fed them adult food and they've grown up fine.
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1 :
As long as it doesn't make up most of his diet overall, he's fine. Adult food just has less nutrients that are necessary for healthy growth and development of young kittens. As long as the majority of his diet is made up of the kitten food, he's fine.
2 :
it duzent matter if its cat food or kitten food
3 :
I foster kittens for a local shelter that relies on donations of food to feed the kittens. GENERALLY the kitten food has higher protein, but not by much. Look at the analysis on the back of the box or can. Since cats are obligate carnivores, the kitten foods that have higher protein content are actually better foods for both your kitten and cat. Feeding a canned food which is higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates then any dry food would be a better option. As Dr. Pierson likes to say, there are no such thing as "kitten mice" in the wild. They eat the same thing, but kittens tend to eat more because of all the growing they have to do and all the running around they are doing. to learn more about feline nutrition, check out Dr. Pierson's website at http://www.catinfo.org
4 :
In the wild there is no 'kitten food'. Young cats transition from mothers milk directly to eating raw meat. Most 'kitten food' is just a marketing ploy to relieve the consumer of more money

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