Hello all. Just a quick question. I have had some differing advice (as always!) and wanted to get your take on it. We have three semi-feral kittens who have been living with us for just over two months. They are about 7 months old and have all been altered (the boys were just done last week, the girl was done about a month ago). I was just wondering when I should move them from kitten food to adult food? I know a lot of places say at 12 months, but I have also heard that once you get them fixed, you can start a gradual shift.
A bit of feeding background. They free feed on dry food and get one wet meal a day (at dinner time - they LOVE the wet food). The dry food has been adult food for a few weeks - this is very arbitrary because my pet store only stocks adult in the brand I wanted to use. My vet said it would be fine. I am just curious about moving from wet kitten food to wet adult. They are very active, indoor only cats. I know kitten food has more calories/protein for kitten development, and they are doing well developmentally (the boys were weighed last week at the vets - about 8lbs each - one slightly smaller, one slightly larger and the girl kitten is about the same). Should we stick with kitten food or could we do a transition to adult food? I don't want them to miss out on necessary calories/protein, so just wanted to check and see when you guys thought it was good to change over (I have spoken to my vet about this as well - I just wanted to get your perspective!).
A bit of feeding background. They free feed on dry food and get one wet meal a day (at dinner time - they LOVE the wet food). The dry food has been adult food for a few weeks - this is very arbitrary because my pet store only stocks adult in the brand I wanted to use. My vet said it would be fine. I am just curious about moving from wet kitten food to wet adult. They are very active, indoor only cats. I know kitten food has more calories/protein for kitten development, and they are doing well developmentally (the boys were weighed last week at the vets - about 8lbs each - one slightly smaller, one slightly larger and the girl kitten is about the same). Should we stick with kitten food or could we do a transition to adult food? I don't want them to miss out on necessary calories/protein, so just wanted to check and see when you guys thought it was good to change over (I have spoken to my vet about this as well - I just wanted to get your perspective!).