Best canned kitten food?

While Cuddles' tummy recovers from her diarrhea, Dr. Sonia has advised to keep her on a canned diet rather than commercial raw for a week. (Just so her system gets back to normal before she gets back on the raw bandwagon) and she's having problems enjoying her kitten food. :lol3: She loves Cookie's Weruva, but it isn't recommended for kittens. I've tried her on Wellness Kitten and Royal Canin Kitten and she hates them both. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a picky mini-feline?

I sometimes have to feed my kitten adult ct food. Otherwise she won't eat and I don't want her on dry kitten food.

Why did Dr. Sonia tell you not to feed her raw when she is sick?

Dr. Sonia said she just wants to make sure that Cuddles' tummy is 100% back to normal so she can process the raw food like she was before. She gave me Science Diet Kitten to feed her but there is no way I'm feeding that.

kittylover23 said:

Dr. Sonia said she just wants to make sure that Cuddles' tummy is 100% back to normal so she can process the raw food like she was before. She gave me Science Diet Kitten to feed her but there is no way I'm feeding that.

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why won't you feed her Science Diet Kitten i'v found it very good?

nicolescally said:

why won't you feed her Science Diet Kitten i'v found it very good?

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Have you looked at the ingredients lately?

Liver & Chicken:
Egg product, water, liver, chicken, brewers rice, soybean meal, fish meal, corn gluten meal, brewers dried yeast,....

Salmon: Water, Salmon, Pork By-Products, Liver, Egg Product, Soybean Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Corn Starch, Fish Meal, Chicken Liver Flavor, L-Lysine, Soy Protein Isolate, Powdered Cellulose, Guar Gum, Brewers Dried Yeast, Wheat Flour, Locust Bean Gum, Choline Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Carrageenan,....

Turkey & Giblets: Water, Turkey, Egg Product, Turkey Giblets, Liver, Salmon, Fish Meal, Pork By-Products, Corn Gluten Meal, Corn Starch, Chicken Liver Flavor, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Soy Protein Isolate, Chicken, Powdered Cellulose, L-Lysine, Guar Gum, Brewers Dried Yeast, Locust Bean Gum, Choline Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Potassium Chloride, Dicalcium Phosphate, Carrageenan,...

nicolescally said:

Why won't you feed her Science Diet Kitten? I've found it very good.

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The only reason to believe Science Diet is very good is you don't know what is in it. They use byproducts, meal, BHA, BHT, ethoxiquin, grains many cats are allergic to, and other useless ingredients that make cats sick and fat. SD is not the worst food, but nobody who knows what our cats need - meat, meat, and more meat - would say it is very good.

Maybe an all-life-stages canned food. Most are appropriate for kittens, Weruva is just too low in calories, though. EVO 95% might be good. It's high fat and seems pretty palatable.

If it comes down to just getting food into her, I've found that Fancy Feast Kitten seems to be well-liked. And the ingredients aren't terrible.

What about By Nature 95% meat or Nature's Variety Instincts foods? (Just pick out the peas and carrots). I know they're not specifically kitten food, but I think they're for "all life stages." ?

Do you really need to pick out the peas and carrots? I know cats can't use them, but because kittens are still growing, they can't get fat on those extra calories.

No, it's just easy to. So I did.