I have recently started fostering a litter of kittens 4 days ago and they were estimated to be 6 weeks old. They weighed in right at a pound each. They were wormed and are being treated with topical antibiotics for conjunctivitis in their eyes ( almost back to healthy/normal now)
Anyways, when I picked them up they gave me 2 ziplock bags of kitten food of an unknown (to me) brand so this is what they have been eating since I brought them home. I weighed them today and they have all gained slightly under 1 ounce. In my opinion, they should have been gaining more. They seem skinny but show no signs of illness.
I thought it might be the "unknown" dry food. So I started googling and figured out what the foods were - one was Grreat Choice from Petsmart (yuck) and the second was Purina Pro Plan (double yuck.)
I recently moved and live in a very rural area with little access to GOOD pet foods, so I always order online. But, I wanted to get these kittens started on something better ASAP so I searched locally and did find some EVO Turkey & Chicken formula for cats & kittens both dry and wet. I bought both and started the switch this afternoon and the kittens seem to love the EVO canned and did snack a little on the dry but I am concerned about the size of the pieces.....
Anyways. I can either keep them on this or order something better and use this until whatever I order gets here. If anyone has a better kitten food recommendation I would love to hear it. I don't want to do raw or anything too unknown/hard to find as these are fosters and in a few weeks they will be S/N and then adopted out. They were feral but not so much anymore I have not even heard a hiss in over 24 hours!
Anyways, when I picked them up they gave me 2 ziplock bags of kitten food of an unknown (to me) brand so this is what they have been eating since I brought them home. I weighed them today and they have all gained slightly under 1 ounce. In my opinion, they should have been gaining more. They seem skinny but show no signs of illness.
I thought it might be the "unknown" dry food. So I started googling and figured out what the foods were - one was Grreat Choice from Petsmart (yuck) and the second was Purina Pro Plan (double yuck.)
I recently moved and live in a very rural area with little access to GOOD pet foods, so I always order online. But, I wanted to get these kittens started on something better ASAP so I searched locally and did find some EVO Turkey & Chicken formula for cats & kittens both dry and wet. I bought both and started the switch this afternoon and the kittens seem to love the EVO canned and did snack a little on the dry but I am concerned about the size of the pieces.....
Anyways. I can either keep them on this or order something better and use this until whatever I order gets here. If anyone has a better kitten food recommendation I would love to hear it. I don't want to do raw or anything too unknown/hard to find as these are fosters and in a few weeks they will be S/N and then adopted out. They were feral but not so much anymore I have not even heard a hiss in over 24 hours!