Thanks I wil check out that wet food and keep in mind a big bag goes stale quicker. Will let you know what I find out or buy. I either have to stick with what I have now or buy something else cause we only have enough of the kitten to transition starting tomorrow. Thanks I appreciate you taking the time you and all the other take to respond.
Hi there .. Given that you are going to feed wet canned, I would start limiting the dry food to 1/4 cup each day. With this, you can split the 1/4 cup into 1/8 cups x 2. Half of this would be the kitten food and half new food and see how long the kitten food lasts while you do the transition. But make sure that they are getting enough of the wet food. It could that your kitties might do okay on the new dry kibble and so the two weeks might not be necessary. Ultimately, your main concern should be in getting your kitties onto a mostly wet food. Use the dry food as one meal in the afternoon or dinner but start the day with wet food.
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Yes that is the food and before anyone says anything I already know it's not good. I still haven't opened the big bag of the dry but have to get something today as I only enough to transition now. My only concern is one of my kittens has stopped eating the wet again. I posted a while back that I figured it out by warming it which worked for a bit but now she is refusing it again. Last night and this morning she sniffs and won't eat it. The other one likes it cold. The one that likes it cold gave more wet this morning say half a can but she only ate I would say 1/4 of the can. The other is still sitting on the plate untouched. So I don't see the point of feeding her half a can for it just to go to waste. Also since my other is refusing wet food my concern is I want to make sure she eats something and dry is what she is willing to eat. I just hope switching to something different with her dry food isn't going to shock her and she doesn't eat. So my dilema is how do I know what to feed of dry cause she has to eat. Also I had a couple cans of Wellness kitten chicken flavour I tried them on when they were first adopted that they liked but put it down now for my kittens and they both sniff it and walk away
Hi there,
Glad to hear that you were able to find something! ..
I have not tried the Nutro Natural Choice line so can't offer any personal experience with it, but If I am looking at the right ingredients, nothing jumps out at me as being really terrible.
There is chicken as a first ingredient, then chicken meal (which is a concentrated form of chicken and actually offers more nutritional value than chicken). Whole brown rice is both a grain and carb and there is also some potato protein and oat fiber, but other than this, there is not really a whole lot of carbs in this food which is good.
The recommended transition period is 6 days and the formula to use is the same one that I recommended to you earlier. You can read about this here : http://www.nutro.com/pet-parents/cat-parents/switching-cat-food.aspx
Did you find any interesting wet canned in your travels today? As I mentioned earlier, if you can start off by limiting the dry food to only 1/4 cup per day or as necessary, and work on feeding the majority of wet canned, this will be best for your kitties in the long run.
Hopefully this new kibble will be well received, if not its good that you can take it back.
Oh, I completely forgot that you are in Canada. Yes, some of the PC canned is actually quite good. There is also the Extra Meaty line. The No Name (yellow cans) I avoid.
Hi there,
Oh, I completely forgot that you are in Canada. Yes, some of the PC canned is actually quite good. There is also the Extra Meaty line. The No Name (yellow cans) I avoid.
As my little female doesn't like pate type canned, I buy the PC Duck and Wild Rice which is chunky with a bit of gravy. The only hitch is that this one flavor only comes in the 3 ounce size whereas you can get the other flavors in the 13 ounce can which goes farther. Chicken and Gravy is fine in moderation. As they are really liking this one that is a good start. Personally between the Fancy Feast and PC, I prefer the PC although I tend to buy only the Turkey & Giblets and the Duck and Wild Rice as they get chicken in another brand that I serve.
The 9 pounds is a good weight for your kitties.I had my young tuxedo (Thomas - in my signature) in for his checkup today and found out that he weighs 11 pounds, but you wouldn't know it as he is quite long bodied and wears the weight well. He is also a very active kitty so I am not too concerned.
Sounds like you are off to a great start! And deserve a good nights' sleep by the sounds of it. Do keep us posted as to how things are going! ...
Hi. My comment about the chicken and gravy was just to say that its okay to feed some of this each week, but you will want to rotate with other flavors and possibly one other brand for a couple of reasons. Its good to provide some variety to your cats, and the fact that the chicken has gravy, it may be higher in calories and so you don't want to feed this exclusively. The other consideration is that if the store you shop at should happen to not have this flavor on hand, in feeding other things they like, this gives you options to fall back on.
Thank you for your kind words. I might decide not to feed the one in gravy not sure. We still have cans of the other stuff we were feeding them so will finish that off as well in the rotation. tonight I might try the fancy feat with them. Too bad the fancy feast is only a little can though. They seemed to like the dry food. I put about 3 tsp of it in the current kitten food and they are not seeming upset. They are eating it. Thanks!
Hi. My comment about the chicken and gravy was just to say that its okay to feed some of this each week, but you will want to rotate with other flavors and possibly one other brand for a couple of reasons. Its good to provide some variety to your cats, and the fact that the chicken has gravy, it may be higher in calories and so you don't want to feed this exclusively. The other consideration is that if the store you shop at should happen to not have this flavor on hand, in feeding other things they like, this gives you options to fall back on.
Don't feel like you are imposing .. Asking questions is completely normal when you are just starting out. Chances are that you will find yourself helping someone else at some point in sharing your experiences. That's what its all about here.
If you are feeding 1 cup of dry food per day plus some wet, then they are likely getting ALL of their calories, and then some. As you will be feeding more wet, if you want to keep your cats at a good weight you definitely want to start rationing the dry food. The 1/4 cup that I mentioned is for EACH cat as a meal in the afternoon. Its best to serve wet canned food to start the day. This may be challenging initially since your kitties have been doing the dry food up to this point, but as they are already eating wet food and liking it well enough, you shouldn't encounter too much opposition to feeding more of the wet. They will get used to this.
I understand that you don't want to waste food. Many of us here feel the same. You can safely put food back in the fridge for a later feeding, rather than throwing it out. I do this with my little female who sometimes doesn't feel like or is ready, to eat early in the morning. As long as she eats sometime later. You may find yourself in this situation. Not all cats will be the same when it comes to scheduled feedings, but you try and be as close as you can in feeding to a schedule.
Can I safely put it back in the fridge if I have warmed a portion? They share a plate so I warm one half and the other not. Seems to be one likes warm and another doesn't. They are I would say on a time feeding as I was giving wet at about 8am along with some dry in another bowel and then in the evening (about 5pm if I am home other wise later)the same so they are use to this. I don't want to get into where they are getting wet during the day as I said I am not home all the time to do this. So I think what I will try is to do the wet and leave it out no more than half an hour to an hour then what isn't eaten is refrigerated. What I could do is warm on another plate for the one cat that likes warm if it's a problem to refrigerate it later after being warmed. Then I could feed what is left at the evening portion and add enough to get the 2oz for the evening.
