Kitten fur

My kittens fur is kind of dry and dull looking. My older had very short fur, that was not very soft when we first got him, but since it has grown and he is very soft and shiny. I figured the younger kittens would do the same, he was treated for worms and I expected improvement, but it. Hasnt happened yet. The vet didn't say anything about it when he went. I figured all kittens were like this. However, I was at a friends today, they have a kitten a few weeks younger than mine with thick shiny hair.
Do you think something is going on with him, or are some cat just different?
He does drink a lot of water, and was on dry food, but I'm slowly switching him to canned. Do you think he is lacking something in nutritin(though he eats the same tugs my other cat does.)

I think it is diet. My baby had coarse fur when I got her from a shelter at 10 weeks. She was being fed crappy dry Science Diet while there. I first switched her to  no grain dry. Then no grain canned. Now we are at 50% raw and 50% no grain canned. She became soft after the switch. Plus her grooming has improved with age.

Slykat12 said:

 
I think it is diet. My baby had coarse fur when I got her from a shelter at 10 weeks. She was being fed crappy dry Science Diet while there. I first switched her to  no grain dry. Then no grain canned. Now we are at 50% raw and 50% no grain canned. She became soft after the switch. Plus her grooming has improved with age.

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This is absolutely true.

I have transformed countless kittens who came to me in my rescue, malnourished, emaciated, sick, whatever. Always their fur was dull and coarse, but in time and good food they turned around and always have new plush shiny soft fur growth.

It takes a couple months, but you will see the difference and really see how food affects them.

catwoman707 said:

 
This is absolutely true.

I have transformed countless kittens who came to me in my rescue, malnourished, emaciated, sick, whatever. Always their fur was dull and coarse, but in time and good food they turned around and always have new plush shiny soft fur growth.

It takes a couple months, but you will see the difference and really see how food affects them.

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Yes! Diet makes them beautiful. I started feeding a very old Tom cat that lives in between the vets office and my house in the woods. He was rough with missing patches of fur, both of his ears were so badly frostbit over his years as a feral he looked like a cat with folded ears. I bought him a commercial raw which he waits around the corner and watches for me to put in his dish. It has been about 6 months and he is black and not rust colored and he does not have any bald patches. I do not know the texture of his fur,  as I have never been closer than 6 feet of him and that is looking through the window.

Slykat12 said:

I think it is diet. My baby had coarse fur when I got her from a shelter at 10 weeks. She was being fed crappy dry Science Diet while there. I first switched her to  no grain dry. Then no grain canned. Now we are at 50% raw and 50% no grain canned. She became soft after the switch. Plus her grooming has improved with age.

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I should have added that we got the kitten right after he was weaned from his mom, as was this other kitten. Also my first kitten with nice fur eats mostly science diet, and only 2 cans of canned food. But he had nice fur before he even had canned.

It may very well be one of the type of cats who don't have all that soft of fur. But usually kittens should/do.

Some of course is softer than others, but should not feel coarse.

It might also be that mom was depleted in nutrients and her milk was lacking in something.

I've had those too! A litter of 3 I got last May when they were about 7 weeks old, straight from mom, and within 2 days lost one, just got him a bit too late to save. The other 2 recovered, but they had very thin/sparse tummy fur, actually it was thin and wirey coars all over, dull, etc.

Good 'ol Babycat and canned twice a day, and they turned around so well. Their eyes turned bright, fur soft and grew in thick, shiny, healthy.

catwoman707 said:

It may very well be one of the type of cats who don't have all that soft of fur. But usually kittens should/do.
Some of course is softer than others, but should not feel coarse.

It might also be that mom was depleted in nutrients and her milk was lacking in something.

I've had those too! A litter of 3 I got last May when they were about 7 weeks old, straight from mom, and within 2 days lost one, just got him a bit too late to save. The other 2 recovered, but they had very thin/sparse tummy fur, actually it was thin and wirey coars all over, dull, etc.

Good 'ol Babycat and canned twice a day, and they turned around so well. Their eyes turned bright, fur soft and grew in thick, shiny, healthy.

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It's not really wirery, I mean it is soft I giess, but not silky and shiny!