Dry Food?

Hmm okay. I got the kitten today. Shes eating speical kitten food.. the petstore said to give dry in the morning nd canned at night. THe food she is eating is Purina dried and Purina fish and salmon ( i think wet) she loves the canned food alot. But shes really afriad and is always hiding under one of those lazzy boy chairs. We put some litter from her old litter box from her old house. Is that good?

Originally Posted by T2daY005

Hmm okay. I got the kitten today. Shes eating speical kitten food.. the petstore said to give dry in the morning nd canned at night. THe food she is eating is Purina dried and Purina fish and salmon ( i think wet) she loves the canned food alot. But shes really afriad and is always hiding under one of those lazzy boy chairs. We put some litter from her old litter box from her old house. Is that good?

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Yes the old litter is a great thing...

Originally Posted by T2daY005

Hmm okay. I got the kitten today. Shes eating speical kitten food.. the petstore said to give dry in the morning nd canned at night. THe food she is eating is Purina dried and Purina fish and salmon ( i think wet) she loves the canned food alot. But shes really afriad and is always hiding under one of those lazzy boy chairs. We put some litter from her old litter box from her old house. Is that good?

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Congratulations on your new kitty. I would look for a high quality food with no by-products if possible.

Let her settle in and don't force her out of hiding. Let her come to you. Just sit on the floor near her and talk quietly, read aloud or whatever. When she feels comfortable she'll come out herself and be less afraid in the long term. As long as she knows where her food and litter are and give her room to get to it without having to feel threatened by your presence.

Yeah his bed and food and water are right next to each other. I picked him up and put him inside the litterbox but he keeps on jumping out and running so i hope he knows were the litter box is. I keep on calling Tommy a girl instead of a boy.

Congrates on the new little one ... I also would find a food with out by products...

Whats by products?

My dr says dry food is best diet for cats, no matter what age. Wet is served as a special treat, which I give my guys tuna, or a canned that is high quality, not the whiska's, or 9 lives stuff. Mind you I also stick with science one diet and alternate with Iam's orange daily, they seem to be happy with it..Mike

Look at ingredients, it will actually say by-products on the labels, Our sponsor Royal Canin has a good line of catfood, Mike

Originally Posted by firebirdmagic

My dr says dry food is best diet for cats, no matter what age. Wet is served as a special treat, which I give my guys tuna, or a canned that is high quality, not the whiska's, or 9 lives stuff. Mind you I also stick with science one diet and alternate with Iam's orange daily, they seem to be happy with it..Mike

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Dry food has it's drawbacks - it has more filler and can be more fattening. My understanding is that an all dry food diet can also contribute to crystals.

A small amount of tuna as an occasional treat (packed in water only) is not bad but they shouldn't have too much. I've been told that if your cat is male and neutered that wet food is better for their health to protect against crystals in their urine.

We free-feed a good quality dry food and give wet food in the evening after work.

I am by no means a nutrition expert, but I've been told the above by several vets and have read that a number of times on this site.

I will cut and paste the AFFCO definition for a by product... But the short easy way if the label says poultry by product ... it can contain heads feet internal organs undeveloped eggs of any poultry ( ie it flys it is poultry... ) Many of use serve fresh organs at home but would you want heads and feet added??

at least 6 ozs of wet a week is now recommended to avoid uti issues as well as addressing the h2o most cats dont drink..

I feed him Purina dry and Purina wet. Dry for the morning and wet in the night.

By-products sound icky to us humans, but when cats hunt they eat the whole mouse or bird, icky feet, brains, lungs, intestines and all. (Sometimes they leave the feathers though - ugh!)

Canned is probably better than dry because of the water content, cats who only get dry often don't drink enough to compensate. But dry is a little better for their teeth, so now I'm feeding about 2/3 canned and 1/3 dry - Science Diet Oral Care for their teeth.

I leave dry food out all the time (1/2 ans 1/2 mixture of science diet regular and natures best) and my two cats split a facny feast can in the moring and the at night. I feed every wet food every 12 hours. So if I feed them at 7:00 am I feed them at 7pm and they can eat the dry food whenever they like.

I free fed dry food too. Your system sounds good.