Your favorite brand of food for kittens?

Whiskas is available in the States but it is definitely one of the lower quality products available.

I feed my kittens the same stuff the adults get, since they are on super premium "all life stages" formulas. Innova is their favorite.

Zoey is eating a mix of natural CHoice and Clalifonia Natural ... She likes both so I will keep this mix finally think we found the right mix...
Cal natural the orginal formula is cat and kitten..

I use Hill's Science Diet. I am actually surprized more people don't. Do y'all know something I don't?

Originally Posted by semiferal

Whiskas is available in the States but it is definitely one of the lower quality products available.

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Really? Thats interesting to know! We just gave it to him because it was what he had been eating before we got him. So he's been on it since before he was 6 weeks old.
When he is a year old we will change, I'll be looking for something for indoor only.

Science Plan was recommended to us but we were reluctant to change since Whiskas was going so well. Its definately popular in the UK.

Is Fancy Feast unhealthy for cats? Is it the equivalent of eating Mcdonalds every day?

Originally Posted by Zoggy

Is Fancy Feast unhealthy for cats? Is it the equivalent of eating Mcdonalds every day?

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I would call it that ... chn by products are heads feet internal organs( all) undeveloped eggs.... FF has one that I can get without by products or wheat but mine threw it right up, though Pat and a few others have had luck with it..

For what you pay for FF you can find any number of high end brands without the "junk....

i feed canned of Nutro both max and natural choice , meow mix( on ce a week ) natural balence some pro pac and eagle pack felidea and califonia natural and innova

Originally Posted by pennylane3000

I use Hill's Science Diet. I am actually surprized more people don't. Do y'all know something I don't?

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Science Diet Kitten Original:

Ingredients
Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Corn Gluten Meal, Brewers Rice, Chicken Liver Flavor, Fish Oil, Flaxseed, Dried Egg Product, Potassium Chloride, Soybean Mill Run, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, L-Lysine, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, Iodized Salt, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Tryptophan, Magnesium Oxide, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, L-Arginine, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.



Chicken Soup for the Kitten Lover's Soul

Ingredients
Chicken, Salmon, chicken meal, whole grain brown rice, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), oatmeal, fish meal, potatoes, cracked pearled barley, millet, turkey, duck, flaxseed, egg product, natural chicken flavor, carrots, peas, apples, dried skim milk, kelp, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, methionine, potassium chloride, taurine, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.



That's why I don't use Science Diet. That and the fact that it costs about 50% more than Chicken Soup, and as much as or more than any of the other super-premium brands. I am not a cheapskate when it comes to cat food but I do like to get what I pay for!

OK, I just stumbled upon something called sportsmix cat food today on the petshop rack? how is it? Is it any good? I have never heard the brand name before..

purina one or purina kit'n kaboodle

I feed mine Nutro Complete Care.

Royal Canin Babycat, the kibble is really small, easy for kittens to eat. Mine loved it when they were babies.

My kitties eat Hill's Science Diet Kitten and they love it (they got tired of Royal Canin Kitten). Their poop doesn't smell that bad and their fur is shiny

I mix Hill's Kitten and Royal Canin Siamese now, because the eldest one is over a year and it's difficult to separate food here, when they have kibbles out all day.

i started my cat on the raw diet. he likes it a lot!! wolfs that stuff down!! haha i used to give him purino though

I free feed my Siberian kitten Eukanuba Chicken and Rice for kittens. Twice a day I supplement with a little wet food of brands Nutro Natural, Nutro Max or Wellness.

ChloÃ[emoji]169[/emoji] seems to really love her food and her fur is just so cottony soft!

That's why I don't use Science Diet. That and the fact that it costs about 50% more than Chicken Soup, and as much as or more than any of the other super-premium brands. I am not a cheapskate when it comes to cat food but I do like to get what I pay for! [/quote]

Interesting... I've been thinking about changing his food because his feces is not very solid which has led to some messes. I'll let you know how it turns out...

Originally Posted by pennylane3000

That's why I don't use Science Diet. That and the fact that it costs about 50% more than Chicken Soup, and as much as or more than any of the other super-premium brands. I am not a cheapskate when it comes to cat food but I do like to get what I pay for!

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Interesting... I've been thinking about changing his food because his feces is not very solid which has led to some messes. I'll let you know how it turns out...[/quote]
mix old in out in 10% increments every 2-3 days..

old food 90% for three days
then 70-80 % for three days

i use nutro..

[/quote]Interesting... I've been thinking about changing his food because his feces is not very solid which has led to some messes. I'll let you know how it turns out...[/quote]


Prego has this problem, too. He's also on Science Diet, but I'm switching him to Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor Weight Management (what a mouthful!) when his SD runs out, which should be in the next day or so.

I always thought it was just him, but I wonder if the SD has been causing it all along.

What about Merrick's wet food? I know Merrick is an excellent food, but I have a kitten in the house right now (we're looking for the owners, but it looks like she's going to be here to stay) and I'm not sure if it's a proper kitten food or not. I have California Natural dry, but she doesn't eat much of it (she's been here almost a week and touched the California Natural only earlier today. Looks like she's been spoiled with wet food, lol). I'd hate to stunt her growth or something because I fed an adult food to her, lol (the cans say "Food for Cats and Kittens," but I'm still not sure)

Originally Posted by Aussie_Dog

What about Merrick's wet food? I know Merrick is an excellent food, but I have a kitten in the house right now (we're looking for the owners, but it looks like she's going to be here to stay) and I'm not sure if it's a proper kitten food or not. I have California Natural dry, but she doesn't eat much of it (she's been here almost a week and touched the California Natural only earlier today. Looks like she's been spoiled with wet food, lol). I'd hate to stunt her growth or something because I fed an adult food to her, lol (the cans say "Food for Cats and Kittens," but I'm still not sure)

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check the protein and fat... most kitten formulas have 10-14% protein and 5-10% fat this translate into a dry matter of 35-56% protein and 17-40% fat... some adult food s that are okay for kittens are as low as 9% protein and 5% fat..