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Natures variety, hound and gato and wellness are good grain free premium foods, but if you need to buy cheaper food fancy feast classic is supposed to be a pretty good food.
No, most flea collars are rather poisonous to the cats. There are probably some who are OK, I saw one sold at my swedish pharmacy, but dont take such risks.12 weeks means she'll be 3 months , is it wise to get a flea collar ??
Some kittens do but I think if she is 12 weeks when you get her she probably won't. I got both my cats at 12 week and neither of them tried to eat the litter.Will biscuit try in eat the kitty litter ???
Flea collars are actually very dangerous for kittens and cats. If she is inside only I would not worry about fleas. But if you are worried she has fleas when you get her ask your vet about revolution or advantage which is a monthly spot treatment that kills and prevents fleas and other parasites. Again if she is inside I would only do a treatment if you think she has fleas.12 weeks means she'll be 3 months , is it wise to get a flea collar ??
Freeze dried meat treats like purebites are probably the best kind to get. You could also give small pieces of meat too.Thanks ! Also I'm thinking of training biscuit is it alright to give her treats ? She'll be 12 weeks when I get her
Actually there are some flavours of wellness that do not have carrageenan like the minced chicken (http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/product-details.aspx?pet=cat&pid=105#ingredients) and the pouches (http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/product-details.aspx?pet=cat&pid=28&dm=pouches#ingredients). I try to feed food without carrageenan because I am super paranoid but you are right even the foods I feed are suspect as they either have spinach like natures variety and wellness or they are low calorie and have too many fish flavours like tiki cat and not to mention the bpa in most cans. I have heard a lot of good things about evo, though I am kind of worried about all the recalls with the dry food though.Innova Evo is pretty good at a pretty decent price. Some people here don't like it bc of a chemical called carrageenan that is associated with cancer, but Wellness contains it too and it's very hard to find foods (for cats or people!) without it of other dodgy additives.
Training your kitty is a great idea! We do some clicker training occasionally at my house; the clicker allows the cat to know exactly what she did to get the reward. We sometimes use treats for this (though we'll break them up into smaller portions), or we'll just use regular wet food (kind of a pain), or this is one place where sometimes we just use a high-quality kibble (guilty!).
I'm glad you're seriously considering waiting the full 12 weeks.Hopefully you will be able to visit her lots during that time!
Yes they do need a lot of protein and that is why a grain free canned food or raw diet is the best for their health. I looked up the canned purina wet food and it does have grains so it not the best, but any wet food is better than dry food.I heard that kittens should eat a lot of protein ! Also that they sleep 16 hours a day ! I'm worried that when I'm sleeping that she'll be wide awake exploring by her self !! I'm pretty paranoid about her and night time ! I'd like her to sleep when I sleep because I don't want nothing to happen to her ! So any advice ? Is purina a good kitty food ?? And because she won't eat the little I'm I able to buy clumping litter ?
I feel you! I'm pretty paranoid as well. I feel guilty about feeding food with carrageenan, but I've accepted that I'm going to feel guilty whatever wet food I feed. The rest of Evo's food make-up- at least the 95% varieties- I like more than anything other than careageenan-free Hound & Gatos. We feed and alternate both, filling in here and there with other high quality brands that are on sale- Wellness, etc. I try to avoid carrageenan outside of Evo when I can. But I guess I feel that the closeness to the ideal diet outweighs the risk of carrageenan. Sigh. So hard being a kitty mommy!Actually there are some flavours of wellness that do not have carrageenan like the minced chicken (http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/product-details.aspx?pet=cat&pid=105#ingredients) and the pouches (http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/product-details.aspx?pet=cat&pid=28&dm=pouches#ingredients). I try to feed food without carrageenan because I am super paranoid but you are right even the foods I feed are suspect as they either have spinach like natures variety and wellness or they are low calorie and have too many fish flavours like tiki cat and not to mention the bpa in most cans. I have heard a lot of good things about evo, though I am kind of worried about all the recalls with the dry food though.