Lt. Kittenpants was five months a few days ago. I've been feeding him Nutro Natural Choice Kitten dry (free feeding throughout the day, usually), and a mix of Nutro kitten cans/pouches - he gets one per day. The Nutro bag says to feed kitten food until 1 year, free feeding until 6mos.. but the general wisdom is that kittens can move to adult food earlier.
Kit is a big boy (at 4mo., he was 5.75lbs), and he's healthy. His body condition looks great; his fur is shiny and soft... at what point do I move him from kitten to adult? And what do you recommend for adult? Nutro is basically the most high quality kitten-specific stuff I can find around here. PetSmart has Royal Canin (only dry.. do they make wet?), and the other brands are Avoderm, Purina, Iams, Blue Buffalo, Science Diet, and your other basic junky stuff (Nine Lives, Fancy Feast, etc.) I can get Wellness at another pet store, but I didn't see anything kitten-specific that they make (though their stuff is generally all life stage, no?)
Anyway, any help would be appreciated
Kit is a big boy (at 4mo., he was 5.75lbs), and he's healthy. His body condition looks great; his fur is shiny and soft... at what point do I move him from kitten to adult? And what do you recommend for adult? Nutro is basically the most high quality kitten-specific stuff I can find around here. PetSmart has Royal Canin (only dry.. do they make wet?), and the other brands are Avoderm, Purina, Iams, Blue Buffalo, Science Diet, and your other basic junky stuff (Nine Lives, Fancy Feast, etc.) I can get Wellness at another pet store, but I didn't see anything kitten-specific that they make (though their stuff is generally all life stage, no?)
Anyway, any help would be appreciated