Thread: Kitten food to Grown Cat food?

Originally Posted by messyhearts

"Kitten food" is a marketing ploy - it isn't natural for an animal to be fed different food based on age aside from before they are weaned. She could eat adult food at any age. Mine was eating Applaws, Encore or Bozita adult food due to it's fantastic meat content from 4 months & has flourished. Kitten food is expensive - smaller contents for higher price because it is "specialist". I don't buy into any of the Royal Canin marketing.

i agree my mums had cats all her life and from 3-4 mths they have ate adult food introduced over a period of 7 days as not to upset tummy, all healthy indoor cats and never any problems...

Originally Posted by deeshell08

i agree my mums had cats all her life and from 3-4 mths they have ate adult food introduced over a period of 7 days as not to upset tummy, all healthy indoor cats and never any problems...

Our breeder strictly told us not to feed kitten food as it caused squits. Initially I was concerned that the foods I wanted to feed had no kitten varieties so I actually looked into the ingredients & found them to be pretty much the same if not exactly. One of Freya's littermates isn't as big as her (both are shown) & regularly her mum asks me how my girl got to be so big. I think it was the fact I fed her appropriately good quality pet food & expect she would have done even better on raw.

yeah the cats protection feed them over here on some sort of weird food when i first wen to look for a kitten i asked do they feed them fertaliser lol (sp) all the cats and kittens were huge, what are you feeding them on now the same as the above post ya wrote??

Yep. I look for any wet food that is at least 50% meat. So one tin/pouch of an evening each plus leave dry food out all the time. For that I feed hypo-allergenic, additive free foods such as James Wellbeloved, Jill & Jacks, Burns or Applaws & at a shove Pro Plan. I would feed the grain-free Orijen but I sadly can't afford it.

oh.. dont be silly about cant afford i cant afford a maine coon cat but im buying one and that will be treated the sme as meeka unless you can advise better????? meeka eats iams and has raw meat sometimes i all so makes sure she has taurine and an equal amount of protein, carbs and fat i never give cows milk and i cant leave food down because my dog will eat it all he is very very greedy x

I'd avoid Iams for the fact that they test on animals alone, to be honest.

Though I think the raw & extra minerals are more than is needed. I would love to feed raw but worry about deliveries.

Originally Posted by messyhearts

I'd avoid Iams for the fact that they test on animals alone, to be honest.

Though I think the raw & extra minerals are more than is needed. I would love to feed raw but worry about deliveries.

wow i did not know that you educate yourself well 'or im ignornt to packaging' ive bigger fish to fry than reading things even my kids get convenience on a regluar basis when baby has kept us up allnite not good!!
what i say to people is yes ive spent alot on a cat but it does not mean i am going to spoil it rotten more than my kids at the end of the day to me its still has feelings and all the rest and my pets are spoilt but i wont do what i 'cant' for them, ill do all i 'can' the best they deserve and iams is all i can afford really, x

Originally Posted by messyhearts

I'd avoid Iams for the fact that they test on animals alone, to be honest.

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All the big pet food manufactures test on animals, Pedigree have a centre in the UK where food is tested for palatabilty and the output is tested to check the animal is digesting it correctly. They are well looked after and have both toys and affection. RC have theres in France I think where all their brands are tested in the same way. I know someone who has visited both centres and the animals are all healthy and happy.

My breeder is already introducing adult food. I'm not very read up about cat food but I have brought a bag of Royal Canin as suggested by my breeder - small bag of kitten and small bag of adult Maine Coon. I was surprised at the price though! I'm not sure what it is I'm paying for yet - if it's just a name thing so I'm going to look at alternatives. My dogs are fed on Skinners, a good food for gun dogs which is vat free suggested by their breeder - a 15kg bag cost as much as a 5kg bag of the Royal Canin cat food! I don't mind paying good money if its for a good reason but personally think Royal Canin might be taking the p**** If I can't find a good complete cat food at a sensible price I may go down the raw food route.

woahhhhhhhhhh my dogs food is dr jaynes complete sometimes he likes gravey on it but it jkeeps him healthy and not over weight as we cant walk him due to his aggression to other dogs, its 9.96 a bag and lasts 4 months and he is fed 3 times a day am i missing somethin lol,,,, he still eats the cat food and leftovers