i have a a kitten that was born may 9th when do i take the kitten food away n give him reg. food ?? n wat is there very cheap toys can i like use around the house ? i have ball of tin foil wat else does any1 have in mind thats around he house that he may like 2 play with ?
2006-06-26 09:14:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
he was eattin the dry adult food but i heard it was better 2 give him kitten food
2006-06-26 09:21:37 · update #1
I usually wait until they are close to a year old to transition them over, and then I mix the kitten food with the adult food for a couple of weeks so their stomachs aren't in shock. It's not good to keep switching your cat's food. It disrupts their digestive system.
As for toys, cats will play with anything. Ball of string. Those rings off of a gallon of milk. Toilet paper rolls (with or without the toilet paper).
If you want to make your own cat toys, try this site:
http://www.shmat.com/cattoys/
The navigation menu at the right has all kinds of cat toys you can make for FREE with stuff you might find around the house. Have fun!
2006-06-26 10:49:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your kitten is weaned and eating solid food, he should be eating kitten food (which has more in it, to help him grow) until he is one year old. If you are feeding him KMR because he was orphaned, you will need to wean him yourself.
If you need to wean him, start offering him solid food, perhaps on your finger, to get him used to it. Keep letting him have a bottle until he stops wanting it, or until he is at least ten weeks old. And make sure he has plenty of water.
As for cheap toys; cats love to hide in paper bags, tear them up, etc. A ball of tinfoil is probably OK, if it is tightly rolled and he can't tear off and eat bits of tin foil. You can ball up clean paper and toss it for him. One thing you MUST NOT let him have unless you are watching carefully is any kind of yarn or string.
When a cat starts to swallow something like string, the barbs on his tongue catch on it and force him to keep swallowing it. Then, it can become caught, and the motion of his own intestines will pull against it and cause internal injuries if that happens. This will kill him. If a piece of yarn or string DOES become caught down his throat, DON'T try to pull it out yourself! YOU WOULD PROBABLY KILL HIM! You need to take any cat with string or yarn or anything like that caught in his mouth straight to the vet! This is an emergency - don't wait for office hours - to straight to an animal hospital.
If you want to give him something like that, use something bigger, like a shoelace, and ONLY let him have it when you are holding one end, so you can make sure he doesn't start swallowing it.
If he's the kind of cat who bites toys a lot, he could hurt his teeth, but, if not, some cats enjoy batting around clean pebbles. Or a small ball.
2006-06-26 16:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by Riothamus Of Research ;<) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed the kitten-----kitten food until 1 year but the best bet would be to ask your vet.
My cat likes the tops to soda and water bottles. Just use common sense when letting the kittem play with things around the house.
2006-06-26 16:21:24 · answer #3 · answered by MIC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kittens should eat kitten food until at least 1 year old. They can HAVE adult food as kittens, but "in addition to" not "instead of". They're growing and developing and need the extra nutrition in kitten food.
2006-06-26 18:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by Shadycat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can offer the kitten adult food by moistening it at anytime. If they accept it good. Gradually you can make it drier and drier until they are accepting completely dry food.
You can offer them anything around the house as long as it is safe.....like if it is a stuffed animal - remove the hard eyes. Cats can be picky so you might have to try many things before you find something it likes.
2006-06-26 16:19:18 · answer #5 · answered by thematrixhazu36 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give him kitten food until he is 4 months, under your good care it will not be neccessary for longer.
toys:wrap up an old sock=makes a feather light ball to play with.
Q-tips, bands from presents, piece of toiletpaper (un-used lol) unter the door, tabs from plastic bottles... in short : anything that is light
2006-06-26 18:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by ttikki2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start weening a kitten as soon as 6 wks but they will grow up more healthy if you wait until they are 8 wks old!
2006-06-26 16:32:35 · answer #7 · answered by princeessintraning 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can take it away next month would be good i never gave my cats kitty food and shes just finee the kitty sould have some kind of thing to sharpen her claws if not she'll go straight to the couch thats what ahppened to me u should play with her with a string and shell have fun
2006-06-26 16:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Caro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A kitten should be on ''kitten'' diet until they are a year old, preferably. As for toys, empty boxes.
2006-06-26 16:21:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 12 or 11 months old. Cause my kittens b-day is today and we took away his kitten food about ....ALOT of weeks ago.
2006-06-26 16:24:33 · answer #10 · answered by SmileyGirl♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋