Kitten food?

Question

I have a kitten who is about 5-6 months old, and I have been feeding her Meow Mix Lil' Nibbles for kittens under a year. Well, our bathroom recently flooded and her food was in the storage closet where it got ruined. I walked to CVS and all they had was the normal meow mix; now I have noticed that she had vomitted once about 2-3 days ago and one time this morning, but it was quite a lot of vomit. Is this being caused by the mere food change or is she just not able to stomach the adult cat food yet? Thanks for any answers.

Answer 1

meow mix is actually probably the worst thing you can feed a cat, get something that is quality I recomend natural choice complete care indoor kitten. http://www.nutroproducts.com/ncccik.asp

you could also go with Iams for kittens if you want something that is a little less money, little less quality but still a decent food

Answer 2

She should be on a kitten food. If I may suggest putting her on a better quality kitten food while you are at it. Meow Mix, Whiskas, Friskies, and Purina Kitten Chow are all very low in quality. Most of the above mentioned foods are high in vegetable and vegetable proteins which are not digestable to your kitten. For the healthiest life possible for your kitten she should be on a food that is better quality. But as with all food changes, it should be done gradually, about 10% over 10 days. By just switching foods, even a healthier food, can upset her stomach.
Best food: Innova Evo, Blue Buffalo, Felidae, Wellness, ect.
Better:Royal Canin, Eukanuba, ect.
Good: Iams, Nutro, Pro Plan, Science Diet is on the low end of the good scale,ect.
Not so good: Purina Cat/Kitten Chow
Bird Food: Whiskas, Friskies, Meow Mix, ect

I know that budget has a lot to do with what food you are able to buy. When you buy a better quality food you have less waste (doesnt smell as bad either) and a healthier cat which means less vet bills later on, and the cats coat is much smoother. If you have only one cat a better food really isnt that much more expensive when you see how long a good food lasts and how much healthier your cat is.

Answer 3

It could be a number of factors that would cause her to vomit a lot.
When you switched the food did you do it gradually by slowly adding the new food to the old until she was completely switched over to the new kind of food?
Because that is how any vet or breeder will tell you how to transition a full grown cat let alone a delicate kitten to a new food.
Has she been eating her regular amount of food & does her poop look the same as it usually does?
Because she may have swallowed some kind of small object & it could be lodged & blocking one of the tubes that go to or from her stomach to her bowels.
This happen to my mothers cat. You know how kittens will chase anything across the floor, well she ended up swallowing a button. It cost my mother nearly $5000.00 to have surgery done to remove the button that was lodged & blocking a tube in her little tummy!!
First check her litter box. If she's pooping normally & they don't look different than usual....I'm NOT talking about color cuz that can change witha different food but consistancy... is it runny?
If there are no litter box issues than try slowly switching her back to her other food. That should fix the problem.
If things haven't turned around in 5 days or she begins to get weak or no longer seems as affectionate or doesn't have any interest in chasing things around the house ...go directly to your vet.
I hope I have answered your question. Good luck & give your sweet little baby kitten big kisses for me!!

Answer 4

I'll be really honest with you here and I don't mean to offend anyone who does feed their pet "meow mix" or "friskies", "Alley Cat" or other pet foods like that but....

Those pet foods are REALLY bad for your animal. You'll find that you've got to feed your animal more often because the food goes straight through them and doesn't give them any nutrition.

I've got a kitten who's about 8 months old and 2 month old kittens, I feed them all the same food. They eat Purina One which is an *amazing* pet food to give them if you can't afford the high end "Science Diet" (Which I would recommend if you can spend a little more). You can get the foods that are good for animals of all ages.

Anyway, keep this in mind when buying cat food: If the label of the maker is not CLEARLY and LARGELY labled on the product, it's probably not very good for your pet.

Your cat is probably getting sick because the food she/he's been given isn't compatible with their system.

Answer 5

I love Bubba's answer and I don't think I'll try his recipe.

"Kitten" food is simply a marketing ploy (as is indoor, hairball etc. food).

Lets be rational here: do you think the mother cat brings her kitten special "kitten" mice to eat when she weans them? Ridiculous, is it not?

Commercail "kitten" food is higher in protein and fat for growth. High meat protein from a quality source is good for ALL cats. The AAFCO "standard" is 30% protein and it is their minimum standard. Felines should have around 60% meat protein in their food and the only way to get even close to that is to buy a premium cat food. They only go up to 32%, 38% (the highest I've seen) but the meat is of high quality and better for your cat. So the kitten should also have a quality canned food. Raw meat is the optimum diet for a cat and you have to supplement that to provide calcium if you don't give the kitten bones with the meat.

You can go to www.catinfo.com to read about cat diet or www.littlebigcat.com where Dr. Jean Hovfe has at least six good articles on home-made diets, what to look for in commercial foods and what things to avoid when feeding your kitten.

Answer 6

She should be able to tolerate adult cat food at this age. She might have something else causing her to vomit, like worms. Get her checked out by the vet, OK?

Answer 7

It is more than likely because of the switch of the food. However, it is better to keep her on the kitten food as long as possible. When you switch foods, mix her old food and her new food together until she begins to get use to the new food.

Answer 8

Sudden food changes make a lot of cats vomit.

Answer 9

Any time you change food, the cats new food ideally will be gradually mixed with the old food until the cats stomach is tolerant of it. I feed my cats Science Diet dry food and they love it. They have kitten food, adult food, and senior food in dry and in cans. It costs a bit more but is worth it!

Answer 10

she can't eat it yet shes to young i buy my kitten special kittie cause there are differnt kinds look on the front of the food bag it should say 1 year or younger or 5-6 months and on the back it says on a chart how much servings a day you should give your kitten food