2006-10-03 06:43:53 · 15 answers · asked by gigerninfo 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
he will be fine - the only difference is that the proteins are higher in kitten food and easier to digest. Just don't keep him on it too long if you can help it.
2006-10-03 06:46:43 · answer #1 · answered by sparky39fire 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean for a couple of meals or permanently? It won't hurt the kitten to eat a little adult food today if you're planning on going to the store tomorrow, for example, but adult food does not have the kind of nutritional balance a kitten needs and it will not grow and develop as well as it would with proper feeding. There are some foods made for "all life stages" which are OK to feed both cats and kittens more than a month old, although a very young kitten should always eat food made just for kittens. No offense to the previous answer, but no cat of any age should be fed people food of any kind for its primary source of nutrition except in a dire emergency. For example, our calico was dumped in the parking lot at my job and the only thing anyone had that she could eat was tuna. So she ate tuna for lunch and kitten food from then on. Tuna does not have the nutrients a cat needs, and the cat can actually go blind or develop heart problems from insufficient amounts of certain nutrients.
2016-03-27 03:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 2 cats. One is 2 and the other is 1. When I got my 2nd cat she was little. I tried to give her kitten food and my older cat adult food. She would only eat the adult food (probably copying the older cat). I tried putting her in a separate room with the kitten food. I tried serving it in the regular place and taking the adult food away. Nothing worked. She is healthy and happy.
I did serve some kitten canned food sometimes to both cats.
2006-10-03 07:39:44 · answer #3 · answered by travelguruette 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kitten food is such an oxymoron - it's just a marketing ploy. Do you think the mother cat brings her kittens special "kitten" mice when she weans them? Ridiculous!
Science Diet kitten food ($2.09 per lb and the most expensive)) has as its ingredients: by-product meal, whole corn, corn gluten meal. These are the same ingredients that are in their adult food. So does 2% or 3% more "by-product meal" make for a healthier food for the kitten. I think not. Kittens don't need more "vitamins" than adult cats do. Both ages need a food with high quality protein.
2006-10-03 08:35:29 · answer #4 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adult food won't make a kitten sick but it doesn't have the right levels of protein or nutrition.... it's just not a good long term choice.
The sudden change from a diet of 100% kitten food to 100% adult for 2 days then back to kitten might make his belly upset and give him the runs.
2006-10-03 06:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ... there's not much difference between adult and kitten food, aside from the fact that kitten food has more nutrients than the adult food. I wouldn't feed my kitten adult food for any longer though, as a kitten needs those extra nutrients for proper growth etc...
2006-10-03 06:48:55 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Carol♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you change any cat's food suddenly, there is the possibility that the change will cause diarreha- in a kitten this can dehydrate them and make them very sick- so a diet change is a concern.
But if you are out of kitten chow, and adult is all you have, the change in the nutrients for 2 days isn't going to harm him.
Kitten chow is higher in protien and fat.
As said by others, make sure the food is small enough for him to eat, or soak it so it's soft enough.
2006-10-03 06:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Max 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A purrrrrry hello to your new kitten!!!!
Feeding adult cat food to your kitten for 2 days should not make your kitten sick, but it may cause a sudden growth spurt in your kitten and you may wake up on the third morning next to a full-grown kitty cat.
Kitten food tends to have more nutrients (protein and fat) in it than adult cat food, and I suspect that it is tastier, too ... since our tubby adult cats are always trying to steal some of the kitten food.
Please give your new kitten a nice head scritchety-scratch for me!!!!
2006-10-03 06:54:31 · answer #8 · answered by Harvie Ruth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it shouldn't hurt him though switching foods abruptly may cause him to get sick or something. my cats never had a problem with abrupt changes though there have only been 2 of them their whole lives. it is better to feed them adult cat food than no food, but the kitten does need quality kitten food for proper nutrition and growth and development.
2006-10-03 06:51:05 · answer #9 · answered by macleod709 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If he is a young kitten then yes he could get sick - you should stick to kitten food.
2006-10-03 06:46:19 · answer #10 · answered by Rawrrrr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋