my "kittens" are 8 months old (and adult sized)... i'm trying to figure when to start giving them adult cat food.... what age or weight do i switch them from kitten food to adult food?
2006-11-30 00:37:46 · 12 answers · asked by Tighe 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
I've been told by my kittens' vet that they are ready for adult food after 1 yr. Until then, they need extra nutrients to help with growth and they get it from specifically kitten food.
2006-11-30 00:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by throughthebackyards 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have an older cat that eats adult cat food. I recently got a kitten, and got kitten chow for her, and she won't eat that at all, but she likes the adult cat food. And she started eating adult cat food at 8 weeks!! And she is now about 3 months old and very healthy. I told my vet about that, and he said that the only difference between the kitten and adult food is the size, and told me that she wont be missing out on anything. So there. I hope this helps.
2006-11-30 12:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by Ellanora 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would think anytime now you could start mixing kitten and adult food together for a bag or two then switch to adult. I have a 17 year old cat and a new kitten and the old cat likes the kitten food better that his own. Go figger
2006-11-30 19:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by ec1177 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Kitten" food is simply a marketing ploy to sell more expensive food. Do you think a mother cat brings her kittens special "kitten" mice when she weans them? It's a ridiculous concept. Kitten food may contain 2%, 3% more protein than the adult brand. That small increase in protein is meaningless. There are no "special" vitamins and nutrients in kitten food. Read the label, vitamin A is the most important for the cat and that will be in any cat food.
The important factor in feeding kittens or cats is that the protein source be of the highest quality - not by-product meat. Meat protein should be the first two ingredients in any cat food you choose. The third will be a filler such as brown rice, millet, oats, pea etc.
Science Diet kitten food has first ingredient as by-product meal, then corn, then corn again. A really lousy diet for a cat and at over $2 per lb unnecessarily expensive. It has 33% protein - that extra protein is coming from corn, not meat.
For that price or less your almost grown kittens can have Eagle Pack, Solid Gold ($1.50 per lb), Felidae ($2.10 per lb), Natural Balance ($1.66 per lb). Blue is also an excellent food. We don't have it around here and I don't know the price per lb.
2006-11-30 11:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can stop feeding kittens kitten food when their a year old. If their not a year old their not adults.
2006-11-30 09:33:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your vet for clarification on all of this. Personally, I consider a cat an adult at 1 yr.
2006-11-30 08:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Food guidelines I've seen always have kitten as up to a year old.
2006-11-30 08:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by Christina 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At about one year.
2006-11-30 08:39:48 · answer #8 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cosidered adult a 6 months switch them they need adult protein
2006-11-30 08:40:45 · answer #9 · answered by pix 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
in about 4 months....as long as you dont switch the food suddenly and gradually switch it, its ok! =)
2006-11-30 09:45:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋