I want to use Purina Indoor but I'm not sure if I should wait till my kitten is a year old? Does it count as an 'adult' food, or is it ok to feed to my kitten when she's so young?
2006-12-07 14:29:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Also, my kitten doesn't like eating canned food. I'm a bit concerned because cats are meant to be natural carnivores and if she's getting all her nutrition requirements through eating dry food alone.
2006-12-07 14:37:50 · update #1
you should get it actual kitten formula food till it's about 9-12 months old. It needs extra vitamens and minerals while growing.
I feed my adult cat purina indoor formula and she is fine on it, the vet agrees it's a good brand.
2006-12-07 14:41:45 · answer #1 · answered by gypse76 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
At 9 weeks old, your kitten should be eating kitten chow, not adult food and the last time I looked Purina Indoor is for adult cats. Kittens should be on kitten chow until about nine months to a year, then Purina Indoor should provide all the nutrients she will need in her adult stage, just as kitten chow now will provide her the special nutrition designed to help her grow healthy and strong.
2006-12-07 15:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by trusport 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the Purina Indoor Formula is a kitten food, it should be fine. Kittens need much more protein and fat than a cat, so you don't want to feed cat food to a kitten. A kitten needs kitten food until he/she is about 6 months old, see what she as being fed before you got her. Any change you make should be gradually. The food the kitten has been eating less a teaspoon and a teaspoon of the new food. If you don't change slowly, you might have a kitten with diarrhea or one that won't eat.
2006-12-07 14:40:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
He can eat the adult purina food, but he will do much better on a food formulated specifically for kittens. The adult formula is AAFCO approved to meet the needs of ADULT cats, not kittens. Purina does make a kitten chow formula so pick up a bag of that. It has extra calories and protein in it so that his little tummy gets all the nutrition he needs in a smaller portion of food. The downside to the kitten food is that if your adult cats consume it they are going to put on weight. So you'll need to figure out a way to feed the kitten separately if the adult cats try to eat his kitten food.
2016-05-23 05:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just went and had a look at my Royal Canin Baby Kitten food and compared it to the adult Royal Canin I have at the moment. Hmmmm (scratching chin) seems to be quite a few differences. The different Royal Canins vary as well.
Kittens should have kitten food. Adults should have adult food (though some nursing mums benefit from some kitten food as well because of the added nutrients).
If you feed a dry food like Royal Canin, it is an all "in food" and nothing else is needed
2006-12-07 20:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by Feline Female 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your kitten does not need "kitten" food. Do you think the mother cat brings her kitten special "kitten" mice when she weans them?
Kitten food does not have special nutrients a kitten needs, nor special vitamins. If you read the labels on the cat food bag you will find absolutely NO difference in the food. What are these mysterious "nutrients" that people talk so glibly about? Why don't they tell you what they are? Because they can't. They don't read the labels on the cat food bag of the stuff they feed their cats.
Purina uses by-product meat, too much corn, brewer's rice (all the nutrition is removed from that rice), soybean (which has phyto-estrogens throwing the hormonal levels of the cat off-balance).
If you don't want your kitten to be throwing up hairballs, vomiting several times a week, developing irritable bowel syndrone from a diet high in grains you will not use any Purina product. And she should eat a quality canned food and she will if that is what you offer her to eat.
At least go to www.catinfo.org and read about raw diets. Go to www.littlebigcat.com and read Dr. Jean Hovfe's articles titled "Why Cat Need Canned Food", "What Cats Should Eat", "Selecting a Good Commercial Pet Food", "Homemade vs. Commercial Food for Cats (and Dogs), "Easy Homemade Diets for Cats and Dogs".
2006-12-07 16:31:41 · answer #6 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I'm surprised there are so many "thumbs down" votes here on the agreement that a kitten should be on kitten food, indoor formula or not, and the higher quality the better.
Only a veterinarian could give any better advice.
Ohhhhhhhhh, now I think I see the answer to "my" question.
2006-12-07 16:49:25 · answer #7 · answered by K.B. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your kitten needs kitten food until she's 9-12 months old. It's actually not a bad thing for her not to like the canned food. Dry will keep her teeth cleaner. Just make sure she has fresh water always available.
2006-12-07 15:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by ceci9293 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, keep your kitten on kitten food for the first whole year of her life. Purina Indoor Cat Chow is a good food for your kitty, when the time is right.
2006-12-07 14:55:09 · answer #9 · answered by Steph L 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Your kitten needs kitten food because it has more protein for their growing year. After 1 year then adult food.
Purina was OK for one of my kittens, but the other one got diarrhea, so I buy the best dry food at a pet store that does not contain for the first or second ingredient, "meat by products" etc.
It's OK if your kitten eats only dry food if it's premium for kittens and please read the labels. No by products.
Suggestions, Natural Balance, Wellness, Iams, Nutria Max, and more, just read the labels.
2006-12-07 15:16:48 · answer #10 · answered by Hedicat 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋