Is it ok the feed my 7 month old kitten on adult cat food?

Question

I have been doing this and he's on a full can of adult food every day. He's not getting fat and he really enjoys it.

does this recall list apply to uk

Answer 1

As long as it is cut up small it should be ok.

Answer 2

What food are you feeding the kitten If it's the food from the recall list I would get the kitten off of it right away.When my cat was A kitten my vet told me I had to keep my cat on kitten until she was 1/2 years old. The kittens need more nutrients in there system.

Answer 3

The norm is to switch kittens to adult food at around 12 months. Kitten food is supposedly higher in protein and "other" nutrients than adult foods.

But if you're feeding a good brand of canned food, he's quite probably getting all the protein and nutrients he needs.

A good brand is one of those that list meat as one of the first three ingredients - preferably first, doesn't list "meal" or byproducts, and doesn't contain any - or only a little bit of - grain. You can't buy these in supermarkets, only pet stores or perhaps organic type markets.

Some examples are Natural Balance, Wellness, Wysong, Eagle Pack, Newman's Own....and the list goes on.

If you're feeding a supermarket brand like Iams, Science Diet, Friskies, etc., you might want to try mixing some kitten food in with those. Few of those brands contain any good muscle meat, and they're all full of byproducts and/or meal.

The good thing regardless of what brand you're feeding is that you ARE feeding canned food. Outside of feeding raw meat, that's the best food for them.

Answer 4

My cat went off kitten food at around the same age, so I put her on normal adult food, she was fine and now just over a year and about to have her first litter of kittens.

Answer 5

It is fine for you to feed your kitten adult cat food. Kitten food is generally just a little softer and the companies claim kitten food contains ingredients that will help brain growth.

Answer 6

It is perfectly okay for you to feed your kitten adult food. I have a 6 month old kitten at home and our vet recommended that we start feeding him adult food now. It's hard for me to do this because I have a 4 month old kitten as well. She said that when they reach 6 months old their growth development slows down.

Answer 7

Not really. Kittens need more nutrients than adult cats and the fat that is in kitten food.

Answer 8

my own two kittens who are nine months old went of moist kitten food at four months of age and have been eating adult moist cat food since then. they eat kitten biscuits and can't get enough of them. i also occasionally give them kitten milk. they are neither under weight or over weight. at one point in time there was no such thing as kitten food so my vet said not to worry about it. make sure tho meat is one of the first three ingredients

Answer 9

kitten food is necessary, because it contains a higher amount of calories for growth. A kitten can be weaned off kitten food at 6 months, so it is ok for you to feed your kitten adult cat food.

Answer 10

I recomend to my clients that a kitten remain on a good-quality kitten food for the first 12 months of life. Manufacturers of pet foods have performed numerous studies on the nutritional needs of animals at all stages of life and found that those needs varry with age. Kittens require much higher amounts of certian proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and vitamins than do adult cats. Kittens can develop certian problems including stunted growth, fragile bones, and long-term kidney or liver problems when they do not recieve proper nutrients, or recieve those that their body is not yet ready to handle.

My advice to you at this point is to reintroduce a good-quality kitten food made for your cat's stage of life, over the course of two weeks, feeding more each time. Please follow the manufacturer's feeding reccomendations to avoid over-feeding your kitten which can lead to all kinds of health problems later on. You can end with feeding 95% kitten food and 5% wet adult food well mixed in to continue the taste your kitten loves. (keep in mind the canned and pouched wet pet food recall).

When your cat has finished growing (around 12 months) you can slowly introduce a good-quality adult food, again over the course of two weeks, gradually increasing the amount of adult food and reducing the amount of kitten food until he has been "weaned".

Please return your kitten to kitten food for the sake of his health. I promise you will have a much healthier cat in the long run.

-RVT
(Registered Veterinarian Technicion and cat owner)

Answer 11

It would be fine. Kitten food contains more nutrients for kittens to help them. Normal cat food is fine, but consider supplementing it with kitten milk.