Human food for Kitty.?

Question

Our Milli, eats dry kitten food. Yet refuses to eat wet cat/kitten food. Milli is 5 months old.
So I started feeling bad, she seemed hungry, started giving her small amounts of tuna, she loves that.
We also started giving her sardines and pilchards, I have never owned a kitten/cat before now.
Is this wrong for Milli, she is active loves getting attention and I only give her small amounts.
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

I don't know what pilchards are lol. In any event, human foos like tuna and meats are fine for snacks but cats need more.
Kudos to you for trying to switch your cat to canned foods hopefully without gravy as canned food is much better for your cat then dry foods. It seems however you have another problem which is a stubborn cat and you may be helping the problem more by feeding human foods. You need to take charhe and start switching the foods a little at a time till the transition is complete. Stay in control!

Answer 2

My cat is the same way. I give her Nutro Dry kitten food most of the time. Sometimes as a treat I give her very small amounts of chicken or turkey. She loves both. I tried tuna but she does seem to like it that much. I dont think it does any harm to cats to get a little bit of fish or chicken every now and then. What did people do before manufactured cat food?

Answer 3

Just give her the dry food. Cats do fine on dry food. Just make sure the first ingredient listed on the bag of cat food is chicken or some other meat and not by products. It is ok to give a treat but not too often. Tuna might be too rich for the cat. My cat likes cat food for a treat. Cats get tired of eating the same food so we give him a few pieces of another brand when he wants a treat. Make sure and change brands once in a while or mix a premium food with another brand so the cat has variety in her bowl.

Answer 4

Maybe small amounts every once in a while for extra treat. Like once every one or two weeks. This is not that great for them, as milk is not either. But every now and then Id give my cat some but they are actually lactose intolerant so go easy if you give this too. Try different types of wet food like brands and flovors. Like my cat is so picky....he loves chicken dinner in gravy as long as its fancy feast any other chicken...nope! So try different ones, if not then I wouldnt worry too much its better for them to have the dry food anyway. It cleans their teeth too. (Removes tarter build up). Once you find a food it likes (if you do) only give it one can a day, maybe two morning then night or divide a large can in half for later. Cats can get sick easily if they get over weight which isnt hard to do with wet food.

Answer 5

Kitten need more protein. A kitten’s requirement for dietary crude protein is between 180. and 200 g/kg but if you are feeding her a high grade kitten food, it needs no supplementation at all. I think for them to have wet food is important though, and since she refuses normal cat wet food, that should not be a problem, you might just have a fussy eater later on though, but that's all.

Answer 6

Bless your heart! Ya'll have kinda painted yourself into a corner by catering to her..and it's dang hard to not cater to your baby! It's gonna be tough, but cut back on the people food and have her bowl of regular cat food available to her. She's going to fuss, and beg, and generally be a PIA (pain in the a$$) but she will choose to eat the stuff she's meant to when she gets hungry enough. As many a vet (and pediatrician) will tell you-"they will eat when they get hungry enough if you cut out the inappropriate foods" Meat isn't absolutely inappropriate, but it's what you need her weaned off of. You can try chopping up a small amt of the meat she regularly gets and mix it in with a bit of the dry food. Make it small/fine enough bits so she has to work hard to pick out the meat. Spoon it around in the bowl so the juices from the meat will get into the dry foods. Not a big bowl of it, but enough between the 2 foods to equal one meal. That way it won't spoil before she deigns to eat it all. She might try to stage a 'hunger strike', but stick to your guns on this. (Husband, this means you too!) Keep increasing the amt of dry and weaning off the meat until she is back to all dry. Check w the vet on just adding a bit of broth to the dry- I'm not sure if the salt content of broth will be good for her over long term. You can still give her a rare bite for reward treats, but I wouldn't start that reward until she is completely changed back to the dry stuff. Either way- she's going to protest the change in diet and be a real pest, but hang tough!! Ya'll are alpha cat, and the cost of spoiling does have it's limits. Probably a bit healthier for her also-the hard foods will be better than an all soft diet for her dental health!

Answer 7

the thing about the cats is very simple, the cat food is better than the regular food and it cannot be from the regular store. The best food will cost you more and it is usually the best to buy it from vet. Another thing that my vet told me is that cats that have been fixed they have to eat special food and the regular cat food don't fit. So it is the best to go and see the vet about the food and then he/she will tell you what to do and what is best. My cat eats just the food that is recommended for him and he is very healthy and looks very nice (shiny fur, very play-full etc). My advise is not the cheapest one, but that prolongs the life of your kitten.

Answer 8

I don't think the food you described will do your kitty any harm as long as her little body is able to digest it without discomfort. And as long as she is getting her dry food, which is important for a couple of reasons.... one...she needs that crunchy food for her teeth, and also the cat food supplies the proper nutrients that she needs to keep healthy.

Being so young, she is very active. And active kitties are going to burn alot of energy. So naturally they're not going to gain alot of weight. My kitty is now 1 year old. And she still burns alot of energy and doesn't keep on alot of weight. And that's good, if you think about it. She's lean muscle, and that's what you want.

A little "people" food is good, in moderate amounts. But do keep feeding her the cat food, that is very important.

Answer 9

kittens/cats do go through food/eating phases.you can go to any catcare websites and check it out but i found out that you can read up on it but different cats follow their own rules.like mine.so you have to adapt to the best that suits to your kitty needs though basic knowledge goes a long way for now and future kittens/cats

i got my 1st kitty at 2months old.gave her wet kitty food but because the wet food has enough in it ,she did not drink a lot of water.at 5months old ,i gave her dry kitty food coz with lots of fresh water everyday.fresh water are very important to cats!
any kind of fish is alright with cats.you can steam or boiled it.as she gets older ,you can also give her chicken but without the skin.i sometimes give boil chicken livers for treats.again it depends on the cat.some may like it ,some may not

good luck

Answer 10

My vet told me that human food could actualy harm your cats internal system as the specially formalated cat food supplies them with what they need in order to be healty. I feed my cats cat food in order to give them the required nutrience, but also fed them bits from my plate. As they get older they grow out of this and no longer gobble up everything in front of them. Beautiful little things!