Comments on: Can I feed my 13 week old kitten cat food that is labeled for both cats and kittens?

By: POSC06

POSC06 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:29:12 +0000

It will be perfectly fine with adult food. I just raised a puppy and she never got any puppy food at all. She is a large breed dog and I didnt want her to turn out funny looking. Some of my favorites are Wellness, Merrick, Natural Balance, Proplan, or at least go with Purina One if you want to do a walmart food. Please dont go with Science Diet. If your cat was in the wild would it choose to eat meat or corn? Its gonna eat meat. I will not feed any of my animals a food that is a corn or byproduct based diet. In fact I dont feed byproducts at all. Look for a food that has real meat as the first indigent. I am really not sure why anyone pushes Science Diet. It is full of crap.

By: angel66866

angel66866 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:09:57 +0000

I recommend that you get science diet for kittens and cats. Some cats cant eat the harder, bigger kind of food so it is perfect for older cats and kittens. It is a very healthy food and maintains weight. You can find it almost everywhere. Your vet should carry it, walmart, dillons, places like that.

By: super_deformed_girl

super_deformed_girl — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:48:25 +0000

My kitten used to eat my older cat’s food all the time. The kitten perferred the cat food and the cat perferred the kitten food.

The vet said it was fine if she only ate cat food as long as we made sure she was eating enough to get proper nutrition.

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:40:48 +0000

Yes my kittens had this problem too, and cat food worked!

By: Casey W

Casey W — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:03:01 +0000

you should not give a kitten cat food even if it says it is also for kittens. if you do, i guess it will be fine but you should give a kitten cat food at least until it is older than 1 year old. hope this helps!

By: old cat lady

old cat lady — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:50:58 +0000

If you will feed a good quality food there is nothing special about kitten food and the kitten can eat regular cat food.

That is food that (if dry) has the first two ingredients as wholesome meat - not by-product meat and a grain such as rice, millet, etc. - not corn. You should also use canned food for the kitten. Meat is the natural diet for cats - not grains.

Wellness, Felidae, Solid Gold, Natural Balance are all good quality foods. CA Natural, Evanger’s, Nature’s Variety are more expensive and you can work some of those into the kitten’s diet which is easy to do with the canned foods.

There are good articles on cat nutrition at about why cats (especially males) need the canned meat to prevent urinary tract problems.

By: dizzyg

dizzyg — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:52:34 +0000

It’s totally fine. The fancy brands like Innova are great but also very pricey and can be hard to find. Even adult cat foods will support kittens and they will be just fine. It’s been proven many times that puppy food can actually be harmful to the growth of dog’s bones since it makes them grow so fast, and until the large breed puppy foods came out vets who kept up were recommending adult dog food for puppies. Anyway, that’s irrelevant, my point is just that your kitten will grow and be healthy even on plain adult cat food. Great if you can afford the high end brands but Purina or Iams, etc. are fine. Purina actually does lots of research and is a very good company even though it’s a “grocery store” brand.

By: answersman07

answersman07 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:04:40 +0000

I don’t think that you should, I have found that stuff that mixes two products usually doesn’t work as well as just the one product. I would stick to the usual kitten food, I have two cats and both were raised on just kitten food and then switched to cat food and both of them have turned out fine. (Would you give your baby food that is labeled baby and human food?)

By: dee h

dee h — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:52:05 +0000

ya it should be ok, but if he looks like he is looking a little thin i would put him back on the kitten food

i fed my 10 week old kitten abult cat food and he was fine

By: crazychica4405

crazychica4405 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:26:12 +0000

If the first ingredient is meat or meat meal, and it doesn’t contain any corn, by-products, soy, salt, or wheat gluten, then it should be okay for your kitten!!

A great food would be Innova, Innova EVO, California Naturals, Premium Edge, or Chicken Soup for the soul.

Not friskies, Iams, science diet, special kitty, purina, or most anything you see in the grocery store/ petsmart. One great kitten food to try is Maxximum from Wal Mart. It’s cheaper than Innova, etc. but it is comparitively higher-quality.