Comments on: How do I prevent adult cat and kitten from eating each others food? http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/ A Feline Health Guide Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kat http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Kat Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:47:50 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-950 Put thier foods in seperate neeko feeders. Check it out. Put thier foods in seperate neeko feeders. Check it out.

]]> By: RuneAmok Souls Eetser http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-949 RuneAmok Souls Eetser Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:58:15 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-949 You gotta keep 'em separated. The Offspring wasn't just talking about gang members when they wrote this song. But seriously, unless you're willing to intervene or can keep them separated, there's nothing you can do. But the good news is that it's not going to hurt. There is next to NO difference between adult and kitten food. Kitten food has 4% more protein than adult foods (on average) and more calories. But that's it. Adult food has nothing that kitten food doesn't and vice versa. The worst that would happen is that your adult will get fat eating kitten food. A better plan is to switch both cats to a better food, especially canned food. Wellness and Evo both make foods with either a kitten label or that are certified for all life stages. You gotta keep ‘em separated.

The Offspring wasn’t just talking about gang members when they wrote this song.

But seriously, unless you’re willing to intervene or can keep them separated, there’s nothing you can do.

But the good news is that it’s not going to hurt.

There is next to NO difference between adult and kitten food. Kitten food has 4% more protein than adult foods (on average) and more calories. But that’s it. Adult food has nothing that kitten food doesn’t and vice versa.

The worst that would happen is that your adult will get fat eating kitten food.

A better plan is to switch both cats to a better food, especially canned food. Wellness and Evo both make foods with either a kitten label or that are certified for all life stages.

]]> By: andrei n http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-948 andrei n Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:05:57 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-948 Find out what foods they dont like and what foods they do like for both of them, if one cat likes the food that the other cat dosent like, give the liking cat the food that the non- liking cat dosent like>? Find out what foods they dont like and what foods they do like for both of them, if one cat likes the food that the other cat dosent like, give the liking cat the food that the non- liking cat dosent like>?

]]> By: Ken http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Ken Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:48:30 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-947 The way you o it is by feeding them both the same food and that would mean proper food for the species. NO DRY Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat. Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingredient a muscle meat like chicken or is it meal or other things? Learn what meal and other things mean here.... Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms of food allergies probably from the grains. Constipation? Dry food, not enough moisture. Blockages? Again not enough moisture in the food and you are risking something serious. People on this board say feed fiber but this is a cat not a dog and cats are obligate carnivores unlike dogs an they don't eat cereal and don't need fiber. The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process. Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food (Cats are not naturally big drinkers) but in Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive. You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at all or grains at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all. Fancy feast is a middle grade food as it uses a muscle meat as the first ingrediant. 9lives, friskies whiskas are lower grade canned but still better then dry and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. Many foods are not mentioned here but if you read the labels you wiull know if it is qualaty. The price offers no guideline. The optimum food to feed cats has no grains whatsoever, cats have no use for them and many have trouble processing them as well as the carbs. IBD is another disease that is rapidly becoming common amoung cats because of the inappropriate diets being fed. Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? Why do people constantly repeat this old wives tale and put teeth over the organs like the kidneys?? (I have no clue) ... Please read about cat nutrition. ......... The way you o it is by feeding them both the same food and that would mean proper food for the species. NO DRY
Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health
Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.
Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingredient a muscle meat like chicken or is it meal or other things? Learn what meal and other things mean here….

Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms of food allergies probably from the grains. Constipation? Dry food, not enough moisture. Blockages? Again not enough moisture in the food and you are risking something serious. People on this board say feed fiber but this is a cat not a dog and cats are obligate carnivores unlike dogs an they don’t eat cereal and don’t need fiber.
The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process. Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food (Cats are not naturally big drinkers) but in
Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don’t use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.
You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn’t have corn at all or grains at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all. Fancy feast is a middle grade food as it uses a muscle meat as the first ingrediant. 9lives, friskies whiskas are lower grade canned but still better then dry and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods.
Many foods are not mentioned here but if you read the labels you wiull know if it is qualaty. The price offers no guideline.
The optimum food to feed cats has no grains whatsoever, cats have no use for them and many have trouble processing them as well as the carbs. IBD is another disease that is rapidly becoming common amoung cats because of the inappropriate diets being fed.
Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? Why do people constantly repeat this old wives tale and put teeth over the organs like the kidneys?? (I have no clue) …

Please read about cat nutrition. ………

]]> By: brennyabby2 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-946 brennyabby2 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:10:20 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-946 you cant really because there doing this to tell the kitten the there the dominate cat not them. or you could put there foods in two seprate rooms and only that cat is allowed in that room. you cant really because there doing this to tell the kitten the there the dominate cat not them.
or you could put there foods in two seprate rooms and only that cat is allowed in that room.

]]> By: Nancy S http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Nancy S Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:13:08 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-945 When I was a little kid we used to have a rabbit cage ( no rabbit :o) ) and kept the feeding window open so the kittens could get in but not the adults. Maybe you can think of some way to do the same thing, an area where the kitten can get to the food but not the adult. When I was a little kid we used to have a rabbit cage ( no rabbit :o) ) and kept the feeding window open so the kittens could get in but not the adults. Maybe you can think of some way to do the same thing, an area where the kitten can get to the food but not the adult.

]]> By: amy k http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-944 amy k Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:07:35 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-944 I really don't think it'll hurt either one to eat a little bit of each other's food. As long as the kitten is eating mostly kitten food, it's fine. Kitten food isn't that bad for adult cats, except it is fattening for a less active cat. I really don’t think it’ll hurt either one to eat a little bit of each other’s food. As long as the kitten is eating mostly kitten food, it’s fine. Kitten food isn’t that bad for adult cats, except it is fattening for a less active cat.

]]> By: Star http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Star Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:48:23 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-943 I think you should feed them at different times. I think you should feed them at different times.

]]> By: brutusmom http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/comment-page-1/#comment-942 brutusmom Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:14:36 +0000 http://www.felinehealthguide.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-adult-cat-and-kitten-from-eating-each-others-food/#comment-942 I've had that problem, before, and I just let both eat the kitten food, until it was a year old. It won't hurt the older cat, unless it's overweight, and the kitten shouldn't have the adult cat food. When I was raising kittens, everyone ate kitten food, since I had to have it for pregnant / lactating females and their kittens. My other cats ate the kitten food for years, without any problems. Hope this helps..........saves money on different foods, too! :-) Good luck. I’ve had that problem, before, and I just let both eat the kitten food, until it was a year old. It won’t hurt the older cat, unless it’s overweight, and the kitten shouldn’t have the adult cat food.

When I was raising kittens, everyone ate kitten food, since I had to have it for pregnant / lactating females and their kittens. My other cats ate the kitten food for years, without any problems.

Hope this helps……….saves money on different foods, too! :-) Good luck.

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