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Getting kitten to eat solid foods.....
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10-05-2011 1:48pm#1hey all
looking for a little advice, i collected my new kitten last week being 8 1/2 weeks old. The lady told me he was eating solid foods aswell as milk. He has settled in amazingly and adores my other cat and i cant believe how big he has gotten in a week but i cannot get him to eat solid food wet or dry. I have tried doing everything i can think of mixing some milk/waer with the dry food to make it soft, ive tried him on wet food. He will take nothing except for warm milk and cries until i give in
I dont feed my other cat cows milk at all as i know its not good for them but i dont know what else to do with the kitten or give him???
has any one any ideas for me???? he will be 9 weeks tomorrow!
Thanks
L
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hey all
looking for a little advice, i collected my new kitten last week being 8 1/2 weeks old. The lady told me he was eating solid foods aswell as milk. He has settled in amazingly and adores my other cat and i cant believe how big he has gotten in a week but i cannot get him to eat solid food wet or dry. I have tried doing everything i can think of mixing some milk/waer with the dry food to make it soft, ive tried him on wet food. He will take nothing except for warm milk and cries until i give in
I dont feed my other cat cows milk at all as i know its not good for them but i dont know what else to do with the kitten or give him???
has any one any ideas for me???? he will be 9 weeks tomorrow!
Thanks
L
Often the smellier the food the better so warming a little up in the microwave may help attract your kitten to it. Also switch to kitten milk rather than cows milk to avoid stomach upset putting your kitten off his food. It can take up to a week for a cat to "wean" onto a new food type/brand so be patient and also remember the size of their tummy so don't present them with too much food.
Also consider the type of bowl you are using? Does it have a high edge meaning kitty can't reach? Use a small saucer for a while?
Good luck
(PS wet food all the time can cause gum disease in pet cats as I found to my peril .. the diet should be approx 70% dry and 30% wet).0 -
Hi, im feeding a kitten royal canin babycat food and they also do a baby milk. Shes loving it, Im soaking the food tho till its very soft.
I really wouldnt be giving her cows milk at all her little system wont be able for it.
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Oh he is adorable!
Did you find out what brand of food he was on? Feed him the same brand he was used to getting. When I first got my cat (all 5 and a half years ago, trust me you may laugh but it's the same with children they grow so quickly so take lots and lots of photos) she was the same in that she would not eat for ages. The only thing we could get her to eat was readybrek and even then we used to have to practically sit on her and spoon feed it into her. We tried milk but she projectile vomited (having fed milk to cats for years with no problem we wouldn't believe the woman that cats are lactose intolerant, we now know better) across the kitchen. Until one day I put a bit of cat food on my plate at the dinner table and lifted her up to it, she must have thought it was human food because she scoffed it. She's still just as fussy but at least she eats! :rolleyes:
What brand of food are you trying her with? Have a look on zooplus.co.uk (and zooplus.ie) they have some very high quality wet food brands such as bozita, smilla, animonda carny and porta 21. Im not a big fan of dry foods and certainly not feeding only dry food as it can lead to the formation of struvite crystals (crystals which form in the bladder and lodge in the urethra), which in male cats is life threatening because it can stop them from urinating. Cats aren't big water drinkers, they mostly rely on their food for water intake and by eating dry food they don't get enough water. Im not a big believer of dry foods helping teeth either, unless it's a food specifically for dental problems (because they would have special shaped biscuits) I don't think your average run of the mill dry food contributes anything towards dental health. What your better off doing is buying a special cat toothbrush and getting your kitten used to regular teeth brushing from a young age.0 -
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