Hi! I just wanted to ask a quick question or two about what we feed our kittens. They're about 5 months old and they'll eat practically anything; not picky at all.
So in the morning we give them a 3-oz can of wet food and 1/3 of a cup of dry food (Merrick Purrfect Bistro grain-free Kitten).
At lunch we give them another third of a cup of dry.
At dinner we give them a 5.5 oz can of wet, and another 1/3 cup of dry. Sometimes they still act like they're hungry after eating this, but it should be enough food, right?
For the wet food, we feed mostly Fancy Feast in the morning but sometimes we'll buy a can of another variety that is on sale. My mom also sometimes buys Fine Feline (the Aldi brand) or the Publix brand. Are these brands okay to feed? Is it alright to vary the diet like this? We almost exclusively give them pate style although my mom did buy a couple cans of gravy lovers Fancy Feast, but i know that isn't as healthy so we probably won't be buying that again.
For the 5.5 oz cans, we received a bunch of cans of Blue Buffalo Indoor Chicken adult cat food from Petco as a mistake shipment that come with an order we made. After contacting petco, they told us to keep the food, so we've got a lot of that. We've been feeding them that quite often for dinner; is it bad to feed the kittens an adult wet cat food? As well as that, we've been buying whatever's on sale at Petco. We've so far gotten a couple cans of Halo, Natural Balance (I think it's that) and a couple other varieties. These are all expensive brands usually so I'm guessing that they're quite healthy? I have noticed some carrots and peas in some of them but I'm guessing a little bit of that is okay, right?
Basically, I've decided that giving them any wet at all is better than no wet, so I'm not really concerning myself with brands too much. Is that right? We need to make the food affordable for us, so the sale stuff is really awesome.
And I also wanted to know... is there any problem with switching wet food brands and flavors often? I know with dry food that gives them diarrhea, but I haven't noticed any ill effects from changing up the wet so often.
And any way to slow down a cat eating wet food? One of my kittens eats very quickly and as a result is very, er, gassy. It makes us all more reluctant to cuddle with him and it's generally not great for any of us. He's otherwise playful and acts normally, so I don't think it's so much a problem for him as it is for us. But obviously it'd be great if we could resolve the problem.
Thanks in advance!
So in the morning we give them a 3-oz can of wet food and 1/3 of a cup of dry food (Merrick Purrfect Bistro grain-free Kitten).
At lunch we give them another third of a cup of dry.
At dinner we give them a 5.5 oz can of wet, and another 1/3 cup of dry. Sometimes they still act like they're hungry after eating this, but it should be enough food, right?
For the wet food, we feed mostly Fancy Feast in the morning but sometimes we'll buy a can of another variety that is on sale. My mom also sometimes buys Fine Feline (the Aldi brand) or the Publix brand. Are these brands okay to feed? Is it alright to vary the diet like this? We almost exclusively give them pate style although my mom did buy a couple cans of gravy lovers Fancy Feast, but i know that isn't as healthy so we probably won't be buying that again.
For the 5.5 oz cans, we received a bunch of cans of Blue Buffalo Indoor Chicken adult cat food from Petco as a mistake shipment that come with an order we made. After contacting petco, they told us to keep the food, so we've got a lot of that. We've been feeding them that quite often for dinner; is it bad to feed the kittens an adult wet cat food? As well as that, we've been buying whatever's on sale at Petco. We've so far gotten a couple cans of Halo, Natural Balance (I think it's that) and a couple other varieties. These are all expensive brands usually so I'm guessing that they're quite healthy? I have noticed some carrots and peas in some of them but I'm guessing a little bit of that is okay, right?
Basically, I've decided that giving them any wet at all is better than no wet, so I'm not really concerning myself with brands too much. Is that right? We need to make the food affordable for us, so the sale stuff is really awesome.
And I also wanted to know... is there any problem with switching wet food brands and flavors often? I know with dry food that gives them diarrhea, but I haven't noticed any ill effects from changing up the wet so often.
And any way to slow down a cat eating wet food? One of my kittens eats very quickly and as a result is very, er, gassy. It makes us all more reluctant to cuddle with him and it's generally not great for any of us. He's otherwise playful and acts normally, so I don't think it's so much a problem for him as it is for us. But obviously it'd be great if we could resolve the problem.
Thanks in advance!