I have just about everything ironed out between Persi and Alley after their introduction three weeks ago. But there is one thing left that is probably going to cause some serious gasps from you good people here on TCS. I plead insanity and ignorance to all charges, however.
When I got Persi, I immediately put him on Science Diet Kitten Original. I more or less randomly selected this or perhaps I should say I picked the most expensive one they had and assumed that would mean it was good. Soon thereafter, I joined TCS and started seeing all of the bad things people were saying about Science Diet. This upset me because Persi seemed to be thriving so well on it and liked eating it so much. I did not have a particular reason for picking this brand; but I wanted the best I could get for my new kitten, something I had never had before, I wanted to put him on one food and leave him there for the rest of his life. The bad things I kept reading kept upsetting me but when I considered that he had never been sick or never had even a single hairball and was growing so robust I decided to just stick with it.
Three weeks ago I adopted our new cat, Alley. I did not have a clue of what her former diet was. She is about 2-3 years old according to the vet. But right away, she started munching on Persi's food. And I mean like, she really liked it! Well I had just bought the largest sack of this kitten food that you could buy so I figured can it really hurt an adult cat eating kitten food and would it not be wonderful if I had two cats that could eat and thrive on the same food? I also reasoned now would be the time to switch Persi over to the adult version of some food. Since they both like the kitten version so much (with no water added) I thought about just starting to phase in the adult version of Science Diet for both of them. On the other hand, if Science Diet is not a good food, I do not want to get them both eating it for the rest of their life. I need to start phasing the new adult food in now because I do not want to buy another bag of kitten food even though Persi is technically still a kitten. Or is it OK to keep giving them both kitten food for a couple more months? (Persi is 9 1/2 months old.)
If you could see Persi & Alley now eating out of the same large dish at the same time you would understand.
(With many water bowls around the house.)
Thanks for any input you may have!
When I got Persi, I immediately put him on Science Diet Kitten Original. I more or less randomly selected this or perhaps I should say I picked the most expensive one they had and assumed that would mean it was good. Soon thereafter, I joined TCS and started seeing all of the bad things people were saying about Science Diet. This upset me because Persi seemed to be thriving so well on it and liked eating it so much. I did not have a particular reason for picking this brand; but I wanted the best I could get for my new kitten, something I had never had before, I wanted to put him on one food and leave him there for the rest of his life. The bad things I kept reading kept upsetting me but when I considered that he had never been sick or never had even a single hairball and was growing so robust I decided to just stick with it.
Three weeks ago I adopted our new cat, Alley. I did not have a clue of what her former diet was. She is about 2-3 years old according to the vet. But right away, she started munching on Persi's food. And I mean like, she really liked it! Well I had just bought the largest sack of this kitten food that you could buy so I figured can it really hurt an adult cat eating kitten food and would it not be wonderful if I had two cats that could eat and thrive on the same food? I also reasoned now would be the time to switch Persi over to the adult version of some food. Since they both like the kitten version so much (with no water added) I thought about just starting to phase in the adult version of Science Diet for both of them. On the other hand, if Science Diet is not a good food, I do not want to get them both eating it for the rest of their life. I need to start phasing the new adult food in now because I do not want to buy another bag of kitten food even though Persi is technically still a kitten. Or is it OK to keep giving them both kitten food for a couple more months? (Persi is 9 1/2 months old.)
If you could see Persi & Alley now eating out of the same large dish at the same time you would understand.
Thanks for any input you may have!